The Social Change Model examines leadership development from three levels or perspectives. Congruency means thinking, feeling and behaving with consistency, genuineness, authenticity, and honesty toward others. Commitment implies intensity and duration. It requires a significant involvement and investment of one's self in the activity and its intended outcomes. It is the energy that drives the collective effort.
Collaboration is the primary means of empowering others and self through trust.
Collaboration can occur when one has trust in the diversity of multiple talents and perspectives of the group members and the power of that diversity to generate creative solutions and actions. Common purpose is to work with shared aims and values. It implies the ability to engage in collective analysis of the issues at hand and the tasks to be undertaken. It requires that all members of the group participate actively in articulating the purpose and goals of the leadership development activity. Citizenship describes the process whereby the self is responsibly connected to the environment and the community.