1. Encouraging Leadership Development Across the Life Span

2. Who are potential leaders? Everyone is capable of being a leader at some time and place in her life.

3. Why look for and encourage potential leaders? Communities, advocacy efforts, and grass roots and community-based organizations need leaders. They make positive growth and change possible, and improve the quality of life for everyone

4. Childhood opportunities for leadership development: Sports and games School, camp, and other institutional situations agenda for a meeting.

5. Adolescents They're idealistic. They're tireless They're enthusiastic They don't have enough experience to assume they can't do something They work cheap

6. College students and other young adults: Entrepreneurship Politics Service learning Employment Government-sponsored service programs Non-profit and non-governmental organizations

7. Elder statespersons: Employment Organizations and associations Volunteering and community service Local politics

8. Retired persons and seniors: Community service Advocacy Local politics Volunteering

9. Guidelines for encouraging leadership development across the life span 1.Ask them 2.Start where people are 3.Provide real-world opportunities 4.Challenge people with reachable goals 5.Provide training

10. Guidelines for encouraging leadership development across the life span, cont. 6.Build on success 7.Provide peer support 8.Provide an institutional structure for leadership development opportunities 9.Provide models of effective leadership