Leadership has changed as much as Oregon has in the past 30 years. This month, we launch a series examining the new models of success. We start by defining what it takes to lead.

An aging population and Medicare cuts put the squeeze on rural doctors. Are small towns at risk of losing their clinics?

It’s going to take some new thinking to make Oregon’s schools competitive. A roundtable of education leaders offers a cross section of solutions for the ailing education system.

Matthew Bowler, The Mandala Agency.  It’s Oregon Business’ answer to the pin-up calendar. Each month in living color we feature the chief executive of an Oregon company. This month we’ve chosen Matthew Bowler of The Mandala Agency in Bend.

There is a lack of leadership in Oregon across all areas — business, political and civic — according to almost half of the 681 readers surveyed by research firm Conkling Fiskum & McCormick.