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201171 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.201171 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2025 318 pages Doctoral Dissertation Academic theses en Ellefson, Kimara A. Henderson, J. Bryan Kitch, Sally Ritchie-Dunham, Jim Arizona State University Partial requirement for: Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2025 Field of study: Leadership and Innovation The medical profession seeks to mitigate burnout, languishing, and moral injury among its practitioners and trainees. However, most interventions have focused on individual resilience, neglecting the role of leadership in fostering systemic flourishing. This mixed methods action research study examines the impact of introducing flourishing leadership skills grounded in the Kern National Network (KNN) Framework for Flourishing and anchored in feminist relational theory on faculty leaders at a Midwest health sciences university. A novel leadership development program was designed to help faculty enhance personal flourishing through intentional practice, facilitated group sensemaking, and application of flourishing leadership techniques in daily activities. Quantitative and qualitative findings revealed that: (a) intentional pause and practice shifted perspectives; (b) perceived agency increased, leading to a greater sense of control and fairness despite systemic constraints; (c) anchoring in values and expressing virtuous actions fostered greater alignment with one’s best self; (d) relational communities, centered on personhood rather than hierarchy, served as catalysts for growth; and (e) mentoring and modeling leadership within the community with colleagues, teams, learners, and patients provided profound meaning and purpose. This study suggests that integrating flourishing leadership skills within a cohort model, emphasizing character, caring, and practical wisdom through a feminist relational lens, may serve as a transformative disruption to conventional leadership norms in academic medicine, with the potential to foster systemic flourishing. Educational leadership Adult Education Organizational Behavior Caring Character Flourishing Leadership Practical Wisdom Flourishing Leadership Through the Lens of Feminist Relational Theory Among Faculty Leaders in Academic Medicine