Includes bibliographical references and index.

Coming to the conviction that everyone leads -- My leadership journey -- The tradition and future of the concept that everyone leads -- The responsibility of leadership -- Recognizing and mobilizing all of a community's assets -- Connecting across cultures -- Facilitating collaborative action -- Continuously learning and improving -- Being accountable to ourselves and others.

"Based on a proven leadership model, Everyone leads shows how leadership can be found in uncommon places and reveals how to inspire and cultivate the leadership of those focused on social change. It shows how to take responsibility to work with developing leaders to make a difference and outlines the five key leadership values. Sponsored by Public Allies, the book helps leaders to connect across cultures, facilitate collaborative action, recognize and mobilize all of a community's assets, continuously learn, and be accountable to those they work with and those they serve"--