This document contains four papers presented at a symposium on leadership and management development moderated by Mark Porter at the 1996 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). "Expanding Formative Experiences: A Critical Dimension of Leadership Deportment" (Gary D. Geroy, Jackie L. Jankovich) advocates focusing leadership development interventions on evolving new common sense behaviors for both men and women. Susan R. Meyer's paper "Mentoring and Reflection: Enhancing Managerial Skills" reports the findings of structured telephone interviews of two groups of mentors and proteges who were involved in an 18-month mentoring program enhance professional growth in the context of a management development program. "A Case Study of African-American Women's Corporate Leadership Experiences: Contextual Implications for Human Resource Development" (Valeria J. Stokes) reports an ethnographic case study establishing that African-American women in entry- and executive-level corporate management positions have had adverse leadership experiences attributed to their gender and ethnicity. "New Management Roles in the Communications Industry" (Kemp van Ginkel, Wim J. Nijhof, Jan N. Streumer) outlines a new flexible curriculum structure that was developed based on a study of recent changes in the communications industry, including changes in management styles in the industry. Papers contain references. (MN)