Leadership and Power in International Development: Navigating the Intersections of Gender, Culture, Context, and Sustainability (Building Leadership Bridges)

We live in an era of drastic changes in relationships between countries and of unprecedented responses to both old and emerging global challenges. Working alongside leaders in developing countries, leaders in international foreign aid and development organizations, non-governmental organizations, and private foundations and companies have driven dramatic changes in our approach to these challenges and to international development more generally. Yet little has been written from the perspective of the leaders telling their stories about leading and navigating the tangle of forces acting upon the course of international development. And even less is known about how leading in international development contexts should be modelled in a way that fosters the development of the next generation of leaders. 

RANDAL JOY THOMPSON is an International Development Professional, and she is the Founder and Principal of the consulting company Excellence, Equity, and Empowerment.