Considers variations among concepts of leadership, reviews efforts to provide leadership training, and describes seven leadership skills for the future: maintaining simultaneous awareness of the present and future; bridging gaps between interest groups; keeping abreast of change; appraising situations; enhancing intuition; managing symbols; and…

The dynamics of perfectionistic thinking as a cognitive style among beginning group leaders are discussed. Suggestions for dealing with the potentially destructive aspects of perfectionistic thinking patterns are also outlined. (Author)

More than 530 community leaders were interviewed to determine what problems they felt existed in their communities; their attitude toward resource development; how favorably they felt toward counties planning at a multi-county level; and to what persons and groups they referred, or would refer, for information and assistance in planning. (NL)

Profiles 75 young leaders in education--men and women who exemplify the Phi Delta Kappa ideals of research, service, and leadership in their professional lives. (Author/IRT)

Includes biographies of two educational media and technology leaders: (1) Robert Morgan, a psychologist who saw the potential of educational technology through working with programmed instruction; and (2) L. Paul Saettler, a historian for instructional and educational technology. (LRW)

Discusses the life and work of Anne Lang-Etienne, a dissident occupational therapist who moved and shaped a generation of Canadian therapists and spurred the profession to action for social change. Includes 18 references. (JOW)

Discusses the soul of leadership, including basic principles such as a leader is the symbolic soul of the group. Describes the essentials of leadership using the acronym LEADERS: Look and listen, Empowerment, Awareness, Doing, Emotional freedom and empathy, Responsibility, and Synchronicity. (PKP)

Argues that moral and spiritual leaders strive to make a difference in the lives of students; to reduce the achievement gap in one's school, district, and the larger educational environment; and to foster growth opportunities and leadership in others. (PKP)

Examined the effects of training community leaders in prevention science in the context of the Communities That Care (CTC) model fo community empowerment. Data from an evaluation of CTC in 21 Pennsylvania communities and interviews with 203 community leaders show that training is positively, although modestly, associated with participant attitudes…

In-depth interviews with nine individuals identified by a survey of American Library Association members as leaders in the public library field indicated that six traits are important in making a library leader: vision; a commitment to public libraries; courage and risk taking; openness to others; political savvy; and professional involvement.…

Examines the military career of Roman Nose, war chief of the Hmisis band of northern Cheyenne, highlighting the hostilities of 1865-68. Describes Roman Nose's leadership of the fierce Dog Soldiers, his confrontations with Hancock, Custer, Sherman, and Forsyth, and his religious beliefs and practices. Contains 36 references. (SV)

Recognizes and describes the efforts of eight inductees into "E Magazine's Kid Heroes Hall of Fame." A side bar discusses the need for an environmental education curriculum that allows elementary children to explore and learn without worries of planetary crisis. (LZ)

Internal and external changes are affecting the role of nurse educators. They are challenged to help nursing education respond to the needs of a different type of health care system that may emerge. (SK)

Finds that delivery makes a difference in evaluations of leader charisma. Offers the concept of communicator style as a way to interpret the findings. (SR)

Surveyed recognized leaders (n=321) of African-American communities to aid in identification of pertinent characteristics common to successful and positive role models for young African-American men. Results indicated three principal components that best described respondents' patterns of response: Social Profile, Role Values, and Motivations.…