Invisible Leadership In The Hashtag # Metoo Movement
Nonconsitiuted leaders use invisible leadership. “Invisible leadership incorporates shared leadership processes in which peers lead and influence each other to achieve group goals, including decisions about who among them can or should provide visible leadership on behalf of the group” (Hickman 2010, p 204). While the hashtag #MeToo was created by Tarana Burke over ten years ago, it took an actress with no formal authority, but with social status to bring it to light. Likewise, the leadership involved in the hashtag #MeeToo movement falls under the transforming leadership. Hickman (2010) states, transforming leadership “occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another to higher
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Social change requires non authority leaders and followers to address issues that institutions and authority leaders have neglected to take notice too. Additionally, the leadership in the #MeToo movement is nonconstituted leadership without formal authority. Moreover, this nonconstituted leadership uses invisible leadership, transforming leadership, and e-leadership. Furthermore, this change uses nonconsituted tactics change practices. Advocacy about a real world event has brought light to the need for change. Other social change practices such as resource mobilization are being seen from the impact of the movement. Outcomes of the movement include Time’s Up organization, working towards discontinuing workplace sexism, the hashtag #IWillSpeakUp, which gives men the opportunities to speak up about what they see, and a new TV series, which hopes to take the next step in stopping sexual harassment. While social change takes time, I believe the #MeToo movement is just the beginning of this change and the movements will help keep the momentum going. I believe this change it will fall in line to create a new culture. Society has witnessed culture change in rape cases with the change of “no means no” to “yes means yes”. A victim no long has to say no, the predator now must prove they heard yes. The culture that it’s ok to keep doing what has be happening for years is changing and this movement is blazing the
Social change requires non authority leaders and followers to address issues that institutions and authority leaders have neglected to take notice too. Additionally, the leadership in the #MeToo movement is nonconstituted leadership without formal authority. Moreover, this nonconstituted leadership uses invisible leadership, transforming leadership, and e-leadership. Furthermore, this change uses nonconsituted tactics change practices. Advocacy about a real world event has brought light to the need for change. Other social change practices such as resource mobilization are being seen from the impact of the movement. Outcomes of the movement include Time’s Up organization, working towards discontinuing workplace sexism, the hashtag #IWillSpeakUp, which gives men the opportunities to speak up about what they see, and a new TV series, which hopes to take the next step in stopping sexual harassment. While social change takes time, I believe the #MeToo movement is just the beginning of this change and the movements will help keep the momentum going. I believe this change it will fall in line to create a new culture. Society has witnessed culture change in rape cases with the change of “no means no” to “yes means yes”. A victim no long has to say no, the predator now must prove they heard yes. The culture that it’s ok to keep doing what has be happening for years is changing and this movement is blazing the