Episode 63 - Dialogue in Leadership Education

NASPA Leadership Podcast

In Episode 63, we are joined by Ratnesh Nagda and Larry Roper. Ratnesh is the principal and founder of IDEA Leadership LLC, co-founder of the University of Michigan’s Program on Intergroup Relations and co-developer of the college-based intergroup dialogue model. Larry is a professor of language, culture, and society and coordinator of the social justice minor and College Student Services Administration Program at Oregon State University. In this episode, you will get to know Ratnesh and Larry and where their interest in discussing dialogue as part of leadership education originated. We will then dive in to a discussion on what it means to talk about dialogue, how to put ideas of dialogue into practice, navigating the tension surrounding the 2020 election cycle on campus and more! 00:00 - 02:00: Intro 02:00 - 21:00: Get to Know Ratnesh + Larry 21:00 - 27:00: Overview of Dialogue in Leadership 27:00 - 30:30: Ideas of Dialogue in Practice 30:30 - 38:20: Relational + Collective Attributes of Leadership 38:20 - 43:00: Navigating Tension Around 2020 Election Cycle 43:00 - 46:00: Dialogue + ‘From Within, A Light Among’ Poem 46:00 - 50:40: Next Question on Leadership 50:40 - 51:56: Outro