New Releases by James M. Kouzes

Special Enhanced Edition: This article, perfect for leaders with limited time and budget, includes two engaging mini-documentary style videos profiling real exemplary leaders. With candid interviews and real life footage filmed in the workplace, these videos show how the profiled leader works with colleagues and leads within their organization, exemplifying the concepts the practices the authors present in the article. The Article: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, 2nd Edition provides a concise overview of Kouzes and Posner''s model and overall approach to leadership. Ideal for orienting anyone to the Five Practices®, the article contains two Leadership Challenge case studies that are supported and brought to life by the videos, a short description of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®, a section on "Learning to Lead", and background information on the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI). This ebook is also a great tool for those participating or preparing to participate in a workshop or coaching session.

"A lideranÇa não é um privilégio limitado a uns poucos sortudos. é um conjunto observável e assimilável de habilidades e compet?ncias que são aplicáveis em todos os nÍveis". —Jim Kouzes e Barry Posner O Inventário das Práticas de LideranÇa (LPI) é a ferramenta de lideranÇa mais confiável e mais vendida de sua geraÇão. Desenvolvida por Jim Kouzes e Barry Posner, a terceira ediÇão deste renomado pacote de instrumentos aborda a lideranÇa como um conjunto de comportamentos mensurável, assimilável e que pode ser ensinado. Essa ferramenta de 360? para avaliaÇão da lideranÇa ajuda indivÍduos e organizaÇ?es a medir suas compet?ncias em lideranÇa, ao mesmo tempo que os orienta através do processo de aplicaÇão do aclamado Modelo das Cinco Práticas de LideranÇa Exemplar de Kouzes e Posner aos desafios organizacionais de sua vida diária. O Livro de Trabalho do Participante ajudará voc? a aproveitar ao máximo seu Relatório de Feedback do LPI, valorizar a maneira pela qual os outros v?em seu comportamento de lideranÇa e compreender como usar essas informaÇ?es para se tornar o lÍder mais eficiente possÍvel. O uso do Livro de Trabalho do Participante ajudará voc? a: Examinar suas Primeiras Impress?es Explorar a Coer?ncia Encontrar Padr?es e Escutar as Mensagens Buscar Esclarecimento Concentrar seus EsforÇos de Desenvolvimento Imaginar seu Eu Futuro Ideal Superar Barreiras e PreocupaÇ?es Planejar as Próximas Etapas Revisto recentemente, o LPI oferece resultados profundos e precisos. Voc? receberá um feedback valioso dos gerentes, de si mesmo, de subordinados diretos, colegas de trabalho e colegas de fora da sua organizaÇão. Um feedback que proporciona informaÇ?es válidas e úteis que ajudarão voc? a melhorar suas habilidades de lideranÇa nas Cinco Práticas para lhe permitir: : TraÇar o Caminho Inspirar uma Visão Compartilhada Desafiar o Processo Capacitar os Outros a Agir Encorajar o CoraÇão Descobrir seu potencial de lideranÇa com o uso do LPI!

Expanding on the "Encouraging the Heart" segment of their bestselling The Leadership Challenge, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have now devised The Encouragement Index, a 21-item survey that measures how frequently a leader engages in encouraging behavior. It is designed to be a personal development tool which will give leaders an idea of their strengths and opportunities for improvement in the practice of Encouraging the Heart. The Encouragement Index is also a component of the Encouraging the Heart Facilitator''s Guide, sold separately, which covers administration and debriefing of the Index, as well as tips and techniques for incorporating the existing book and workbook into a short workshop based on the Index.

Getting things done in today''s workplace is hard work. The climb to the top is demanding and long. Employees become exhausted, frustrated, and sometime entirely disenchanted. Often, they are tempted to simply give up. It''s clear from the research conducted by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner over the last two decades that successful leaders find ways to combat these negative feelings by encouraging the hearts of their team members. They inspire others with courage and hope. This hands-on workbook helps leaders to do just that, whether in the workshop environment or on their own. Delving deep into the behaviors that make up this important practice, readers will gain a better understanding of how they can recognize contributions and celebrate the values and victories. The workbook guides readers through 7 essentials of encouraging the heart: set clear standards, expect the best, pay attention, personalize recognition, tell the story, celebrate together, and set the example. The 21-question self-assessment Encouragement Index is now sold seperately..

