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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.

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.

Preface	p. ix
The Authors	p. xix
Leadership for a Changing World
An Introduction to Leadership	p. 3
The Changing Nature of Leadership	p. 35
The Relational Leadership Model	p. 73
Exploring Your Potential for Leadership
Understanding Yourself	p. 119
Understanding Others	p. 149
Leading with Integrity and Moral Purpose	p. 179
Context for the Practice of Leadership
Interacting in Teams and Groups	p. 215
Understanding Complex Organizations	p. 247
Being in Communities	p. 281
Renewing Groups, Organizations, and Communities	p. 301
Making a Difference with Leadership
Understanding Change	p. 327
Strategies for Change	p. 349
Leadership Development and Renewal
Developing a Leadership Identity	p. 385
The Mind, Body, and Soul of the Leader	p. 411
References	p. 431
Subject Index	p. 452
Name Index	p. 481
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Exploring Leadership : For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference

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

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