A study of bridging leadership in the Philippines produced in cooperation with the Asian Institute of Management. It examines bridging leadership among local government, business, civil society, and NGOs.
One of the most endemic social problems of our day continues to be the use of children as cheap labor in communities throughout the world. This case details how members of one such community in the Philippines-San Rafael-joined together to raise awareness and address the issue of child labor in their part of the world. By combining the efforts and resources of several local stakeholders, community members came together to create a community organization, Parawagan, to initiate an effective educational campaign and build a multi-sectoral forum to discuss and create alternatives to using children as laborers.
Bridging leadership is a style of leadership that focuses on creating and sustaining effective working relationships among key partners and stakeholders. By "bridging" different perspectives and opinions often found across the breadth of different stakeholders, a common agenda can begin to be developed and shared in order to solve social and economic problems.