This Facilitator''s Guide provides the background information, activity design, and facilitation guidelines to conduct the Encouraging the Heart Workshop. The workshop is a half-day interactive program for leaders to use the information from Kouzes and Posner’s Encouragement Index to understand their ability to Encourage the Heart, implement some key practices in their own roles as leaders, and draft action plans for continuing development of this leadership skill. You will find the following material in this guide: Encouraging the Heart Workshop Overview Suggestions for Successful Results Planning and Preparing for the Workshop During the Session Follow-Up Background on Encouraging the Heart Quick View Agenda: Half-Day Workshop Facilitator Guidelines: Half-Day Workshop Visuals and Training Aids

This Facilitator s Guide provides the background information, activity design, and facilitation guidelines to conduct the Encouraging the Heart Workshop. The workshop is a half-day interactive program for leaders to use the information from Kouzes and Posner''s Encouragement Index to understand their ability to Encourage the Heart, implement some key practices in their own roles as leaders, and draft action plans for continuing development of this leadership skill. You will find the following material in this guide: Encouraging the Heart Workshop Overview Suggestions for Successful Results Planning and Preparing for the Workshop During the Session Follow-Up Background on Encouraging the Heart Quick View Agenda: Half-Day Workshop Facilitator Guidelines: Half-Day Workshop Visuals and Training Aids.

A fresh look at what it means to lead from two of the biggest names in leadership In these turbulent times, when the very foundations of organizations and societies are shaken, leaders need to move beyond pessimistic predictions, trendy fads, and simplistic solutions. They need to turn to what''s real and what''s proven. In their engaging, personal, and bold new book, bestselling authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner reveal ten time-tested truths that discuss what every leader must know, the questions they must be prepared to answer, and the real-world issues they will likely face. In the book, you’ll find: Material based on thirty years of research, more than one million responses to Kouzes and Posner''s leadership assessment, and the questions people most want leaders to answer Explorations of the fundamental, enduring truths of leadership that hold constant regardless of context or circumstance-leaders make a difference, credibility, values, trust, leading by example, heart, and more Demonstrations of emerging leaders and what they need to know to be effective Fans of The Leadership Challenge will find a dynamic new look at the real challenges leaders face today. The book draws from cases spanning three generations of leaders from around the world. It’s an indispensable resource leaders can use to do their real and necessary work-bringing about the essential changes that will renew organizations and communities.

Practice Makes Perfect...or at Least Better In their bestselling book, The Leadership Challenge, authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner present a practical, accessible, and evidence-based leadership model with a simple, yet profound, principle at its core: leadership is a measurable and learnable set of behaviors. Embodied in the book''s foundation model, The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, is the notion that leadership is not an event, but a process that requires ongoing and deliberate practice. This new leadership development tool, The Leadership Challenge Practice Book, serves as a practical daily support resource for leaders looking to extend their Leadership Challenge journey. Incorporating the 30 behaviors from the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), The Leadership Challenge Practice Book presents daily practice routines and activities to help leaders become more effective by increasing the frequency with which they exhibit The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. It is intended to be used as a daily, ongoing practice guide. The book''s five sections follow a Monday through Friday format, with each day offering a different LPI behavior focus and supporting practice activities. Monthly and quarterly practice activities are offered at the end of each section along with a quick progress checklist called Make It a Daily Habit. The Leadership Challenge Practice Book includes everything you need to reinforce a powerful learning experience and enables you to put your leadership skills into action, advancing the projects and people that matter most to you and your work.

Leadership is Everyone''s Business Are you ready to seize the opportunities that lead to extraordinary results? Are you ready to inspire others to dream, to encourage their active participation, and to stand beside them when the going gets tough? Are you ready to lead? More than ever our families, our organizations, our communities, our nations, our world is in need of leaders who are willing to take on difficult challenges. An Introduction to The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® will inspire you to do just that—to take the initiative, to seize opportunities, to make a difference. Backed by over 25 years of original research, The Five Practices is an evidence-based leadership development model created by bestselling authors, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. With a simple, yet profound, principle at its core this program demystifies the concept of leadership and approaches it as a measurable, learnable set of behaviors The colorful, interactive pages of this workbook introduce you to the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) self assessment and then take you on a tour of The Five Practices: As you make your way through this workbook, you will discover the immediate and practical applicability of this time-tested leadership program.

An Innovative Tool for Enhancing Vision Skills Throughout 25 years of leadership research, bestselling Leadership Challenge authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have consistently found that Inspire a Shared Vision is the practice that differentiates leaders from other credible people. They''ve also found that, for most leaders, it is the toughest practice. Vision is one of those words that evokes ridicule and awe, cynicism and mystery, confusion and inspiration. It''s one of the most misunderstood words in the leadership lexicon. In The Leadership Challenge, vision is defined as: An IDEAL and UNIQUE IMAGE of the FUTURE for the COMMON GOOD This hands-on workbook is designed to help you get more comfortable and stronger at Inspiring a Shared Vision. It will guide you through the process of developing a clearer picture of that ideal future, and then it will help you to communicate it more effectively to those who can help you implement it. In addition, the workbook contains sections that will enable you to make your team a more forward-thinking group and your organization a more visionary place. And because visions are co-created and shared, there is a section on how to build visionary skills in others. Following the step-by-step process outlined in the book you will be able to: Draft an effective vision statement Craft a persuasive vision presentation Test the presentation Create different versions of the presentation to suit the audience/situation Seek feedback from your audience and evaluate your vision effectiveness Each section contains activities to help you focus on the skills needed to become more adept at looking ahead and creating the workplace and the world you would like to see.

A completely revised and updated workshop based on the perennial bestseller The Leadership Challenge from preeminent writers, researchers, and leadership development experts Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. The Facilitator''s Guide provides everything needed for high-impact workshops for leaders and managers, including an introduction to the model, instructions for conducting the Workshop, and a script for presentation delivery. In addition, the package also contains a Poster and Flash Drive that contains all the Facilitator''s Guide contents, forms, and presentation slides, and a DVD with all video content. Sample copies of all printed participant material are also included in the package.

Refreshed and Updated for the Next Generation Leader Over the last twenty-five years, The Leadership Challenge established a reputation as a research-driven, evidence-based leadership development model with a simple, yet profound, principle at its core: leadership is a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors. In this new edition of The Leadership Challenge Workshop, bestselling authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner advocate for broadening the reach of our leadership development efforts. In today''s challenging and complex workplace, leaders are desperately needed from the front lines to the executive suites. The secret of high-performing organizations is that everyone within them knows that leadership-at-all-levels is expected and rewarded, and that individuals everywhere are responsible for making extraordinary things happen. This comprehensive Facilitator''s Guide provides everything needed to prepare for and deliver a high-impact leadership development program for leaders at all levels. It includes an introduction to the model, detailed preparation instructions and checklists, and a customizable presentation script for conducting the standard 2-day workshop. In addition, this package also contains a Five Practices/Ten Commitments poster and flash drive that contains all the Facilitator''s Guide content, forms, and presentation slides, and a DVD with all video content. Sample copies of all participant material are also included in the package—Participant Workbook, An Introduction to The Five Practices Workbook, Practice Book, Vision Book, Values Cards, and The Leadership Challenge Card. What''s New About This Edition? Participant Workbook with contemporary, colorful design Ten new video cases Online pre-work Innovative participant take-away materials Flexible, customizable delivery options "Jim and Barry''s Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership and The Leadership Challenge Workshop represent an evidence-based approach that will inspire any leader to become far more effective and successful by creating a work environment where there is trust, teamwork, and a shared vision. This workshop is a must for the leader of any organization seeking to enhance employee engagement in their quest to be the best." —John E. Sindoni, SPHR, senior vice president, Human Resources, Meridian Health "I recommend The Leadership Challenge Workshop to anyone who is responsible for developing leaders in their organization. The curriculum includes a deep immersion into the Leadership Challenge model, tools, and exercises that enable facilitators to successfully develop their future leaders." —Mark Ronk, Head of Training and Development, Nestlé USA "The Leadership Challenge® Workshop provides a clear picture of the art of leadership. Whether your leaders are new out of the gate or later in the race, this program is a must have for every step of their leadership journey." —Sterling Gross, Executive and Leadership Development, Luxottica Retail

Backed by over 25 years of original research, The Leadership Challenge® Workshop is a unique and intense discovery process created by bestselling authors, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. The workshop demystifies the concept of leadership and approaches it as learnable set of behaviors. In other words, forget about job titles, forget about position or rank or work experience. Leadership is about what you do. Designed to accompany participants on an exciting journey of self‑discovery, the Participant Workbook Set is bundled to make it easy for you to get the tools your participants need to become effective, high‑performing leaders. The set includes: The Leadership Challenge Participant’s Workbook, 4e The Leadership Challenge 4E Paperback The Leadership Challenge Practice Book The Leadership Challenge Vision Book The Leadership Challenge Card The Leadership Challenge Values Cards

