Leadership reckoning : can higher education develop the leaders we need? / Thomas Kolditz, Ph. D., Libby Gill, Ryan P. Brown, Ph. D.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195).

Casting a vision for leader development -- Graduating leaders? : leader-tainment and the claims of higher education -- Using professionals to achieve professional results : coaching as a tool for leader development -- Building a strong foundation : the development of leader identity and emotional intelligence -- Leading with skill : building leader competencies on the foundation of identity and emotional intelligence -- Measuring up : the why, how, and what of measuring outcomes in a leader development enterprise -- Establishing first principles : how to create the conceptual framework of a leader development enterprise -- Aiming higher : an invitation to professionalize leader development together.

"Since its inception, higher education in the U.S. has claimed to develop leaders. This bold claim appears in college mission statements and mottos, and it is reinforced in recruiting materials and ad campaigns. But is this claim justified? Leadership Reckoning takes to task American colleges and universities for their haphazard, incoherent, evidence-free approaches to developing students as leaders and offers a principle-driven, outcome-oriented blueprint for how effective leader development can occur. Higher education has both the opportunity and the responsibility to take leader development seriously and create the leaders we need. It's high time that happens, and Leadership Reckoning points the way."--Description on Amazon.com