Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference - Softcover

Susan Komives; Nance Lucas; Timothy R. McMahon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787909297 ISBN 13: 9780787909291

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1998

Synopsis

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My students have been searching for a leadership book that they don't have to translate to their experiences. At last, here is a book that integrates cutting edge ideas of leadership with examples and stories from college students.

Kathleen E. Allen, vice president for student development, College of Saint Benedict

Exploring Leadership fills a gap in the literature of leadership, providing a carefully-crafted student guide structured to the needs of leadership training courses for students. It helps students assess their own potential for leadership, gives them a concise grounding in major leadership concepts and theories, and takes them through a contemporary leadership approach that equips them for the challenges of providing leadership in groups, communities, and organizations.

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"My students have been searching for a leadership book that they don?t have to translate to their experiences. At last, here is a book that integrates cutting edge ideas of leadership with examples and stories from college students." ?Kathleen E. Allen, vice president for student development, College of Saint Benedict

"As a long-time teacher of leadership courses, I know that my students will resonate with Exploring Leadership. The book presents a well-developed analysis of both the ?how? and the ?why? of leadership as a relational process and also challenges student readers to think about how they might practice leadership throughout their lives." ?Sara A. Boatman, vice president for student affairs, Nebraska Wesleyan University

"We?ve been waiting for Exploring Leadership for a long time. This is a book that can be used with a broad spectrum of students involved in positional as well as relational leadership. Exploring Leadership has finally filled the gap that has been evident for years?a book that stimulates students to look seriously at themselves and at the complexities and opportunities of leadership." ?Dennis C. Roberts, assistant vice president for student affairs, Miami University

"What sets this book apart is its firm grounding in ethics and its practical application for young adults interested in making a difference. The focused questions at the end of each chapter are outstanding for thoughtful discussion and reflection." ?Alice Faron, program director, LeaderShape, Inc.

Exploring Leadership provides a unique view of leadership as a participatory process, and helps students and young adults to develop their own potential for leadership in the organizations, groups, and communities of an increasingly diverse and complex world.

About the Author:

SUSAN R. KOMIVES is associate professor of Counseling and Personnel Services and faculty associate for the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Maryland.

NANCE LUCAS is associate director and director of academic affairs at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland.

TIMOTHY R. MCMAHON is assistant professor in the department of Counselor Education and College Student Personnel at Western Illinois University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0787909297
• ISBN 13: 9780787909291
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368