Stam, Allan, Dean, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy October 17, 2015 In a rapidly changing world, it is easy to take the role of leaders for granted, seeing them as subject to the whims of fate. However, history has shown that individual leaders really do make a difference. Allan C. Stam, Dean of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, will discuss how transformative leadership has served as a force multiplier and shaped world events. Stam is the co-author of the upcoming book, Why Leaders Fight, (Cambridge University Press) a major study of 2,400 world leaders and their decision to engage in armed conflicts.