Synopses & Reviews
Active Learning to Empower Student LeadersBuilding on the research behind The Leadership Challenge®, The Student Leadership Challenge® approach is used by a growing number of educators who are committed to helping young people discover the leader within. Practical experience is critical to learning, and while students may respond well to presentations and discussion about The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® model, there is no substitute for hands-on experience that enables students to deepen their understanding as they put the Practices into action. This Activities Book will help you create those experiences for your students. Designed for use with high school and undergraduate college students as they embark on their personal leadership journeys with The Student Leadership Challenge, and flexible enough for students of all levels, this guide includes more than 50 activities to help educators bridge the divide between teaching The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership conceptually and helping students learn to actually apply and practice them in their lives.
PRAISE FOR THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE: ACTIVITIES BOOK
“A book of genuinely effective activities for engaging students at all levels, turning the novice facilitator into a pro. It includes easy-to-use concepts that readily apply to life as a leader, and is a real difference maker that fosters success!”
—Randy D. Grimes, human resources director, Duke University
“A fantastic resource for leadership educators looking to further develop students’ understanding of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership in a tangible, hands-on way! It offers engaging activities that are sure to make an impact on your student leaders. This activity book is a great supplement to The Student Leadership Challenge, bringing the original concepts off the page and into the real world.”
—Kimberly Piatt, coordinator of leadership development, The College at Brockport
“An excellent one-stop resource for activities to engage students of different learning styles. Students will find the experiential nature of the activities easy to comprehend and most importantly be able to see the relevance and application of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership.”
—Melvin Chia, principal consultant, Lifeskills Enrichment
Synopsis
The Student Leadership Challenge Activities Book includes more than 50 activities that give educators a bridge between teaching The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership model and helping students learn to apply the practices to their lives. The activities map to each of The Five Practices and are designed to be flexible, appropriate for high school and college students, and greatly improve students’ understanding of The Five Practices model through action. The activities include facilitator tips for use in a variety of settings and with various age groups.
Synopsis
ACTIVE LEARNING TO EMPOWER STUDENT LEADERS
Building on the research behind The Leadership Challenge(R), The Student Leadership Challenge(R) approach is used by a growing number of educators who are committed to helping young people discover the leader within. Practical experience is critical to learning, and while students may respond well to presentations and discussion about The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership(R) model, there is no substitute for hands-on experience that enables students to deepen their understanding as they put the Practices into action. This Activities Book will help you create thise experiences for your students. Designed for use with high school and undergraduate college students as they embark on their personal leadership journeys with The Student Leadership Challenge, and flexible enough for students of all levels, this guide includes more than 50 activities to help educators bridge the divide between teaching The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership conceptually and helping students learn to actually apply and practice them in their lives.
PRAISE FOR THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE: ACTIVITIES BOOK
"A book of genuinely effective activities for engaging students at all levels, turning the novice facilitator into a pro. It includes easy-to-use concepts that readily apply to life as a leader, and is a real difference maker that fosters success "
--Randy D. Grimes, human resources director, Duke University
"A fantastic resource for leadership educators looking to further develop students' understanding of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership in a tangible, hands-on way It offers engaging activities that are sure to make an impact on your student leaders. This activity book is a great supplement to The Student Leadership Challenge, bringing the original concepts off the page and into the real world"
--Kimberly Piatt, coordinator of leadership development, The College at Brockport
"An excellent one-stop resource for activities to engage students of different learning styles. Students will find the experiential nature of the activities easy to comprehend and most importantly be able to see the relevance and application of the The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership"
--Melvin Chia, principal consultant, Lifeskills Enrichment
About the Author
James Kouzes is the Dean’s Executive Fellow of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University.
Barry Posner is Accolti Endowed Professor of Leadership at Santa Clara University where he has also served as dean of the Leavey School of Business.
Beth High is a Leadership Challenge Certified Master, a facilitator and leadership development trainer, and founder and president of High Road Consulting.
Gary M. Morgan has taught student leadership at a variety of universities and is the founder of the Student Leadership Excellence Academy.
Table of Contents
Module 1: Introduction 1An Overview of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® 2
What Is in This Book 5
How to Use This Book 6
Guidance on Selecting and Facilitating Activities with Students 7
Module 2: Orienteering 9
A Student’s Personal Journey toward Exemplary Leadership 10
The Importance of Orienteering for Students 10
Activity: Personal-Best Leadership Experience 11
Module 3: Model the Way 19
Practice Overview 20
Why students Should Model the Way 20
Activities
Values on Display 21
Modeling the Way in Current Events 25
The Hefferlump 27
You Want What? 32
You Can Lead Anywhere 34
This We Believe 36
Legacy Day 38
Vault of Values 40
Module 4: Inspire a Shared Vision 47
Practice Overview 48
Why Students Should Inspire a Shared Vision 48
Activities
Going Up 49
Word Pictures—Articulating Your Vision 51
Giving Life to Your Vision by Reframing from What to Why 54
Visualize Yourself 58
Snapshots of Success 60
Vision, Values, and Rock and Roll 63
Sum It All Up 65
Finish the Story 68
Module 5: Challenge the Process 73
Practice Overview 74
Why Students Should Challenge the Process 74
Activities
House of Cards 75
“Orientation: The Time of Your Life”—A Skit 77
Going, Going, Gone 83
This Is How We’ve Always Done It . . . But Let’s Try Something Else 86
Turning Big Challenges into Incremental Action Steps 90
Brick Walls Don’t Have to Stop You 95
Planning with the End in Mind 99
The Six Thinking Hats 103
Module 6: Enable Others to Act 109
Practice Overview 110
Why Students Should Enable Others to Act 110
Activities
The Walk of Peril (or “Indiana Jones’s Walk”) 111
The Captains’ Dilemma 113
Tennis Ball Madness 119
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words 124
Populating a New Planet 127
A Leader’s Walk of Trust 130
Capture the Dragon 132
Help Is on the Way 137
Module 7: Encourage the Heart 143
Practice Overview 144
Why Students Should Encourage the Heart 144
Activities
Compliment Swap 145
Praise 148
Identifying Individual Recognition Tactics 151
Encourage the Heart Party Time with Your Group 155
Recognition Car Wash 158
Recognition Speed Dating 160
Good Vibrations 163
Web of Yarn 167
Module 8: Leadership Lessons from the Movies 171
Activities 172
Lincoln 173
Soul Surfer 177
Moneyball 181
Amazing Grace 184
The Great Debaters 186
Coach Carter 190
the Lion King 193
Gandhi 195
Module 9: Commitment 199
Activities
Values-in-Action Log 200
My Year of Leadership 203
My Next Personal-Best leadership Experience 204
Other Resources 206
The Student Leadership Challenge, Second Edition 206
The Student Leadership Practices Inventory 206
The Student Leadership Challenge: Facilitation and Activity Guide and The Student Leadership Challenge: Student Workbook and Personal Leadership Journal 206
The Leadership Challenge Mobile Tool App 207
LPI Action Cards 207
The Leadership Challenge Values Cards 207
The Student Leadership Challenge Website 207
Appendix: Activities Mapped to the Student Leadership Practices Inventory Behaviors 209
Acknowledgments 217
Authors and Contributors 219