Many Extension professional associations have had trouble getting members to participate in national leadership opportunities. The study reported here examined the perception of members of a national Extension professional organization (NAE4-HA) regarding specific leadership actions. It found the single act of taking on a leadership position…

This article examines four leadership virtues: hope, trust, piety, and civility. When these four are at the core of leadership practice, the leverage needed for improving even the most challenging schools can be discovered.

Contends high self-monitoring leaders should benefit most from leadership training requiring leaders' behavior to change as a function of group contingencies (Track I training). Contends low self-monitoring should profit most from training that instructs leaders to alter organizational structures to produce an effective match between the leader's…

Presents four-component, educational model for teaching group leadership that is applicable to various aspects of group training. Demonstrates how this educational model can be applied in teaching one important aspect in group leadership, the pregroup interview. Includes brief rationale and detailed discussion of the model, emphasizing role of…

Examines radical change that has occurred in the conceptualization of leadership away from the traditional idea of leadership based on the military metaphor, where the leader operates from a top-down philosophy and is decisive, efficient, tough-minded, unemotional, and in control. Sees new conceptualization of leader as an enabler, servant,…

The author discusses the importance of labor education to union leaders. He suggests that the current gap in education for union leaders should be filled by university-based institutes that undertake research, education, training, and supportive activities such as journal publication and library development. (CH)

Eleven staff development programs for school administrators are analyzed, emphasizing the principles and characteristics which distinguish these programs from past practice. Differences are classified into the headings of focus, content, and program delivery. (MT)

This article looks at the problems and issues characteristic of the beginning years of principalship. Recommendations for strengthening the potential leadership contributions of incoming administrators are proposed. (MT)

Discusses the importance of presenting a set of basic skills to beginning group leaders. Six basic skills are discussed: cutting off, drawing out, holding the focus, shifting the focus, use of eyes, and tying things together. (Author/JAC)

One consistent criticism of group involvement is poor leader preparation. The apprenticeship model provides an alternative to an experience-based training model. The development of skills should be graduated, allowing the leader to assume responsibility commensurate with level of training. (Author)

This book is intended for persons, particularly in the helping fields, who wish to develop or improve their understanding of the group process, and their leadership skills. Chapter 1 contains an introduction about group process including information about the book format, strategies for obtaining group experience, and selected references on…

Different approaches to the study of leadership are discussed, and related liberal arts programs in six colleges are described. (MSE)

The Dakota Leadership Education and Development program was implemented in North and South Dakota rural communities. The model emphasizes empowerment of community leadership, enhancing horizontal and vertical linkages, developing local participation, and establishing external collaborations in six sectors: education, religion, medicine, politics,…

Presents an eight-step planning model that operationally defines a comprehensive delivery systems approach to campuswide leadership training. Lists four goals of the model: to increase efficiency of leadership training through shared resources, to decrease costs, to provide quality control, and to increase impact of programming effort by creating…

Describes nine stages of a group therapist's development as he or she makes a career of conducting groups. Assumes that learning group therapy leadership is akin to learning a craft and that the how of group therapy leadership varies with the developmental phase of a particular group. (LLL)