Digital Disruption and the Future of Leadership: An Interview With Rick Haythornthwaite, Chairman of Centrica and MasterCard

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. Unprecedented changes in the nature and prevalence of digital technology have significant implications for leadership theory, practice, and development that, as yet, remain largely unexplored in mainstream academic literature. This article features an interview with Rick Haythornthwaite, Chairman of global businesses including Centrica and MasterCard, where he reflects on the ways in which digital disruption is impacting upon the nature of leadership and strategic practice. It is accompanied by a commentary that highlights the importance of factors such as context, trust, ethics, and purpose in a fast moving corporate world

Leadership and Creativity in Public Services: An Interview With Lord Michael Bichard, Chair of the National Audit Office

© The Author(s) 2017. This interview with Lord Michael Bichard, one of the most distinguished public sector leaders in the United Kingdom, explores his ideas around the relationship between leadership, creativity, and innovation. A champion of place-based approaches to public services, where citizens are actively involved in service design, delivery, and appraisal, Bichard advocates the need for inclusive and supportive leadership that enables the emergence of the kinds of creativity required to respond to the financial challenges facing the public sector. Bichard’s ideas resonate with recent research on creative leadership and provide a practical illustration of place-based and systems leadership in the public sector and beyond

Manufacturing Matters: A Case Study of Alabama

Over the last fifty years, the United States has been marked by two important secular trends. One is a continuous increase in income inequality. Second, the nation has transitioned through three periods of manufacturing: (a) “The Industrial Period” during 1945-1979, (b) the “Deindustrialization of America” during 1980-2000, and (c) the “Re-industrialization of America” during 2000-present, as it began to shift to an economy largely dominated by service and knowledge jobs, with a major reduction in labor-intensive manufacturing. This study examines the relationship between manufacturing employment and income inequality in the state of Alabama to test the hypothesis that manufacturing plays a key role in moderating inequality. In particular, we consider whether manufacturing or other economic and demographic factors are determinants of the rising income inequality in Alabama. We control for other factors that are also likely to be related to rising income inequality. We employ empirical techniques that are best suited to address potential econometric problems in the empirical work. In general, our results indicate that manufacturing does indeed play a key role in moderating inequality. Other key findings are that more educated communities have less inequality, that rural areas have especially high inequality, that counties with a high proportion of African Americans face disproportionately high inequality, and that the poorest counties have the highest level of inequality Keywords: Manufacturing, Deindustrialization, Reindustrialization, Income Inequality DOI: 10.7176/JESD/11-6-12 Publication date:March 31st 202

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

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

Quantitative Evidence of Leadership in Collaborative Governance: The South Florida EMAs’ Experience with HIV/AIDS

The enactment of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act in 1990 enabled establishment of Health Services Planning Councils across the U.S. in areas disproportionately impacted to help provide care and treatment to infected and affected populations. These Councils impacted areas called Eligible Metropolitan Areas (EMAs) that used collaborative governance model to complement implementation efforts. To promote cross sector stakeholders’ representation and participation in collaborative governance, these Councils relied on collaborative leaders to ensure effectiveness, collaborative success, and sustainability of outcomes. Using quantitative evidence from surveys on dimensions of collaborative governance, this research analyzes the efforts of leaders in collaborative governance in the Councils of Broward and Palm Beach Counties of South Florida. The results highlight similarities between the two Councils in terms of the leadership’s contributions to deliberativeness, consensus, and collaboration. The results also accentuate the iterative and multi-dimensional nature of collaborative governance as a viable postmodern alternative to traditional bureaucratic governance in collective problem solving with integrated collaborative leadership to foster multi stakeholder engagements, and exemplify local governments’ constructive efforts as part of the overall national response to issues surrounding HIV/AIDS. Keywords: Leadership, HIV/AIDS, Collaborative Governance, Health Services, Collaborative Process, Outputs/Outcomes DOI: 10.7176/JESD/11-8-01 Publication date: April 30th 202

HIV/AIDS Collaborative Governance and the Role of an Annual Retreat in Fostering Health Services: The Palm Beach County Experience

The complex HIV/AIDS conundrum calls for innovative approaches to tackle associated challenges. The multifaceted nature of the problem and the enormous burden on various sectors of a country’s economy warrant a cross-sector stakeholders’ engagement for effective and sustainable solutions. This research examines the use of an annual retreat involving interviews of key stakeholders involved in health services CARE Council as an avenue for collaborative governance within a local system context in the fight against the epidemic. The results highlight how inclusive and strategic preparation can result in judicious allocation priorities for various service categories. The results also convey how relevant capacities and competencies are jointly developed through creative inputs, outputs and/or outcomes to target populations. The apparent role of facilitative leadership and the embrace of cultural humility promote mutual commitment among the stakeholders toward purposeful ends. The case represents the viability of collaborative governance as a feasible postmodern alternative to mainstream governance and service delivery to various publics, especially in this contemporary era of complexity and volatility. Keywords: Health Services, HIV/AIDS, Annual Retreat, Target Populations, CARE Act, Collaborative Governance. DOI: 10.7176/JESD/10-22-08 Publication date: November 30th 201

Assessment of Surface Water Contamination from Coalbed Methane Fracturing-Derived Volatile Contaminants in Sullivan County, Indiana, USA

There is a growing concern over the contamination of surface water and the associated environmental and public health consequences from the recent proliferation in hydraulic fracturing in the USA. Petroleum hydrocarbon-derived contaminants of concern [benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX)] and various dissolved cations and anions were spatially determined in surface waters around 14 coalbed methane fracking wells in Sullivan County, IN, USA. At least one BTEX was detected in 69% of sampling sites (n=13) and 23% of sampling sites were found to be contaminated with all of the BTEX. Toluene was the most common BTEX compound detected across all sites, both upstream and downstream from coalbed methane fracking sites. The calcium (~60 ppm) and sulfates (~175 ppm) were the dominant cations and anions, respectively, in surface water around the fracking sites. This study represents the first report of BTEX contamination in surface water from coalbed methane hydraulic fracturing wells

Do Political Parties Matter for the Funding Status of State Pension Plans?

© 2018, University of Nebraska. All rights reserved. Given the financial troubles facing state pension plans in recent years, we examine determinants of the ratio of assets to liabilities, or the so-called “funded ratio,” based on data for 148 pension plans from 2001 to 2013. The focus in this study is on whether politics plays a role in the extent to which pension plans are fully or less than fully funded. In particular, we consider whether both the political party of the governor and the majority political party of the state legislature are determinants of the funded ratio. We control for other factors that are also likely to be related to the funded ratio. We employ empirical techniques that are best suited to address potential econometric problems in the empirical work. In general, our results indicate that politics does indeed play a significant role in explaining the funded ratios of state pension plans across the country