Leading to Achieve Social Change: An Interview with Ruth Hunt, Former Chief Executive Officer of Stonewall

Abstract

In this interview, Ruth Hunt, former CEO of the lesbian, gay, bi, and trans equality charity Stonewall and now crossbench peer at the House of Lords, discusses her approach to leadership for social change. She considers the changing context of LGBT rights, her motives for joining the organization, experiences and learning from leading change on this agenda, and the challenges of addressing power, privilege, and embedded cultural norms in order to create a truly inclusive workplace. Key themes include managing the tensions between an assimilation and liberation approach to social change, promoting intersectionality and positive action to enhance inclusion, the challenges and opportunities of sharing power and the skills of facilitation, boundary-spanning and working relationally that constitute the everyday practice of leadership in complex and contested landscapes. A commentary is provided that highlights links to and implications for leadership, management and organization scholarship, education and practice.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492620935192
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Marketing & Strategy
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School
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Uncontrolled Keywords: change/transformation,diversity,leadership,power and politics,Business, Management and Accounting(all),Strategy and Management,Management of Technology and Innovation
Publication ISSN: 1552-6542
Last Modified: 26 Mar 2024 08:15
Date Deposited: 17 Jul 2020 12:44
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PURE Output Type: Letter
Published Date: 2021-01
Published Online Date: 2020-06-19
Accepted Date: 2020-06-01
Authors: Bolden, Richard
Williams, Rachel
O’regan, Nicholas (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-3014-0373)

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