Leadership for Sustainable Organizational Health and Well-Being: Indigenous Community Perspectives

Reawakening of Indigenous matriarchal systems: A feminist approach to organizational leadership

“…12 Learning from our surroundings Indigenous models of leadership that uphold inclusivity, embodiment of culture, and social inclusion have gained traction in recent approaches to mainstream leadership based on their capacity to create meaningful transformation and organizational sustainability. 13 Some Indigenous leadership models have been described to simultaneously promote individualistic and collective paradigms. Sustainability, identity, and uniqueness can be fostered in a diverse and collaborative environment.…”

“…Western dominant leadership systems have often favoured individualistic and white masculinity. 13 However, such perspectives have demonstrated narrow-minded outcomes that can negate long-term, intersectional outcomes. Not limited to Indigenous organizations, top-down, hierarchical organizations that promote individualistic approaches to solutions tend to undermine the value of more feminist qualities in leadership such as cooperation, inclusivity, and collectivity.…”

“…Not limited to Indigenous organizations, top-down, hierarchical organizations that promote individualistic approaches to solutions tend to undermine the value of more feminist qualities in leadership such as cooperation, inclusivity, and collectivity. 13 The absence of feminine balance in corporate and organizational models can further marginalize the marginalized, which, in British Columbia, includes those with inequitable determinants of health.…”