The facilitative leader in city hall : reexamining the scope and contributions / [edited by] James H. Svara.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptualizing the facilitative model. Reexamining models of mayoral leadership / James H. Svara -- Exploring conceptual issues. Defining facilitative leadership : a view from inside the Mayor's Office in Lawrence, Kansas / John Nalbandian and Sarah Negrón -- Facilitation in its 'natural' setting : supportive structure and culture in Denmark / Rikke Berg and Ulrik Kjaer -- Mixing models of leadership in a mayor-council city : a study of Yorkville, Illinois / Curtis Wood, Gerald Gabris, and Bart Olson -- Facilitation in the council-manager form. A. Classic situations : when leadership looks easy (even though it's not). Switching roles from administrator to mayor : Winston-Salem, North Carolina / Kenneth A. Klase -- Guiding change in a first ring suburb : Plano, Texas / Douglas J. Watson and Alicia C. Schortgen -- Commitment to engagement : Chapel Hill, North Carolina / Vaughan Mamlin Upshaw -- B. Council-manager communities with adversity and conflict. Building a town and its institutions : Midway, Florida / Yahong Zhang and Kaifeng Yang -- Expanding the scope of policy leadership through networks : Grand Rapids, Michigan / Eric S. Zeemering and Roger J. Durham -- From conflict to cooperation : Auburn, Alabama / Wendy L. Hassett -- Partial leadership and alternating styles : Stockton, California / Robert Benedetii and Shayne Lambuth -- Charting the progress of the empowered mayor : the 'stronger mayor' in Cincinnati, Ohio / John T. Spence -- C. Very large city : where facilitative leadership is not expected. Beating the odds or changing the odds in a large city : Phoenix, Arizona / Janet Denhardt and Martin Vanacour -- Facilitation in the mayor-council form. Building trust and developing a vision : Akron, Ohio / Raymond W. Cox III -- The power to persuade : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Craig M. Wheeland -- Conclusion. Advancing facilitative leadership in practice / James H. Svara.