Mediated Leading Experiences in Higher Learning Institutions with Special Reference to Ethiopian Civil Service University Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Due to the dynamic nature of global transformation, waves of reform move from one corner to the other in an instant way. To be victorious in the global competition, domestication of the results of the waves helps public sectors to design their own context based development strategies. The main objective of this study, thus, was to look into the possible advantages of Mediated Leading Experiences (MLE) and adapt it to developing leadership skills that help to develop succession plan for emerging leaders. To this end, the researcher randomly considered some leaders from the Ethiopian Civil Service University, and assessed their beliefs about the role of the parameters of MLE and their current practices of helping their followers to replace them. The survey revealed that the participants mainly held positive beliefs about the application of the parameters. However, they reported that they did not have focused and consistent practices in making use of the parameters. From this finding, the researcher has got an insight that when what people believe is not escorted by a support from an expert; it is like a slogan. Deepening on the key findings, the researcher recommends that MLE has to be adapted to the country’s succession plan development program, Ministry of Education has to design programs on MLE at all levels to consistently establish a system and manage challenges, universities should design training programs that equip leaders with the skills of MLE, and other researchers have to undertake MLE based studies in other contexts, or replicate the same study on universities in different contexts.

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