What Is Leadership?


In practice, most people can identify effective leadership.  However in concept, leadership is more difficult to describe.  These websites attempt to explore the components that are attributed to effective leadership.

http://www.leadershipcharacter.com
A site that explains the essence of leadership character, based on research and personal experience coaching hundreds of executives from America's top corporations.

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Leadership/execsumm.html
A six page site offering a clear definition of leadership, and its role in school reform, including research information and theory on how leadership effects the learning environment.

http://www.sedl.org/change/facilitate/leaders.html
This site is a 14-page online research paper that thorougl-lly discusses the role of facilitative leadership in creating change in the school setting.  Subtopics include management vs. leadership, the need for leaders, creating an atmosphere for change, developing vision, training, development, assessment, and change facilitation.

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leader.html
Big Dog's leadership site is an introduction to leadership guide.  All materials are available for use in educational or training settings without charge as long as copyright credit is given and no profit is made from the activities.  The guide contains a thorough introduction to leadership, the skills and knowledge needed to implement leadership activities, and provides a lesson plan and activities which can be used to establish a leadership training program within an organization.

http://www.vaxxine.com/cfi/
The Christian Formation Institute examines the role of servant in Servant Leadership.  The meaning of Servant Leadership is illustrated through a series of essays discussing the meaning of empowerment.  Topics include empowering people for leadership, the -purpose and nature of empowerment, the process of empowerment and the practice of empowerment.  An annotated bibliography of resources on Servant Leadership is also included.

http://greenleaf.org/index.html
The Robert Greenleaf site also discusses Servant Leadership by describing how real people in real organization practice Servant Leadership.  Additionally, the site contains opportunities to learn more about Servant Leadership by joining discussion groups, reading reviews of articles and books, and networking online.

http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/sect9.html
The Outdoor Action Guide to Group Dynamics and Leadership site offers sections on leadership, tasks roles and functions of leaders, situational leadership, leadership styles, communication skills, gender issues, conflicts, group development, etc.

http://www.uwyo.edu/a%26s/comm/donaghy/linkpages.html
This site includes links to scientific management, total quality management, and leadership information including assessment, books, and other resources.

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