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

Includes Clifton StrengthsQuest access code! Exploring Leadership Third Edition Exploring Leadership helps college students to understand that they are capable of being effective leaders and guides them in developing their leadership potential. In this thoroughly revised and updated third edition of the best-selling book, the authors have incorporated new insights and material developed in the course of their work in the field, continue to deeply explore the Relational Leadership Model (RLM), and have added new student vignettes, new material on social justice and conflict management, appreciative inquiry, and positive psychology with an emphasis on strengths. In addition to a new self-assessment and reflection questionnaires, each copy comes with an access code to take the Clifton StrengthsQuest, an online assessment used to identify one's top five strengths and get suggestions for achieving academic, career, and personal success. "This edition of Exploring Leadership will inspire students to engage in deeper self-exploration about why they lead and how they can make a positive difference through their leadership. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of leadership, complete with cutting-edge scholarship, applications, and reflections from students. I recommend it highly." — Carol S. Pearson , president, Pacifica Graduate Institute, and author, The Hero Within and The Transforming Leader "There is a reason this book is in its third edition: It is a thoughtful and practical guide designed for college students who want to study leadership, perchance become leaders themselves. Most importantly, the authors offer critical advice to young, potential leaders for leading effectively in a rapidly changing world." — Jean Lipman-Blumen , Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and professor of organizational behavior, Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University

Preface vii Acknowledgments xv The Authors xix Part I: Leadership for a Changing World 1. An Introduction to Leadership 3 2. The Changing Nature of Leadership 41 3. The Relational Leadership Model 93 Part II: Exploring Your Potential for Leadership 4. Understanding Yourself 151 5. Understanding Others 187 6. Leading with Integrity 237 Part III: Context for the Practice of Leadership 7. Being in Communities 285 8. Interacting in Teams and Groups 309 9. Understanding and Renewing Complex Organizations 353 Part IV : Making a Difference with Leadership 10. Understanding Change 405 11. Strategies for Change 443 12. Thriving Together 497 References 525 Author Index 551 Subject Index 559

Susan R. Komives is professor emerita and former director of the College Student Personnel Graduate Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Nance Lucas is associate dean and associate professor at New Century College at George Mason University. Timothy R. McMahon is a faculty consultant in the Teaching Effectiveness Program at the University of Oregon.

"Students have a chance to learn leadership theory in a personal, practical and interactive way as they experience this book. [ Exploring Leadership ] provides important background of strengths–based approaches and their application to school and work settings." —Connie Rath, vice chair and dean, The Gallup Organization "This edition of Exploring Leadership will inspire students to engage in deeper self–exploration about why they lead and how they can make a positive difference through their leadership. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of leadership, complete with cutting–edge scholarship, applications, and reflections from students. I recommend it highly." —Carol S. Pearson, president, Pacifica Graduate Institute, and author, The Hero Within and The Transforming Leader "There is a reason this book is in its third edition: It is a thoughtful and practical guide designed for college students who want to study leadership, perchance become leaders themselves. Most importantly, the authors offer critical advice to young, potential leaders for leading effectively in a rapidly changing world." —Jean Lipman–Blumen, Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and professor of organizational behavior, Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University