Deckard-Exploring Global Leadership Storytelling for Efficacy and Wellbeing among Organizational members

Αρετή (Arete) Journal of Excellence in Global Leadership | Vol. 1 No. 1 | 2022

About the author:

Trent Deckard is a lecturer at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and is a recipient of the Trustees' Teaching and Mumford Excellence in Extraordinary Teaching Awards. He teaches business communication classes to undergraduate students and participants of the Kelley Executive Education and Executive Degree programs. Each spring he teaches a class on leadership lessons from the comic book industry. Trent is also a doctoral student in Global Leadership at Saint Mary-of-the Woods College where he researches storytelling, imposter syndrome in the global organization, and change.

Trent received a B.S. in political science and criminology from Ball State University and an M.A. in applied communication from IU. He also worked as a district director for a member of Congress, led an agency at the State of Indiana, served as chief of staff for a legislative caucus in the Indiana House of Representatives, and currently serves as an at-large member of the Monroe County Council. In his spare time, Trent enjoys time with family and 20,000+ comic books he has collected since childhood. Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Jennie Mitchell, Ph.D. and the generous reviewers who contributed greatly to this essay with invaluable feedback and guidance on my project.

GLI classification: (89)

Paper type: Critical Essay & Perspective

Received: 8/17/2022

Accepted: 9/26/2022

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