Summary: What makes leadership hard in political life? How do constituents react when politicians exercise leadership? What can we do to encourage more acts of leadership from politicians? John Carlin is currently a visiting professor/executive in residence at Kansas State University in the School of Leadership Studies. He teaches a masters level class in executive leadership and an undergraduate class in practical politics. He also currently chairs the board for the Kansas Bioscience Authority. Carlin had returned to his home state of Kansas after serving ten years as Archivist of the United States, being appointed by President Clinton in 1995. He served two four year terms as Governor of Kansas leaving office in January of 1987. He was chairman of the National Governors Association 1984-85. After leaving public office he taught at Wichita State University, was involved in two small business ventures, and traveled internationally on behalf of Kansas businesses. Prior to being Governor, he served four terms in the Kansas House of Representatives, the last term as Speaker of the House.
