Community Belonging and Values-Based Leadership as the Antidote to Bullying and Incivility

This article examines the role of community as an antidote to bullying and incivility. The question we ask our readers consider is: Does cultivating a culture belonging for all acknowledge most basic human need that members organizations seek meet during their day-to-day work lives? Belonging can serve feeling othered, which sows seeds separateness, isolation, absence community, bullying, Examples othering behavior operate along continuum normalizes incivility escalate include racism, sexism, classism, range other non-inclusive behaviors. conceptual draws on collective experience educators in leadership. With humility, rely efforts amplify values-based leadership, belonging, ways knowing from long ago wisdom. We cultivate communities among leaders education ultimately exist beyond classroom. advocate behaviors draw literature support approach.