WGSA professor Dolan Daniel commented on Waseda University’s Waseda Vision 150 as a professional of communication.<\/p>\n
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Communication and Engagement to Promote Global Leaders for Waseda University<\/strong><\/p>\n How much do you know about Waseda Vision 150<\/a>?<\/p>\n This vision is a critically important set of goals and strategies for accomplishing a three-part How to Develop Global Leaders?<\/p>\n Vision 3 of Waseda Vision 150 is “Graduates who will contribute to the public good as global Communication and Engagement: The Engines of Global Leadership<\/p>\n We can see in the Waseda Vision 150 goals and in President Tanaka’s message a focus on Communication Leadership Development Opportunities for Waseda Students<\/p>\n Study Abroad Communication Leadership Certificate Global Leadership Development Requires Strategic Effort and Long-Term Commitment<\/p>\n It will not be easy to meet the global leadership goals of Waseda Vision 150 but it is possible. \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WGSA professor Dolan Daniel commented on Waseda University’s Waseda Vision 150 as a professional of comm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fcom\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fcom\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fcom\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fcom\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fcom\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fcom\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5894,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fcom\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5891\/revisions\/5894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fcom\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fcom\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fcom\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fcom\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nmission<\/a>: (1) “Independence of Scholarship\u2014The Cornerstone of our Contribution to the World,”
\n(2) “Practical Application of Scholarship: Ways and Means of Contributing to the World,” and
\n(3) “Fostering of Good Citizens\u2014People Who Contribute to the World.”
\nWaseda Vision 150 includes four guiding visions<\/a> and 13 core strategies<\/a> for achieving these four
\nvisions by 2032, which marks 150 years since the founding of the university in 1882.<\/p>\n
\nleaders.” But how should Waseda university develop global leaders? We can get some guidance
\non this question from Waseda Vision 150 core strategies.
\nCore strategy 2<\/a> of Waseda Vision 150 is “Reconstruction of the Education System to Nurture
\nGlobal Leaders,” which includes promotion of study abroad opportunities for every Waseda
\nstudent, and cultivation of “true liberal arts skills” such as communication and IT capabilities.
\nWaseda president Aiji Tanaka clarifies these global leadership priorities in his President’s<\/a>
\nmessage regarding Waseda Vision 150 as “(1) Research, (2) Education, and (3) Engagement at
\nboth the global and local levels.” He adds that intellectual resilience and passion are keys to
\npromoting global leadership.<\/p>\n
\npassionate communication and strategic engagement. My own studies and writings about
\nleadership development support this idea.
\nIn my October 2020 article<\/a> titled “Bring on the Engagers: A New Approach to Leadership
\nDevelopment” I explain how our old model of effective leadership is in need of re-thinking.
\nI propose a move from a focus on leaders to a focus on engagers, because whereas leaders might
\nbe out in front of followers, “engagers are inclusive, passionate, strategic, ethical and caring
\nstorytellers and connectors of people, ideas and possibilities.” This focus on strategic, honest,
\ninclusive, and passionate storytelling points us to the centrality of effective communication to global
\nleadership.
\nThink of it this way: Communication is how we engage with other people, so effective leadership is
\nfundamentally about effective communication. The quality of our communication impacts the quality
\nof our engagement, which impacts the quality of leadership.<\/p>\n
\nOne path for gaining global leadership skills is for Waseda students to study abroad as proposed
\nin the Waseda Vision 150 strategies. Simply by exposure to other ways of thinking and acting
\nthrough international learning experiences Waseda students can gain the flexibility, caring
\norientation, creativity, and engagement skills required for global leadership. Waseda Vision 150
\nsets as a numerical target 100 percent of Waseda students experiencing study abroad by 2032.<\/p>\n
\nAnother path for gaining global leadership skills is for Waseda students with exceptional
\nambition and English language skills to study Communication Leadership at a program overseas
\nsuch as the Communication Leadership (CommLead) certificate program<\/a> at the University of
\nWashington (UW), where I earned my Ph.D. CommLead<\/a> currently offers a three-quarter, 12-
\ncredit Certificate in Leadership in Emerging Technologies and Trends, and a three-quarter
\nCertificate in Storytelling and Content Strategy. I am discussing with UW CommLead the
\npossibility of designing shorter-term certificates\u2014for example, certificates that can be completed
\nin one quarter\u2014that would be designed to meet the unique learning needs of Waseda students.
\nOne feature of this customization would be to offer Waseda students the option of online
\nlearning, UW campus learning, or a hybrid option that combines online and on-campus learning.
\nWaseda students who earn a communication leadership certificate from a world-class university
\nsuch as the UW would not only gain critically valuable skills for their professional careers, they
\nalso would be models that demonstrate to the world the successful implementation of the Waseda
\n150 global leadership goals.<\/p>\n
\nEffective global leadership development for Waseda university students requires bold,
\npassionate, and strategically coordinated commitment by all Waseda leaders, professors, and
\nstaff combined with awareness, ambition, and dedication by Waseda students.
\nGlobal vision + Strategic communication + Passionate engagement = Global leadership.
\nTogether we can do this.
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\nDaniel Dolan<\/a> is Professor<\/a> of Professional Communication, Waseda Graduate School of<\/a>
\nAccountancy.<\/p>\n