The leadership styles of 15 directors at Bowie State College (Maryland) was examined, using the Leader Effectiveness and Adaptability Description (LEAD) Self Survey. The instrument presents situations that show the leader's concern for job relationships and tasks. Directors were defined as mid-level managers with key administrative and supervisory responsibilities. In addition to comparing age, gender, race, education, and income level of respondents and nonrespondents, LEAD scores of respondents were analyzed by gender, age (40 and under and 41 and over), income ($33,000 and under and $33,001 and over), and race (blacks and white). Most of the directors indicated task-oriented responses to the 12 situations described. Those individuals who appeared less task-oriented had a background in the helping professions that, by training, emphasizes a less directive, less task-oriented approach to life situations, including program administration in higher education. Female directors were high on relationship and task. Directors over age 41 emphasized tasks more than younger directors, for whom relationships were important. Older directors were generally more consistent than younger directors in the relevance of the task. Better educated, older directors seemed more task-oriented and consistent than high school graduates and/or younger directors. (SW)