HomePublicationsLearning to Lead, Leading to LearnPart 1 Chapter 5: Practice Giving as a Way of Learning LeadershipDownload Chapter Book MenuLearning to Lead, Leading to Learn SectionsPart 1Part 2ChaptersPrefaceCourse Overview Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14Chapter 15Final ClassBook Resources Contributors Playbook Download BookOpen Access PDFdoi.org/10.36284/celelon.oa11ISBN: 978-1-64317-593-5April 20263.2 MBMetrics: 248 views | 61 downloadsISBN: 978-1-64317-592-8April 2026 Jeffrey T. Grabill As a seasoned leader in both US and UK institutions, Grabill identifies a key distinction between management and leadership. To cultivate leadership, Grabill identifies some key relational and dispositional complexities of leadership: “kindness,” along with its attendant behavior, “giving,” theorizing the latter both as a way of leading and a way of learning to lead. Discussion QuestionsGrabill’s focus on dispositions highlights a critical part of leadership. As you consider your own leadership identity, what dispositions do you feel you bring to the role? How might they be useful—and what changes might you need to make to them, if any? Cite this Chapter Grabill, Jeffrey T. 2026. “Practice Giving as a Way of Learning Leadership.” In Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: A Collaborative Syllabus for Higher Education Leadership, edited by Linda Adler-Kassner and Chris W. Gallagher. Elon University Center for Engaged Learning. https://doi.org/10.36284/celelon.oa11.5. Share:
