The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: When Leaders are at Their Best (The Leadership Practices Inventory) - Softcover

Kouzes, James M.; Posner, Barry Z.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787951994 ISBN 13: 9780787951993

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Synopsis

Lead ordinary people in accomplishing the extraordinary! How do you get others to follow you to places they′ve never been before? How do you get others, by free will and through free choice, to move forward together on a common purpose? Just how do you get others to want to do things that matter and make a difference? In The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership , Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, authors of The Leadership Challenge and Credibility , uncover the fundamental practices that have enabled leaders to get extraordinary things done by studying the times when leaders performed at their personal best. The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership are: Challenging the Process Inspiring a Shared Vision Enabling Others to Act Modeling the Way Encouraging the Heart Learn how Kouzes and Posner have translated these five practices into behavioral statements so that managers and non–managers in public and private organizations can assess their skills and use the feedback of others to improve their own leadership abilities. Also includes the Ten Commandments of Leadership .

About this title

About the Author:

James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner are preeminent researchers, award-winning writers, and highly sought-after teachers in the field of leadership. Jim is Dean's Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. Barry is Professor of Leadership at Santa Clara University where he served as dean of the Leavey School of Business for 12 years (1997 2009). In books and workbooks, training materials and workshops, assessments and videos, Jim and Barry have been writing on leadership for nearly 30 years, examining leaders, leadership, and leadership development from several points of view. Together, they are authors of the award-winning The Leadership Challenge (over 1.8 million copies sold) plus other best-selling books that include The Truth About Leadership, A Leader's Legacy, Credibility, Encouraging the Heart, The Leadership Challenge Workbook, and The Leadership Journal. They also developed the highly acclaimed Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), a 360-degree assessment tool and The Leadership Challenge Workshop, both based on The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership model.

Synopsis:

In this volume, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner uncover the fundamental practices that have enabled leaders to get extraordinary things done by studying the times when leaders performed at their personal best.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0787951994
• ISBN 13: 9780787951993
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 16