To attract capable people, organizations must have managers who support employee career development. The author describes a three-day course for managers on dealing with employee needs. (JOW)

Suggests that students with certain resources are more likely to become leaders in certain situations. (RL)

Describes the bases for management services that would ensure that the larger business organizations of the future will receive an intake of highly trained men, or women, who by age 30 would have been subject to 15 years of specialist general management training, suitable for any form of business enterprise. (WL)

Excerpts from an address given at the 1975 Convention of the Eastern Business Teachers Association. (HD)

Locus of control within the community was the most important factor in the success of community education in an inner-city neighborhood. Influences on locus of control were individual readiness to assume leadership, processes that allowed lifelong learning to flourish, and the presence of leadership characteristics among community service…

Examined the Kirkpatrick evaluation framework (D. Kirkpatrick, 1959) through a case study of a national leadership development program, the Canadian Agriculture Lifetime Leadership Program. Draws conclusions about using the Kirkpatrick framework to evaluate noncredit educational programs, and shows how the framework enabled productive formative…

This article presents a transcript of Steven Berg's interviews with James MacGregor Burns and Ritchie McKay regarding leadership. James Burns is a senior fellow in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, Virginia. Ritchie McKay is Head Coach of the men's basketball team at University of New Mexico. Steven Berg is an…

Describes the author's experience teaching a course on leadership and organizational dynamics to master of business administration students at the Graduate School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa. Considers how the structures of apartheid that permeated all sectors of South African society are only gradually being dismantled. (SG)

Describes the co-leading experience of a trainee who is paired with a senior therapist. Explores the advantages and disadvantages of this approach for training counselors in group work. Provides recommendations to prospective trainees and supervising co-leaders. (KW)

The mainline seminaries' study group of the Public Character of Theological Education project gathered participants in two separate small conferences to talk about the role and experience of schools in training persons to provide public leadership. This article describes the project and offers resulting observations and recommendations. (EV)

Describes a professional learning effort in Victoria, Australia, designed to help principals process and learn from their experiences with recent school reforms. Principals reported that learning to reflect helped them do their jobs more effectively, challenged their conventional ways of thinking and acting, helped them be more proactive, and…

Analyzes policy discourse (interviews and documents) on standards-based administrator licensure (certification) reform initiatives in two states--Indiana and North Carolina--designed to improve the quality of school leaders. Analysis focuses on social justice and equity issues related to licensure policies. Finds policymakers' commitment to social…

Describes the Arizona Blue Chip Program developed by the University of Arizona student union, a 4-year program that instills leadership skills and qualities in selected students. (EV)

A model leadership program should enhance leadership competencies, emphasize feedback, develop conceptual knowledge, and foster personal growth. A constructivist approach helps learners recognize, relate, assimilate, and apply concepts and principles. (Contains 20 references.) (SK)

Discusses how higher education consortia can be instrumental in developing community leaders to address social, economic, and environmental issues that face most communities and regions. Offers the example of the Leadership Jackson program involving Western Carolina University and Southwestern Community College. (EV)