The third in a series of books on human potential, the focus of this book is the leadership and management capability of people in public service. The chapters of the book are: 1. The Leadership Gap; 2. The Leader: Definitions; 3. The Issue Develops; 4. Creative Pressures for the '70s; 5. The Private-Public Dialogue; 6. Response: The Universities; 7. Response: Training Outside the Universities; 8. Response: Government Training Initiatives; 9. Empty Credentials and New Careers; 10. The Training Argument; and 11. Leadership Development in the '70s. Aspects of the debate in the U.S. Senate on S.11, the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, on October 27, 1969, are presented in the book's appendix. A nine and one-half page annotated bibliography presents lists of books, articles and books. An index is provided. (DB)