Edio Yenye Shavu

Ongoing racism, structural inequity, dehumanizing institutional bureaucracies, unresponsive service delivery systems, and gaps in services for emerging needs are just some of the pervasive challenges in need of social work leadership (Lazarri, Colarossi, & Collins, 2009; Ospina & Su, 2009). The mul…

Ongoing racism, structural inequity, dehumanizing institutional bureaucracies, unresponsive service delivery systems, and gaps in services for emerging needs are just some of the pervasive challenges in need of social work leadership (Lazarri, Colarossi, & Collins, 2009; Ospina & Su, 2009). The multidisciplinary nature of social work practice (both setting and team composition) also requires value-based leadership processes on multiple ecological levels to address the challenges inherent within