Systematic Approaches to Leadership Development: What are You doing?

摘要

To face new challenges and achieve development goals, the value of leadership education and the need for leadership development programs to prepare tomorrow's leaders has become increasingly important. There is a growing need for diversity in leadership in academic, corporate, and professional organizations. Cox (1991) and Harry (1992) claimed the need for a culturally diverse workforce for the long-term survivability and profitability of organizations. Several authors (Gordon & Bridglall, 2004; Goldberg, 2001; Tapia, Chubin & Lanius, 2000; Harry, 1992) reported that minority populations are continually underrepresented in educational leadership positions and have suggested that institutions do more to promote leadership education. In addition, according to Stepp (2008, p. Al) in a study of more than 4000 children ages 8 -17, "young people have little or no interest with achieving leadership roles." Apparently, "the millennial generation has ambivalent, even negative feelings about formal leadership," according to Peter Levine, at the University of Maryland (Stepp, 2008, p. A6). Levine concludes that leadership development is not a problem confined to underrepresented populations.