This proceedings report presents forum presentations, transcripts from question and answer sessions, and remarks made at the national presidents invitational forum on outreach which address the capacity of individual leaders at institutions of higher education to embrace fundamental shifts in beliefs and values about leaders, about the process of leading, about people, and about the outcomes for leadership that fit rapidly changing organizations in a rapidly changing world. Presentations are organized into four phases of change: (1) awareness-analysis (the understanding that change has or is occurring and examining how it is to be met); (2) alternatives (providing leadership in evaluating and finding solutions); (3) decision-transition (the leadership needed during these critical phases of change); and (4) action (includes a sampling of model outreach programs). Presentations and their authors were as follows: "On Learning and Transformation" (Jerold Apps); "Challenge" (Bryce Jordan); "Perspective" (William Schreyer); "Competitiveness" (William Kolberg); "Health" (Roger Bulger); "Environment" (Dolores Spikes); "Washington, What Now?" (Charles McDowell); Commitment" (Carol Cartwright); and "NELD and the Art of White Water Rafting" (C. Peter Magrath). A list of participants is provided. (GLR)