leadership

America's Best Leaders: Anne Mulcahy, Xerox CEO

By Bill George - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

In reforming a troubled company, she had the courage to say "no" to Wall Street. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University Economist

By Thomas Omestad - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

An academic who looks for real-world ways to beat global poverty. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Steven Spielberg, Filmmaker

By Jay Tolson - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

He addresses important issues on the big screen and through his philanthropy. more >>

America's Best Leaders: U.S. Junior Officers, Military

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

Rising in the military ranks with a wisdom forged by war. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Freeman Hrabowski, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

By Kim Clark - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

America's Best Leaders: Freeman Hrabowski, University of Maryland-Baltimore County more >>

America's Best Leaders: Fiona Harrison & Maria Zuber, NASA scientists

By Justin Ewers - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

The first two women to head their own NASA robotic space missions. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Amory Lovins, Energy Scientist

By Kent Garber - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

For this bright light in the field of alternative energy, it's all about efficiency. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

By Avery Comarow - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

A leader on HIV/AIDS and a straight talker on key health issues more >>

America's Best Leaders: Regina Benjamin, Small-Town Primary Care Physician

By Nancy Shute - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

She believes that living in a tiny rural town shouldn't mean giving up big-city healthcare. more >>

David Gergen: Obama Is a Leader of Enormous Potential, but He Can’t Do It Alone

By David Gergen - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

This year’s Best Leaders are the kind of people who can help him lead America out of our doldrums more >>

In a Time of Crisis, A Look at America's Best Leaders

Nation & World - November 19, 2008

The 2008 list from U.S. News and the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. more >>

Grooming Tomorrow's Leaders at the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership

By Amanda Ruggeri - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

CPL offers courses, workshops, and lectures for aspiring leaders. more >>

How America's Best Leaders Were Picked

Nation & World - November 19, 2008

The methodology, the selection committee, and the research team. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defense

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

Pentagon chief looks for uses of "soft power" in a hard power world. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Lance Armstrong, Cyclist and Advocate

By Katherine Hobson - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

Tireless efforts on behalf of cancer survivors like himself. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony

By Justin Ewers - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

A maverick maestro is winning big crowds of new classical music fans. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Benjamin Carson, Surgeon and Children's Advocate

By Avery Comarow - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

A talented pediatric neurosurgeon and activist for inner-city kids. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Linda Rottenberg, Entrepreneur

By Michelle Andrews - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

Her non-profit builds seeks to build profitable small businesses on a global scale. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund

By Amanda Ruggeri - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

A civil rights pioneer and crusader on behalf of children. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Mike Feinberg & David Levin, Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP)

By Eddy Ramírez - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

Raising educational expectations in under-served communities. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo CEO

By Michael Useem - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

The karaoke-singing chief executive is taking Pepsi in an unlikely direction—toward healthful foods. more >>

America's Best Leaders: Terence Blanchard & Herbie Hancock, Musicians

By Eddy Ramírez - Nation & World - November 19, 2008

Their Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz brings music education to public schools. more >>

America's Best Leaders: David Baltimore, California Institute of Technology