The Concept of Leadership

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From my discussions in class I’ve realized there is a great imbalance in our research on leadership. We have discussed the definition, the purpose, the traits, and the process, yet everyday after class I walk away with a sense that less and less is known about the curious concept of leadership. It was not until I was discussing the class with a colleague that I realized that discussing leadership is an ironic way of learning about it. Leadership expresses itself in action, and many are considered to be born leaders because they embody the concept we attempt to capture. Learning about leadership requires that we emphasize the important contributions of the body in the process of developing a leader. How we currently learn about leadership often leaves me feeling confused and unfulfilled because the concept needs to be grasped through action. New developments on the connection between the mind, body, and human consciousness play an important role how we approach the development of future leaders. Applying the new developments in student affairs practices may prove useful in developing a system to reaches a broader audience of learners.
Leadership education: A mysterious necessity
Educating students to be leaders in their field is a noble mission because it aims to develop people that can influence positive outcomes towards a specific goal. It will take leaders to feed and house the world, solve an increasingly multi-national complex, and re-establish the value systems of nations built for the people. Education plays a valuable role in revealing the information and knowledge on what it takes to effectively lead in a certain field, yet it is not effective enough is measuring the true value of its contribution to developing leade...

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