Go for the gold: Hurdles and winning strategies for conducting longitudinal and nonlinear research in undergraduate leader development.

This article makes a case for longitudinal and non-linear methods when researching or evaluating student leadership development. After a primer on longitudinal methodology, barriers and aligned solutions to methodological challenges are presented.

Context Matters: Support for Leader Developmental Readiness.

Leader developers need to consider support for leader developmental readiness by examining organizational culture, job design and rewards, social support, and availability and structure of leader development programming.

In Pursuit: Mastering Leadership Through Leader Developmental Readiness.

This chapter defines leader developmental readiness, presents a conceptual model, and discusses implications for practitioners supporting leaders before college, during college, and in early career stages.