Leadership Enrichment and Development

Gail Simpson Cahill is a Department Chair and an Associate Professor of Special Education at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA. Dr. Cahill teaches courses in seminar and special education. Dr. Cahill has taught various grades in PreK-12 schools and held several administrative positions in school systems. Diana C. Direiter is the Dean of Faculty and an Associate Professor of Psychology at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA, and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. She is a founding member and co-facilitator of Leadership Enrichment And Development (LEAD). Amy Rutstein-Riley is the Dean of the Graduate School of Leadership and Change and Director of the PhD Program of Leadership and Change at Antioch University, USA. Dr. Rutstein-Riley is the founder of The Girlhood Project and a founding member and co-facilitator of Leadership Enrichment And Development (LEAD). Stephanie A. Spadorcia is the Vice-Provost of Education and an Associate Professor of Special Education and Literacy at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA. Dr. Spadorcia is a founding member and co-facilitator of Leadership Enrichment And Development (LEAD). Her teaching and research focus on literacy instruction for children with disabilities.

Chapter 1. Invitation to LEAD Chapter 2. Mapping the leadership heart Chapter 3. Blocking women’s path: Structural barriers to positions of senior leadership Chapter 4. Women’s leadership journeys across sectors: Different perspectives but the view is the same Chapter 5. Mentoring as an act of leadership Chapter 6. Leadership identity development: Can the voices of diverse women be heard? Chapter 7. The Girlhood Project: A relational exploration of learning, leading and becoming Chapter 8. Empowered voices: Charting the course of women's leadership through LEAD Mastermind peer-to-peer mentoring group Chapter 9. Epilogue: The Kitchen Table