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

by Susan R. Komives, Nance Lucas, Timothy R. McMahon

This third edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the bestselling text for undergraduate leadership courses. This book is designed for college students to help them understand that they are capable of being effective leaders and guide them in developing their leadership potential. The Relational Leadership Model (RLM) continues as the major focus in this edition, and the book includes stronger connections between the RLM dimensions and related concepts, as well as visual applications of the model. The third edition includes new student vignettes that demonstrate how the major concepts and theories can be applied. It also contains new material on social justice, conflict management, positive psychology, appreciative inquiry, emotional intelligence, and new self-assessment and reflection questionnaires. For those focused on the practice of leadership development, the third edition is part of a complete set that includes a Student Workbook , a Facilitation and Activity Guide for educators, and . The Workbook is a student-focused companion to the book and the Facilitation and Activity Guide is designed for use by program leaders and educators.

Genres: Leadership, Education, Nonfiction, Textbooks

608 pages, Paperback

First published March 13, 1998

Reviews

[Francisco J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm reading this book for a college class, and I have to honestly say, it is one of the most comprehensive and positive books I have read. It is a good book as a first step towards leadership development:).

[Raul Pegan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unnecessarily verbose, but with some good bits here and there. Nothing groundbreaking. Wouldn’t recommend

[Cameron Rehbein]

Had to read this for grad school so I guess I might as well count it for my reading challenge

[Valerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was what got me started on a path in Student Affairs. I loved learning about the leadership identity model and I could see how I changed in every activity I became a part of. However, the most rewarding part was seeing this play out in my students. I loved watching them grow, develop, and learn about themselves. I had a chance to take a picture with Dr. Komives at a conference and was elated! She is incredibly kind and intelligent. I love reading about her latest works.

[Ashlie aka The Cheerbrarian]

Read this one for work, for a class I was co-teaching, but it still counts! It was a little dense for some of our students I think, but the concepts were solid and stories from actual college students were helpful, and overall I think it is a good text to help college students expand their definition of leadership, and find ways to employ leadership lessons and skills in their daily liv

[Valerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My go to book on leadership. There is some wonderful information in here. I highly recommend this book!

[Lisa]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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[Evie · Rating 3 out of 5]

this is literally only on here because I was proud that I read an entire textbook cover to cover (with highlights too)