THE

IMPERATIVE TO
DARE GREATLY

Daniela Magurean
SOCW 696A/B
University of Calgary

WE MUST KNOW WHAT CENTER

FEELS LIKE
First, we must know what center feels like. We must
know who we are, our patterns of behavior, our values,
our intentions. The ground of our identity and experience
must feel familiar to us; we must know what it feels like
to be standing in it. But we dont expect that we will be
perfectly balanced in that center all the time. We know
that we will drift into the wrong activities or be thrown
off-balance by lifes chaos. But we also will recognize
when weve moved off too far, and will be able to recall
ourselves more quickly to who we want to be
(Wheatley, 1992).

The art work on slide

3 was created by
Lucille Clerc.
A French Illustrator
who draw this
painting as response
to the shooting on
January 7th, 2015, at
the Paris offi ces of
satirical French
newspaper Charlie
Hebdo.

Lucille Leclercs artwork is:

- an act of resistance and solidarity

- a form of expression against discrimination

- an attempt to challenge the discourse
- a response to a racist action

WHY THIS ARTWORK

HAD SUCH MEANING
FOR ME?
It spoke to my
experience, values, ethics
and professional identity

My very own experience

with the cycle of oppression
Human potential
Ability
Holistic power

Oppression
Discrimination
Marginalization
Poverty

Healing
Resistance
Survival
New normal

THE CORE

Community
Client-centred approach
Strength-Based Support
Relationship
Connection

LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND

PERSPECTIVES
Authentic
Situational
Intentional
Resonant
Transformative
Transformational
Culturally-competent leader, honouring diversity, culturallysensitive service delivery, eco-system perspective, critical
social work theory, anti-oppressive practice, ecological
approach, social justice and human rights.

BELONGING
TEAM
TOGETHERNESS
SUPPORT

C
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M
M
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N
I
T
Y

AS A LEADER I AIM TO BE

An Ally
An Educator
An Enabler
A Facilitator

LEADERS
A leader is anyone
willing to help, anyone
who sees something that
needs to change and
takes the first steps to
influence that situation
(Wheatley, 2006)