Root Down & Branch Out: Best Practices for Leadership Development Programs+ Innovation ready: Learn from and root down in the high-impact practices in action at universities - and branch out from them with ideas you can launch in your own program+ Research based: Be more scientific and gain insights from a University of Wisconsin study of high quality leadership development programs in US higher education+ Grounded in real stories: Understand what works through reading quotes from over sixty students and practitioners from different leadership programs+ Ready to apply: Use the charts and tools to apply the model and best practices to your own setting, workshop, course, program, institution, initiative, or organization+ Assessment friendly: Use the included assessment sheets for program evaluation, development, reflection, idea generation, and improvement+ Current and growing: New resources, activities, tips, guides, videos, networks, and updates are becoming available regularly at DarinEich.com/BookThis book brings key findings to practice from a research study I conducted to determine the most important characteristics of high quality leadership development programs. I spoke with program developers, educators and participants from four programs to uncover what mattered most - what made the leadership programs most effective. From the study findings, I created what I call the Grounded Theory Model of High Quality Leadership Programs to outline the most important characteristics of effective programs that positively contribute to students' learning and leadership development. I also lay out the actions you can take and what types of outcomes these actions produce. The pieces of the model can be used as a checklist for things you could be doing in your program -- as catalysts for innovation. My hope is that this knowledge can assist you, whether you are a program developer or teacher, in creating and administering high-quality leadership programs that enhance the learning and leadership development of your program participants.

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