Collaborative Leadership Learning Groups in Veterinary Graduate Education: A Practice‐Based Approach to Leadership Development Through Shelter Operations Consultation
Abstract
Leadership education in professional graduate programs often prioritizes technical competency over relational and collaborative leadership capacity. This practice article describes the integration of collaborative leadership learning groups (CLLGs) into a graduate veterinary course on shelter operations consultation at Kansas State University. Drawing on leadership-as-practice development (LAPD) frameworks, this article details how the consultation team's own interactions become the "case" for leadership learning. We situate CLLGs within the broader landscape of practice-based leadership pedagogies by briefly comparing this approach to the ontological-phenomenological-phronetic-transformative (OPPT-in) method. Practical implications for leadership educators seeking to embed LAPD into professional graduate curricula are discussed.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
Human-Animal Interaction Studies
Innovations in Medical Education
Publication details
- Journal / source
- New Directions for Student Leadership
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Volume
- 2026
- Issue
- 190
- Pages
- 55–63
- Publication date
- 15 May 2026
- Language
- EN