Authors: Nance Lucas, Susan R. Komives, Timothy R. McMahon
ISBN-13: 9780787982133, ISBN-10: 078798213X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: WILEY
Date Published: December 2006
Edition: 2nd Edition
Susan R. Komives is associate professor and director of the College Student Personnel Graduate Program at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Nance Lucas is the associate dean and associate professor at New Century College at George Mason University and former special assistant to the provost and director of the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland.
Timothy R. McMahon is a faculty consultant in the Teaching Effectiveness Program at the University of Oregon.
This is the thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the best-selling book Exploring Leadership. The book is designed to help college students understand that they are capable of being effective leaders and to guide them in developing their leadership potential.
Exploring Leadership incorporates new insights and material developed in the course of the authors' work in the field. The second edition contains expanded and new chapters and also includes the relational leadership model, uses a more global context and examples that relate to a wide variety of disciplines, contains a new section which emphasizes ways to work to accomplish change, and concludes with concrete strategies for activism.
Praise for the First Edition
"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, senior fellow, Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland
"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
Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
The Authors | ||
Pt. 1 | Leadership for a Changing World | |
1 | An Introduction to Leadership | 3 |
2 | The Changing Nature of Leadership | 25 |
3 | A New Way of Understanding Leadership | 67 |
Pt. 2 | Exploring Your Potential for Leadership | |
4 | Understanding Yourself | 107 |
5 | Understanding Others | 137 |
Pt. 3 | Relationships, Environment, and the Practice of Leadership | |
6 | Interacting in Teams and Groups | 165 |
7 | Understanding Complex Organizations | 195 |
8 | Building Coalitions and Communities | 227 |
9 | Leading with Integrity and Moral Purpose | 247 |
Pt. 4 | Leadership and Renewal | |
10 | Why Renewal Is Vital to Groups and Organizations | 277 |
11 | The Mind, Body, and Soul of the Leader | 299 |
References | 315 | |
Name Index | 329 | |
Subject Index | 334 |