ABOUT US
Sharon Radd is an Associate Professor at St. Catherine University (St. Paul, MN) where she leads the MA in Organizational Leadership program. She is the Founder and Lead at ConsciousPraxis (formerly, Sankalpa Consulting) and a Senior Partner in The Five Practices Group.
The creator of the ConsciousPraxis framework, Dr. Radd specializes in leadership development that is equity-focused, human-centered, and systems-based. Her work supports leaders from a variety of sectors and backgrounds to lead with and for humanity; hone communication, conflict, planning, and decision-making skills; effectively navigate identity-based challenges and tensions; align intention with impact; and ultimately, produce more vibrant, justice-focused, and effective outcomes from their work. An enthusiastic and committed yoga practitioner, Radd infuses yogic principles and insights about self, relationships, learning, planning, and purpose into every aspect of her work in the service of restoring more authentic relationships and more expansive, optimistic, and life-giving intentions through vocation.
Prior to her current roles, Radd gained more than 20 years of experience in public education as a school social worker, professional development facilitator, and school administrator. Radd was a 2018-22 Equity Fellow with the Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and a 2006-07 Bush Leadership Fellow. She earned her Doctorate of Education in Leadership from the University of St. Thomas in 2007. In 2010, her study titled, “Connecting Private Roads to Public Highways: Toward a Theory of School Leadership for Social Justice” won the American Educational Research Association LSJ-SIG Social Justice Dissertation Award. Her ongoing research examines the complexities of the public and non-profit sectors as transformative actors for social justice; the unique practice of leadership to create democratic, inclusive, and just communities; and self development as leadership development. She engages in this inquiry through the theoretical, conceptual and empirical study of adult learning, organizational change, discursive functioning, and public engagement of individuals, groups, organizations, and societies.
Together with Dr. Gretchen Generett, Dr. Mark Gooden, and Dr. George Theoharis, Radd authored Five Practices for Equity-Focused School Leadership (ASCD, 2021), which won the 2022 Best Book for Educators Award given by the American Consortium for Equity in Education. Her research has been published in the Journal for School Leadership, Educational Policy, Urban Education, the Journal of Education Policy, and she has contributed book chapters to Leading ethically in schools and other organizations: Inquiry, case-studies and decision-making (Kramer & Enomoto, 2014); Feminism and Intersectionality in Academia: Women’s Narratives and Experiences in Higher Education (Shelton, Ewing & Grosland, 2018); The School Leadership Survival Guide: What to Do When Things Go Wrong, How to Learn from Mistakes, and Why You Should Prepare for the Worst (Brooks & Hefferman, 2020); Strengthening Anti-Racist Educational Leaders (Welton & Diem, 2021); and Home/Work: Education Professors and Pandemic Parenting (Lowenhaupt & Theoharis, 2021).
Partners
Radd partners with a number of accomplished, experienced, and knowledgeable professionals from across the country to address client and organization goals.
The creator of the ConsciousPraxis framework, Dr. Radd specializes in leadership development that is equity-focused, human-centered, and systems-based. Her work supports leaders from a variety of sectors and backgrounds to lead with and for humanity; hone communication, conflict, planning, and decision-making skills; effectively navigate identity-based challenges and tensions; align intention with impact; and ultimately, produce more vibrant, justice-focused, and effective outcomes from their work. An enthusiastic and committed yoga practitioner, Radd infuses yogic principles and insights about self, relationships, learning, planning, and purpose into every aspect of her work in the service of restoring more authentic relationships and more expansive, optimistic, and life-giving intentions through vocation.
Prior to her current roles, Radd gained more than 20 years of experience in public education as a school social worker, professional development facilitator, and school administrator. Radd was a 2018-22 Equity Fellow with the Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and a 2006-07 Bush Leadership Fellow. She earned her Doctorate of Education in Leadership from the University of St. Thomas in 2007. In 2010, her study titled, “Connecting Private Roads to Public Highways: Toward a Theory of School Leadership for Social Justice” won the American Educational Research Association LSJ-SIG Social Justice Dissertation Award. Her ongoing research examines the complexities of the public and non-profit sectors as transformative actors for social justice; the unique practice of leadership to create democratic, inclusive, and just communities; and self development as leadership development. She engages in this inquiry through the theoretical, conceptual and empirical study of adult learning, organizational change, discursive functioning, and public engagement of individuals, groups, organizations, and societies.
Together with Dr. Gretchen Generett, Dr. Mark Gooden, and Dr. George Theoharis, Radd authored Five Practices for Equity-Focused School Leadership (ASCD, 2021), which won the 2022 Best Book for Educators Award given by the American Consortium for Equity in Education. Her research has been published in the Journal for School Leadership, Educational Policy, Urban Education, the Journal of Education Policy, and she has contributed book chapters to Leading ethically in schools and other organizations: Inquiry, case-studies and decision-making (Kramer & Enomoto, 2014); Feminism and Intersectionality in Academia: Women’s Narratives and Experiences in Higher Education (Shelton, Ewing & Grosland, 2018); The School Leadership Survival Guide: What to Do When Things Go Wrong, How to Learn from Mistakes, and Why You Should Prepare for the Worst (Brooks & Hefferman, 2020); Strengthening Anti-Racist Educational Leaders (Welton & Diem, 2021); and Home/Work: Education Professors and Pandemic Parenting (Lowenhaupt & Theoharis, 2021).
Partners
Radd partners with a number of accomplished, experienced, and knowledgeable professionals from across the country to address client and organization goals.
