ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts covered in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores the leadership development. It addresses each portion of the Reflection, Assessment, Challenge, Support (ReAChS) model. The book cover a number of ways you can Challenge yourself to develop your leadership. It details challenging experiences, challenging people, leadership courses and leadership development programs. It also details how to turn hardships into leadership development lessons. The book covers support, because you cannot do leadership development alone. As you are developing yourself to participate in leadership, you need to learn to capture and tell your leadership development story. Everyone participates in leadership in some capacity on a regular basis. Stories about storks and cabbage patches notwithstanding, so far everyone that participates in leadership is born.
