Introduction Building Leadership Capacity in Schools by Linda Lambert touched on a number of key ideas. Lambert provided examples from different schools, principals, and his own experiences on how to gain and sustain leadership ability during his character development. Lambert emphasizes that to develop leadership capacity in schools there should be participation from parents, students and staff. These are also the same characteristics to become a great person in society. In this article I will talk about the staff and the level of participation. Lambert emphasizes that conversation with individuals about their leadership roles should occur as individuals take on the task of leadership and character development. A key element in the text was the level of participation and degree of skill for leadership ability as you sought to discover your character. Another element of the text that I found fundamental was to break the relationships of dependence between the staff and the principal. As we work to build leadership skills and character, it will take time, and time is an important factor in building leadership skills because there are not enough hours in the day to accomplish everything we would like to do without strategically planning leadership meetings. Level of participationWhen building leadership capacity it is important to ensure that there is competent and broad-based participation. We want students, parents, community and staff to be participants. This is important because it allows staff to take responsibility for the growth and development of not only themselves but also their colleagues in carrying out leadership work. It is helpful for the community to work together toward a common goal instead of... middle of paper... solving staff members' problems so that they break the dependency and remove "top-down" authority " by the principal. In promoting leadership capacity it is important to be aware that time can be an issue and to use the time available in a productive and meaningful way so that you can achieve Quadrant 4 leadership capacity in your school. Lambert has provided surveys to examine leadership capacity to help a school understand where growth development is needed. Building leadership capacity requires that the development work of all participants is sustained and successful, even if that means making difficult decisions about someone removing or being removed from a position all together. Works Cited Youniss, J. and M. Yates, 1999. “Youth Service and Moral-Civic Identity: A Case for Everyday Morality,” Review of Educational Psychology, 11 (4): 363 – 378