An Exploration of Woman’s Ways of Leading: Revisited. “What women and men can learn. . . "

Linda G. Lambert and Mary E. Gardner joined force in the early 1990.  Gardner fresh from her work at Harvard’s Principal Center was asked to take Lambert’s position at California State University at Hayward just as Lambert was leaving as a special envoy to Egypt. After Linda’s return the two co-taught graduate programs in educational administration certification and master’s degrees. They quickly  discovered they had similar interests in redefining leadership and challenging  its historical limitations for women.  The result of this partnership was five provocative books on leadership.  The latest book (2024) is Women’s Ways of Leading: Revisited.  

In the early 1990 Mary returned to Saratoga as Superintendent of Saratoga Union School District.  She retired from the superintendency in 2003. Since then she has worked as a consultant, coach, mentor, speaker, author and expert witness in education.  She was a member of Saratoga Rotary.