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This is the thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the best-selling book Exploring Leadership. The book is designed to help college students understand that they are capable of being effective leaders and to guide them in developing their leadership potential. Exploring Leadership incorporates new insights and material developed in the course of the authors’ work in the field. The second edition contains expanded and new chapters and also includes the relational leadership model, uses a more global context and examples that relate to a wide variety of disciplines, contains a new section which emphasizes ways to work to accomplish change, and concludes with concrete strategies for activism.
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Komives (college student personnel graduate program, U. of Maryland, College Park) et al. describe how college students can use their experience to understand leadership. They use a combination of psychological and educational approaches to emphasize self-awareness as well as understanding leadership in the context of others. Themes in the book involve leadership for a changing world; relationships as a foundation; groups, organizations, and communities; understanding change and how to make a difference; and personal renewal. This edition has been expanded and has new chapters on change and strategies and developing a leadership identity. It includes the relational model and uses a more global context and multidisciplinary examples. Names and subjects are indexed. Jossey-Bass is an imprint of Wiley. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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