Youth leadership is the first book to lay out a leadership model that is grounded in adolescent development theorybased on fifteen years of work with teens and the adults in their lives youth leadership identifies three major stages of adolescent leadership development awareness interaction and mastery. Youth leadership is the first book to lay out a leadership model that is grounded in adolescent development theory based on fifteen years of work with teens and the adults in their lives youth leadership identifies three major stages of adolescent leadership development awareness interaction and mastery. Based on fifteen years of work with teens and the adults in their lives youth leadership identifies the three major stages of adolescent leadership development it outlines practical tactics for developing leadership skills through experiences at home school community and work andmost importantlya shows how adults in these settings can have a positive impact. Youth leadership a guide to understanding leadership development in adolescents jossey bass education series authors josephine a van linden carl i fertman fertman carl josephine a long. Based on fifteen years of work with teens and the adults in their lives youth leadership identifies the three major stages of adolescent leadership development it outlines practical tactics for developing leadership skills through experiences at home school community and work andmost importantlya shows how adults in these settings can have a positive impact