Description: In LEAD 101, students explore and assess various leadership theories and approaches. The class addresses the nature of leadership in different contexts - by degree of authority, by group type, size and purpose, and by profession. Armed with a theoretical framework, students are given opportunities to address current ethical, democratic, and international challenges of leadership. Assignments helps students formulate a general theory of leadership and identify how and where they fit in that framework. Students learn to match leadership approaches to contexts and also gain clarity about the types of leadership they are best suited to practice.