The authors provide instructions on interpreting the scores and suggestions for personal actions based on the scores. Part 1 presents the insights of several successful Americans to show why the rethinking of self-interest, power, and public life is the key to bringing new meaning into the lives of Americans. Examples of ways in which people have applied the concepts in part 1 are also described, with a focus on shared decision making. The qualities of character that can be cultivated for enhancing one's life are also discussed. Worksheets, an index, and list of resources are included.
References accompany each chapter.
Larraine R. Matusak, a noted expert on leadership development, describes leadership as a body of knowledge that can be taught and learned, and sets forth a practical set of tools and resources to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for effective leadership. Using diverse examples of citizens who have accepted the responsibility to lead, Matusak shows how individuals who are without a title or position of power can still pursue their passion and fit leadership opportunities to their specific talents. Objectivism, the dominant epistemology in higher education, is seen as anticommunal. A spirituality of education that challenges teachers to move beyond conventional ideas of instruction and learning to develop vital new teaching methods incorporating insights from traditional contemplative wisdom. Examining their concepts of responsibility, the links they draw between present and future, and how they view themselves in the larger human community, Loeb describes the generational choices that will shape our common future.