Synopses & Reviews
LIBERATE THE LEADER WITHINDo you think of yourself as a leader? In this updated and expanded second edition of The Student Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner apply their extensive research and expertise to demonstrate that anyone can be a leader, regardless of age or experience. They challenge high school and undergraduate college students to examine their own leadership actions and aspirations. In this book, you’ll learn from first-hand leadership stories from young leaders like yourself around the world, helping you to deeply explore and understand The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®:
- MODEL THE WAY
- INSPIRE A SHARED VISION
- CHALLENGE THE PROCESS
- ENABLE OTHERS TO ACT
- ENCOURAGE THE HEART
Framed within these Five Practices, the authors guide you through the concrete actions you can take to become an exemplary leader, from finding your voice and clarifying your own values, to recognizing others’ contributions and celebrating their victories. They ask you to reflect at the end of each chapter on your own leadership experiences and abilities now and for the future. This new edition also includes an access code so you can take the Student Leadership Practices Inventory® Self Online, a brief, 30-question assessment to help you explore your own leadership behavior and determine the steps you can take to liberate the leader within and become your best self.
Praise for The Student Leadership Challenge, Second Edition
“Employers are looking for students who have content knowledge and practical experienceworking in teams and leading others. The Student Leadership Challenge is an excellentexample of the behaviors needed to accomplish extraordinary tasks that can get younoticed by a potential employer.”
—Kevin Bailey, vice president for student affairs, University of West Florida
Synopsis
This second edition of Student Leadership Challenge is based on the concepts and research that inform The Leadership Challenge, Fifth Edition. The book offers an accessible guide to The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, which is foundation of The Student Leadership Challenge approach. Incorporating stories of leadership development from real students, and language to which college students and other young and emerging leaders can relate, the book also features reflective and critical thinking activities at the end of each chapter to help students engage in each of The Five Practices.
About the Author
JAMES KOUZES and BARRY POSNER have been working together for more thanthirty years, studying leaders, researching leadership, conducting leadership developmentseminars, and serving as leaders themselves in various capacities. They are coauthors ofthe award-winning, best-selling book The Leadership Challenge.
Table of Contents
Preface: Making Extraordinary Things Happen with Others xi1 Introduction: When People Are at Their Best as Leaders 3
The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
PRACTICE 1: MODEL THE WAY
2 Commitment #1: Clarify Values 22
Find Your Voice
Affirm Shared Values
3 Commitment #2: Set the Example 40
Live the Shared Values
Teach Others to Model the Values
PRACTICE 2: INSPIRE A SHARED VISION
4 Commitment #3: Envision the Future 66
Imagine the Possibilities
Find a Common Purpose
5 Commitment #4: Enlist Others 89
Appeal to Common Ideals
Animate the Vision
PRACTICE 3: CHALLENGE THE PROCESS
6 Commitment #5: Search for Opportunities 114
Seize the Initiative
Exercise Outsight
7 Commitment #6: Experiment and Take Risks 136
Generate Small Wins
Learn from Experience
PRACTICE 4: ENABLE OTHERS TO ACT
8 Commitment #7: Foster Collaboration 164
Create a Climate of Trust
Facilitate Relationships
9 Commitment #8: Strengthen Others 186
Enhance Self-Determination
Coach for Competence and Confi dence
PRACTICE 5: ENCOURAGE THE HEART
10 Commitment #9: Recognize Contributions 212
Expect the Best
Personalize Recognition
11 Commitment #10: Celebrate the Values and the Victories 234
Create a Spirit of Community
Get Personally Involved
12 A Call to Action for Young Leaders 257
Your Continuing Leadership Journey
Acknowledgments 269
About the Authors 273
Index 277