My grandmother always helped people and had a saying that greatly influenced me to this day: “Always give more than you take and your life will be full.” Emerging Sage Leader

The histories and the peak experiences in the lives of the 50 emerging and 50 senior sage leaders in Grass Valley and Nevada City reflect fewer similarities than differences.

A sage leader is a person who brings unusual experience, sound judgment, and wisdom in working to advance the civic well-being of our community. Richard Baker is certainly one of these leaders.

A sage leader is a person who brings unusual experience, sound judgment, and wisdom in working to advance the civic well-being of our community. Barbara Thomas is certainly one of these leaders.

THE SAGES AMONG US: HARNESSING THE POWER OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT by Gary H. Quehl, William H. Bergquist, and Sage Associates FOREWORD Thousands of books and articles have been written about leadership, and there is a substantial body of literature on community development as well. But little has been said about a closely related subject: the civic engagement of sage leaders—the …

The broad vision for the project has been to undertake an exploratory study of the role that unusually talented young and old sage leaders play in lending their experience, judgment, and wisdom to advance the civic welfare of Grass Valley and Nevada City, California.

A sage leader is a person who brings unusual experience, sound judgment, and wisdom in working to advance the civic well-being of our community. Christine Kelly is certainly one of these leaders.

A sage leader is a person who brings unusual experience, sound judgment, and wisdom in working to advance the civic well-being of our community. We thank Norm Westmore for participating in our interview process.

The new role of the sage leader is to walk the planet as a person of inner harmony who is civically engaged in his or her community. That is the subject of this project on Theory S.

There is need to explore four subjects: a new paradigm of what aging means today, an understanding of the historic role of the elder, the meaning of “sagacity,” and the relevance of leadership research.