Dr. Michael Lindsay
The Social Dynamics of Leadership
Begun in 2003, The PLATINUM Study (Public Leaders in America Today and the Inquiry into their Networks, Upbringing, and Motivations) is a comprehensive examination of leadership and public responsibility at the highest of levels. It examines the personal, moral, and social factors that sustain individuals and groups who exercise significant influence today. Drawing on social-scientific analyses, the project endeavors to understand how leaders influence their organizations, communities, and society as a whole. Through in-depth interviews with leaders and analysis of various leadership cohorts, the project seeks to explain how leaders have risen to prominence, what challenges and opportunities they face, and how they establish legacies of influence beyond their tenure. The Century Scholars will assist Dr. Lindsay in collecting data on various leadership groups and organizations (such as the Rhodes Scholarship or the White House Fellows program) and analyze this data to consider how particular programs and initiatives shape the contours of public leadership in the United States today. Century Scholars will also help construct an annotated bibliography about elite leadership development programs and conduct preliminary background research for the study.
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