Synopses & Reviews
From the legAndary authors of
The Leadership Challenge comes this practical implementation tool you'll use to plan your next major project!
Over one million professionals have used Kouzes and Posner's resources to improve their leadership ability. Again and again, users have asked for more follow-up materials, enabling them to make practical use of the tenets of the famous five practices of exemplary leadership. The Leadership Challenge Planner is your answer.
Even if you haven't previously used Kouzes and Posner's five-practices model, you'll find The Leadership Challenge Planner vital to preparing, implementing, and evaluating your next project. This tool helps you to achieve what the authors refer to as a "personal best"--that is, a leadership accomplishment with extraordinary results.
You get easy-to-use worksheets that make efficient planning simple and practical. After completing the worksheets for the five practices of exemplary leadership, you'll assemble a blueprint and a weekly planner for implementing your ideas.
You'll appreciate Kouzes and Posner's celebrated insight, as well as their proven, systematic approach to exemplary leadership. There's never been a project management resource like this one. Purchase multiple planners so you'll have the means to achieve personal bests in all of your upcoming projects!
You'll use this hands-on resource to:- **Improve your ability to communicate a vision
- **Strengthen co-worker commitment
- **Build trust and employee satisfaction . . . and much more!
Praise for other Kouzes and Posner resources:"I found myself constantly nodding and saying to myself, 'That's right! That's how it's done! That's what it feels like!' [Kouzes and Posner] capture the essence of what I've found is at the heart of transforming leadership."--Robert D. Haas, chairman and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
"Kouzes and Posner are two of the best people in my field."
--Ken Blanchard, author, Gung Ho! and The One Minute Manager series
"The Leadership Challenge is a masterpiece!"
--Herb Kelleher, president and CEO, Southwest Airlines
Review
"I found myself constantly nodding and saying to myself, 'That's right! That's how it's done! That's what it feels like!' [Kouzes and Posner] capture the essence of what I've found is at the heart of transforming leadership." (Robert D. Haas, Chairman and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.)
"Kouzes and Posner are two of the best people in my field." (Ken Blanchard, author, Gung Ho! and The One Minute Manager series)
Synopsis
THE MOST TRUSTED SOURCE ON BECOMING A BETTER LEADER"The best leaders are constantly learning. They see all experiences as learning experiences. But there’s a catch. Unexamined experiences don’t produce rich insights that come from reflection and analysis."
—from the Introduction
Based on Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner’s classic book The Leadership Challenge, this Workbookwill be a hands-on guide for improving your ability to put into action the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership model and become a leader who Models the Way, Inspires a Shared Vision, Challenges the Process, Enables Others to Act, and Encourages the Heart.
The Workbook’s easy-to-use worksheets make efficient planning simple and practical and supports your success in three ways:
- Reflection: Think about your approach to leadership and become more conscious about how well you engage in each of the Practices.
- Application: Apply the Practices and commitments to all your projects.
- Implications: Record what you’ve learned about yourself, your team, your organization, and your project.
Develop your leadership potential with The Leadership Challenge Workbook!
About the Author
JAMES M. KOUZES is chairman of the Tom Peters Group/Learning Systems, which makes leadership work through practical, performance-oriented learning programs, including the Leadership Challenge Workshop and Leadership Is Everyone's Business. In 1993 the Wall Street Journal cited him as one of the twelve most requested "nonuniversity executive-education providers" to U.S. companies. BARRY Z. POSNER, Ph.D, is dean of the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, and professor of organizational behavior. He has received several outstanding teaching and leadership awards, has published more than eighty research and practitioner-oriented articles, and currently is on the editorial review boards for the Journal of Management Education, the Journal of Management Inquiry, and the Journal of Business Ethics. He also serves on the board of directors for Public Allies-Silicon Valley and for the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits.
Table of Contents
How to Use This Planner.
Selecting Your Personal-Best Project.
Challenging the Process.
Inspiring a Shared Vision`.
Enabling Others to Act.
Modeling the Way.
Encouraging the Heart.
Designing Your Personal-Best Project Plan.
Reflecting on Your Personal-Best Project.