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 togetheron 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.ContentsJulika Baumann Montecinos and Jessica Geraldo Schwengber Introduction: Some Notes on a Relational Approach to Transcultural Leadership CompetencesPart I - The Relations Between Future Leaders and Traditional Communities: Learnings from the Centre for Sustainability Studies ProgrammeAna Carolina Aguiar and Julika Baumann MontecinosTapajós: A Transcultural Expedition. Introduction to the case StudyAntonia Reckhenrich, Marcella Marson Pereira and Sofia de Freitas Santiago VieiraRelational Leadership Education: Teaching Relational Competences Along the Concept of Theory UElla 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 SoaresHow Can We Educate Future Leaders Via Cultural Exchange Within Brazil?Oskar Burmann, Pedro Luis Carvalho and Thais MoraesSocial Innovation at the AmazonLukas Törner and Pedro Santanna PinheiroMoral Goods in the Brazilian Amazon: The Governance of Preservation CostsPart II - The Relations Between Social Start-ups and their Stakeholders: Learnings from InsolarHenrique DrumondInsolar: Introduction to the Case StudyThilo von GilsaTranscultural Leadership in Practice: Learnings from InsolarCaio Oliveira, Isabela Borges and Ruth Espinola Soriano de MelloSanta Marta: the Richness of a Rio de Janeiro Slum in Welcoming a Social BusinessYasemin EfilogluThe Role of Communication in Stakeholder Oriented Decision-making in the Leadership of a Social Business: Learnings from InsolarJakob HoffmannCooperation Rents Through Transaction Communities of Practice: Towards the Nature of the Social Firm. Inspired by InsolarLeonhard von ZumbuschMulti-Stakeholder Dialogue as a Platform for Deliberative Urban PlanningBen Lennard KleihuesSocial Entrepreneurship & Social Innovation. The Example of Insolar in Rio de JaneiroPart III - A Diverse Network of Relations as Driver of Innovation: Learnings from SAP Barbara Bertolini and Lennart BrandSAP Labs Latin America & Zeppelin University: Introduction to the Case StudyJessica Geraldo Schwengber and Brenda Beretta KindleinBuilding Bridges not Silos: Organisational Learning Processes and the Role of a Shared Lingua Franca as an a Priori Requirement for Transcultural CooperationSamuel Kiefer and Vinicius Gabriel Descovi do PradoLeveraging Inter-Company Cooperation Through Blockchain Technology. Insights from SAP Labs Latin AmericaJosef Sühr and Raquel RamosTowards Ensuring Equitable Access to Education - Insights into Governing Intersectoral Cooperation in BrazilWanja Woock and Isadora PerazzoRelational Leadership in CSR Management. The Example of SAP Labs Latin AmericaPart IV - The Relations between Politics and Society: Learnings from the Operation Car WashVinicius Cardoso Reis and Guilherme FranceOperation Car Wash and the Fight Against Corruption in BrazilDaniela Gangl, Isabel Jandeisek and Carlota Memba AguadoThe Relations Between Business & Society: Learnings from Operation Car Wash. Results from an Empirical Case Study in Brazil
