Relational Leadership - Case Studies from Brazil

How can relational leadership contribute to effective cooperation in global and local networks? What can be learned from concrete application examples about the success factors of leadership in complex realities? Against the background of these questions, this book presents the results of a Transcultural Student Research Group from 2019 as a project of the Transcultural Caravan that involved more than 30 young researchers from Brazil and Germany working together on the topic of Relational Leadership and its applications to Brazilian contexts. Based on case studies of cooperation partners from the fields of business, social entrepreneurship, higher education and civil society, located in different regions of Brazil, the participants carried out field research on site in four Brazilian-German sub-groups and analysed the common overall theme from multiple perspectives. It is this transcultural format and the diversity of disciplines and backgrounds within the group that provide a multi-faceted, comprehensive picture of the success factors of relational leadership in Brazil and that distinguish this project and the results collected in this book. Particularly important in this respect is the fact that the concrete cooperation experience of the researchers involved in the project enables them to develop precisely those competencies that are described in the literature on Relational Leadership as being crucial to productive cooperation across geographical and cultural borders. Juxtaposed with insights for the further elaboration of the concept of relational leadership and for its empirical application, this book therefore also attempts to provide insights into innovative academic methods for preparing future leaders to work in complex, heterogeneous and dynamic global environments. Contents Julika Baumann Montecinos and Jessica Geraldo Schwengber Introduction: Some Notes on a Relational Approach to Transcultural Leadership Competences Part I The Relations Between Future Leaders and Traditional Communities: Learnings from the Centre for Sustainability Studies' Programme Ana Carolina Aguiar and Julika Baumann Montecinos Tapajós: A Transcultural Expedition. Introduction to the case Study Antonia Reckhenrich, Marcella Marson Pereira and Sofia de Freitas Santiago Vieira Relational Leadership Education: Teaching Relational Competences Along the Concept of Theory U Ella Sophie Weber and Emmanuel Kolling dos Santos Does a University Field Trip Affect the State of Individual Resources that are Crucial for the Success of Cooperation? Enkeloeda Eickhoff, Maya Shimabukuro Kusakawa and Ana Luiza Soares How Can We Educate Future Leaders Via Cultural Exchange Within Brazil? Oskar Burmann, Pedro Luis Carvalho and Thais Moraes Social Innovation at the Amazon Lukas Törner and Pedro Santanna Pinheiro Moral Goods in the Brazilian Amazon: The Governance of Preservation Costs Part II The Relations Between Social Startups and their Stakeholders: Learnings from Insolar Henrique Drumond Insolar: Introduction to the Case Study Thilo von Gilsa Transcultural Leadership in Practice: Learnings from Insolar Caio Oliveira, Isabela Borges and Ruth Espinola Soriano de Mello Santa Marta: the Richness of a Rio de Janeiro Slum in Welcoming a Social Business Yasemin Efiloglu The Role of Communication in Stakeholder Oriented Decision-making in the Leadership of a Social Business: Learnings from Insolar Jakob Hoffmann Cooperation Rents Through Transaction Communities of Practice: Towards the Nature of the Social Firm. Inspired by Insolar Leonhard von Zumbusch MultiStakeholder Dialogue as a Platform for Deliberative Urban Planning Ben Lennard Kleihues Social Entrepreneurship & Social Innovation. The Example of Insolar in Rio de Janeiro Part III A Diverse Network of Relations as Driver of Innovation: Learnings from SAP Barbara Bertolini and Lennart Brand SAP Labs Latin America & Zeppelin U