Leadership by Design identifies the ideals that are essential to successful leadership in colleges and universities. It explains how values shape a leader's realities and shows how leadership is a conceptual, moral, and performing art form built on ideas and ideals, as well as a solid philosophical and empirical foundation, and perfected in practice.

E. GRADY BOGUE is professor in the department of Educational Leadership at the University of Tennessee. He is Chancellor Emeritus of Louisiana State University. Bogue's previous books include The Evidence for Quality (Jossey-Bass, 1992).