A note from John Ogle at National Association for Campus Activities:

• We want to remind you to register for the 2009 NCLP/NACA National Leadership Symposium by the early registration deadline of June 4. For details, please read the attached brochure or go to http://www.naca.org/Events/Pages/nls.aspx. Space is limited. We look forward to seeing you this summer! So don’t wait - get in on the savings now and register by the early registration deadline.

We are excited to announce the publication of the special issue of the Journal of Leadership Education (JOLE) highlighting current issues and challenges in the field of leadership education.

You can access the full issue from the link in the middle of the editor’s introduction:

http://www.fhsu.edu/jole/issues/current.html

or the full PDF at the following:

http://www.fhsu.edu/jole/issues/JOLE_8_1.pdf

The issue highlights challenges in theoretical foundations of leadership education, evaluation and assessment, curriculum and pedagogy, and faculty development.

The issue also includes three invited papers addressing what we felt were some of the most current and relevant issues in the field: the distinction between leadership skill development and leadership personal development (Barry Posner), the challenge of identifying and aligning educational activities to this development (Susan Komives and her colleagues), and efforts to put a consistent framework on leadership education activities and programs (the Guidelines for Leadership Education Programs reported by Stephen Ritch and Thomas Mengel).

We hope this special issue will serve as a catalyst for future research and practice, and enable leadership educators to better meet the needs of their students and the organizations and communities they seek to lead.

Sincerely,

Tony Middlebrooks and Scott J. Allen

I stumbled upon businessballs.com the other night and was really impressed with the amount of information they have provided (free of charge). It is pretty incredible. There are a number of links that relate nicely to the study and practice of leadership development. Check them out when you have the chance. -  Scott J. Allen

• belbin team roles and personality types theory
• bloom’s taxonomy of learning domains
• experiential learning - and guide to facilitating experiential activities
• conscious competence learning model

This is an interesting video to include in a discussion on leadership. I will often include it in a discussion on the topic of feedback. After all, it is difficult for anyone one of us to see the whole picture. See what you think! - Scott J. Allen

Part of leadership is the ability to read the context of any situation. As an example, for any great athlete, reading the context  becomes second nature. This is true in business as well and Jim Collins (Built to Last & Good to Great) has a book excerpt in Business Week that is worth a read.  From a leadership perspective, the article is all about context. Take a look and see what you think. - Scott J. Allen