Welcome to The Art and Science of Leadership, a comprehensive collection of researched articles and activities for improving leadership, managerial and supervising skills.

Soldiers patrol during a training exercise in the final phase of the Primary Leadership Development Course. The course allows junior enlisted soldiers deployed to receive the professional development training they need to become better leaders. - U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jorge Lozada.

Related Leadership Pages

• Leadership Books
• Leadership Definitions
• Leadership Quotes
• Frequently Asked Questions on Leadership
• The New Face of Leadership: Implications for Higher Education
• Mission Statements
• Performance
• Coaching
• Knowledge Management
• History of Management
• Creativity
• Informal Learning in the Workplace
• Leadership Links Page

Leadership Development

• 70-20-10 Learning and Training Model
• Leadership Development Programs
• Leadership Development Model
• Leadership Competency Model

The Leadership Puzzle

There is no such thing as a perfect leader, either in the past or present, in China or elsewhere. If there is one, he is only pretending, like a pig inverting spring onions into his nose in an effort to look like an elephant. - Liu Shao-Chi — Which means we must consistently strive to improve ourselves.

The Art and Science of Leadership

A Complete Guide to Leadership

• Concepts of Leadership (definition, principles, factors, process, etc.)

• The Four Pillars: Leadership, Management, Command, and Control

• Leadership Models (Four Framework Approach and the Managerial Grid)

• Human Behavior: Part I (Hierarchy of Needs, Hygiene and Motivation Factors, Theory X/Y)

• Human Behavior: Part II (ERG and Expectancy Theory)

• Leading (goal setting, supervision, inspiring, learning, powering and relationships)

• Direction (planning with the Shewhart Cycle, problem solving)

• Communication (active listening, feedback, speaking, nonverbal behaviors)

• Motivation (drive, counseling, value-based self-governance, performance

• Character (traits, attributes, principles)

• Leadership Styles (authoritarian, participative, delegative, forces)

• Growing A Team (teamwork, team leadership)

• Matrix Teams (cross-functional teams, forming, storming, norming, performing)

• Team Leadership Model (Hill's Team Model, interventions)

• Diversity (Diversity Continuum)

• Time Management (planning, big picture)

• Change (acceptance, leading the change)

• Learning Organization ( The Fifth Discipline, includes Learning Organization Profile)

• Meetings (preparing, conducting, follow-up)

• Mentoring (types of mentoring, finding a mentor, development, creating a mentorship program)

• Organizational Behavior (elements, models, Organization Development, action learning)

• Presentations (preparing for, voice, body, nerves)

• Strategy & Tactics (command and control)

• Visioning (creating visions, examples)

  • Sensemaking (the social nature of visualization)

• OODA (observe, orient, decide, act)

• Transformational Leadership (New)

• Ethos and Leadership (Warrior Ethos for organizations)

• Horizontal Leadership: Bridging the Information Gap (moving beyond vertical leadership)

• After Action Review (steps, guidelines, and strategies for conducting an AAR)

Learning Activities

The Leadership Development Outline contains the leadership guide listed above, plus it has learning activities for each section.

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“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion.” — Theodore Hesburgh, President of the University of Notre Dame