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

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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.

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.