Explored how a select group of retired community college presidents constructed their concepts of themselves as leaders. Through in-depth interviews these former presidents mapped the course of their leadership through seven approaches: empowering, energizing, healing, inspiring, revealing, cultivating, and humanizing the organization and its…

A literature review identified elements of transformational leadership and desirable learning outcomes related to it. The review suggests that management instructions should enact transformative leadership in the process of teaching about it. (Contains 31 references.) (SK)

Preceptors' leadership characteristics influence nursing students' clinical experience. Preceptors' leadership styles can be assessed with the Myers Briggs Type Indicator or Hersey and Blanchard's Leader Behavior Analysis II instrument, which identifies four styles based on situational leadership. (Contains 25 references.) (SK)

Personal account of her first-year experience as superintendent of Washington County Public Schools in Hagerstown, Maryland. (PKP)

To develop nonbureaucratic leadership behavior (and earn prestige among staff members), principals must understand and recognize seven bureaucratic/nonbureaucratic ranges of behavior: stability/activity; intention/distinction; accountability/efficacy; regularity/ variability; intervention/facilitation; control/empowerment; and…

Discusses the use of exercises in groups with an emphasis on selection and effective processing. Processing skills are described and practical examples of questioning skills are given. (Author/TE)

Regardless of the specific leadership model employed by school of education deans, collaboration is essential to reconcile and harmonize competing needs. Collaboration within the department, with arts and sciences deans, and with unions and agencies outside of the university is discussed. (IAH)

Describes Growth Opportunities in Leadership Development (G.O.L.D.), student leadership program developed to create supportive environment in which students could learn about their leadership styles, gain confidence about themselves in leadership roles, and apply learning to future activities/responsibilities. Notes that G.O.L.D. program applies…

Robinson and Stern describe the Management Training Program introduced by the U.S. Air Force in postwar Japan and its effect on Japanese industry. Roberts compares it with U.S. Training within Industries. Umetani comments that the discussion would have been more convincing had its relationship with other Japanese training programs been addressed.…

The Alabama Rural Elderly Enhancement Project was originally intended to help maintain the health and independence of the elderly in Alabama; it developed into an intergenerational program. The project director's leadership built a strong organization that promoted linkages among community agencies and with citizens. (JOW)

A study employed Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership concept to investigate the relationship between teacher job satisfaction and leadership behaviors of telling, selling, participating, and delegating. About 42 percent of the 339 teachers queried were dissatisfied. Teachers were least satisfied with teaching's financial aspects and most…

Studies of decision-making preferences indicated by 136 deputy principals in Catholic schools in Western Australia. Results pointed to several underlying factors (policy, discipline, economic variables, teaching load, parental involvement, and time allocation), each with a different decision-making style influenced by respondents' personal skills…

Extends previous research by examining empirically the relationship of message delivery and content to perceptions of leader charisma. Indicates that, although both delivery and content play a role in the development of perceptions of charisma, the impact of delivery is stronger. Reveals that the attentive, relaxed, friendly, and dominant style…

Leadership factors of local interagency coordinating councils (as required under Public Law 99-457) providing services to families of young children with handicaps were examined with 33 council coordinators and members. Results indicated a distinct preference for leaders emphasizing a high task/high relationship leadership style and a need for…

Administrator evaluators perceive principals' leadership styles variously as principal/teacher, general manager, professional/scientific manager, administrator/instructional leader, and curriculum leader. Currently practice promotes the administrator/instructional leader view of principals (for principals one knows) and denigrates the general…