The Culture of Leadership: Identifying and Filling Leadership Gaps to Create and Develop Holistic Leaders at Every Level

Date of Award

8-15-2026

Degree Name

Ed.D. in Leadership for Organizations

Department

Department of Educational Administration

Advisor/Chair

Meredith Wronowski

Abstract

This study aims to identify gaps in leadership education, training, and skills to inform relevant professional development for leaders in my current organization. Literature on leadership competencies, action learning and reflection in developing leaders, leadership developed through formal and informal learning, and tuition reimbursement provides the foundation for this study. A phenomenological approach using an exploratory sequential design was employed to analyze the collected qualitative data. From the study, five themes emerged: Components of Effective Leadership, Components of Ineffective Leadership, Knowledge of Organizational Tuition Assistance, Whether or Not Leadership Training Has Been Provided, and Future Leadership Training Topics. These themes enabled the researcher to develop an action plan grounded in transformational and democratic leadership theories and in Fullan’s Change Model to improve organizational leadership.

Keywords

Educational Leadership

Rights Statement

Copyright 2026, author

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