(234) The Three Leadership Brains: Smarts, Compassion and Courage

The pandemic ushered in an unprecedented series of challenges that have required an ethical core, compassion and competence — essentially, the three leadership brains. Parks and recreation must have strong, capable and courageous leaders at the helm now more than ever. The future will always rely on the choices we make — and those choices will lead to the next chapter of the park and recreation story that future generations will read and judge.

Learning Objectives:
1. Define and describe society’s influence on character and values.
2. Identify political and social ethical issues that affect the field of parks and recreation.
3. Determine the impacts of teaching, enforcing, advocating and modeling that ultimately contribute to a greater good.