Book Advances Theory and Evidence-Driven Design and Redesign of Community Leadership Development Programs

Book Advances Theory and Evidence-Driven Design and Redesign of Community Leadership Development Programs K. Pigg, S. Gasteyer, G. Martin, G. Apaliya, and К Keatings, Community Effects of Leadership Development Education: Citizen Empowerment for Civic Engagement. [...]the authors call for a conceptualization of leadership that moves beyond individual roles and talents to one that recognizes the collaboration and interaction through which leadership and leaders manifest. [...]developing individual leadership capacity is elemental to promoting civic engagement; however, such individual-level development is merely a first step in CLD. The authors conclude with a discussion of a model of CLD informed by their research through which participants first attain and/or demonstrate (1) improved human capital self-efficacy and governance skills, (2) increased community commitment, (3) shared future and purpose, and (4) increased political knowledge (political capital).