This book is not about leadership, at least in the way we normally think about it. Leadership is not about position, or authority.It’s not about big speeches or grand visions. Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Those challenges appear in our professional lives, in our communities, our families—and they seem unsolvable, beyond our ability to see what needs to be done or outside our capacity to make the changes needed. They are not. Because, leadership is an activity—small actions taken in moments of opportunity. And as you start to look around, you can begin to see more of those moments, seize the opportunity in those moments. Most importantly, you can help others see those opportunities too. That’s why everyone can lead and the real power to solve our most important challenges is when everyone leads.

If you teach leadership using Your Leadership Edge: Tools and Strategies for When Everyone Leads, this is your companion. If you've attended a Your Leadership Edge program at Kansas Leadership Center and want to help those you supervise embrace the principle, "leadership is an activity, not a position," this is your companion. If you are a coach or facilitator working with people who would benefit from a clear and proven approach to the activity of leadership, this is your companion.

This book is not about leadership, at least in the way we normally think about it. Leadership is not about position, or authority.It’s not about big speeches or grand visions. Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Those challenges appear in our professional lives, in our communities, our families—and they seem unsolvable, beyond our ability to see what needs to be done or outside our capacity to make the changes needed. They are not. Because, leadership is an activity—small actions taken in moments of opportunity. And as you start to look around, you can begin to see more of those moments, seize the opportunity in those moments. Most importantly, you can help others see those opportunities too. That’s why everyone can lead and the real power to solve our most important challenges is when everyone leads.

Teaching Leadership is written to help people who teach, coach, or train to build leadership capacity in others. The book is for anyone who wants to teach leadership more effectively using three proven methods that make learning more interactive, experiential and impactful. It's unique among leadership books in that it details the how of teaching leadership, and not just the what. Teaching Leadership is a comprehensive guide to the Kansas Leadership Center teaching, training, facilitating and coaching methods/ideas. This publication includes the KLC curriculum, case studies and overview of case-in-point teaching method.

Este libro no trata sobre liderazgo (al menos en la forma en que normalmente lo pensamos). El liderazgo no tiene que ver con un puesto o con la autoridad. No se trata de grandes discursos o grandes visiones. El liderazgo es involucrar a otros para resolver desafíos difíciles. Esos desafíos aparecen en nuestras vidas profesionales, en nuestras comunidades, en nuestras familias y parecen no tener solución, más allá de nuestra capacidad de ver lo que hay que hacer o fuera de nuestra capacidad para hacer los cambios necesarios. No lo son. Porque, el liderazgo es una actividad, pequeñas intervenciones en momentos de oportunidad. A medida que usted comienza a observar a su alrededor, comenzará a ver más de esos momentos y a aprovechar la oportunidad durante esos momentos. Lo más importante es que también podrá ayudar a otros a ver esas oportunidades. Por eso decimos que todos pueden liderar y el verdadero poder para resolver nuestros desafíos más importantes es cuando todos lideran.