This card deck was created by two Certified Masters of The Leadership Challenge Workshop, based on the best-selling book by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) Action Cards Facilitator’s Guide Set provides instructions for conducting various activities using LPI Action cards, as well as a set of the cards. The cards, when used with the facilitator’s guide, are designed to reinforce the specific actions of the 30 LPI behaviors. In one activity, participants are provided with the opportunity to apply the LPI Behaviors to a real-life, unresolved challenging business situation. Working in small groups, the participants each write down their own challenge and take turns suggesting how the problem can be solved using various LPI Actions. The cards are the participants to keep--in the future, they can use the deck as an application tool on their own or with their team for other business issues. The facilitator will need to provide each participant with their own deck of the LPI Action Cards.

All-New Activities Enhance Understanding of the LPI Behaviors Based on the work of internationally acclaimed leadership experts Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI®) Action Cards Facilitator''s Guide offers step-by-step instructions on how to conduct nine exercises designed to reinforce the 30 LPI behaviors. Using the guide''s innovative and effective activities, trainers, human resource professionals, and consultants can facilitate learning opportunities for executives, managers, and aspiring leaders who are committed to improving their leadership competencies. The Action Cards engage participants in resolving challenges in new and creative ways. Each card features one of the 30 LPI behaviors. For example, in one activity, participants apply the behaviors to a real-life, unresolved business situation. Working in small groups, the participants each present their own challenge and take turns suggesting how the problem can be solved using the different behaviors. Each activity utilizes handouts available on the accompanying website and instructions for adapting the activities to one-on-one coaching situations are also included. Facilitators will need to provide each participant with a deck of the cards. Once facilitated instruction has been completed, the cards are designed to become an ongoing resource for each of the participants as they continue to face different challenges in their day-to-day work. They can use their deck as an application tool on their own or with their team to help resolve business issues. The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI®) Action Cards package was created by Jo Bell and Renee Harness, two Certified Masters of The Leadership Challenge® Workshop. Praise for Leadership Practices Inventory Action Cards "In our ever-increasing, lightening-fast business environment packed with various distractions, LPI cards help me maintain crucial focus toward achieving my own personal leadership improvement goals. They''re like a leadership development insurance policy!" —Joseph L. Pray, CLU, senior vice president, The Trustmark Companies; Voluntary Benefit Solutions

In this provocative book, leadership experts and authors of the best-selling The Leadership Challenge, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner take on a unique challenge and explore the question of leadership and legacy. Kouzes and Posner examine in twenty-two chapters the critical questions all leaders must ask themselves in order to leave a lasting impact. These powerful essays are grouped into four categories: Significance, Relationships, Aspirations, and Courage. In each essay the authors consider a thorny and often ambiguous issue with which today’s leaders must grapple issues—such as how leaders serve and sacrifice, why leaders need loving critics, why leaders should want to be liked, why leaders can''t take trust for granted, why it’s not just the leader’s vision, why failure is always an option, why it takes courage to “make a life,” how to liberate the leader in everyone, and ultimately, how the legacy you leave is the life you lead.

The respected leadership inventory, now available for French speakers The LPI: Observer is the 30-item observer assessment associated with the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) product suite. This product is the French-language version of the LPI: Observer assessment instrument. The Leadership Practices Inventory is the best-selling and most trusted leadership tool of its generation. This celebrated instrument approaches leadership as a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors. The 360-degree tool helps individuals and organizations measure their leadership competencies, while guiding them through the process of applying Kouzes and Posner''s acclaimed Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership model to real-life organizational challenges.

This is the Spanish edition of the 16-page article that is perfect for leaders with limited time and budget. It provides a concise overview of Kouzes and Posner''s model and overall thoughts on leadership. Ideal for orienting readers to the Five Practices model at the beginning of a workshop or coaching session, the piece contains two Leadership Challenge case studies, a short description of the Five Practices, a section on "Learning to Lead", and background information on the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI).

La guía esencial para desarrollar grandes líderes! La 3ª edición de The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) Leadership Development Planner es una herramienta comprensiva para el uso de líderes después de su sesión inicial de LPI. Esto ayuda a continuar el aprendizaje y el desarrollo sobre una base continua. El planificador revisa el modelo de las cinco prácticas, describe las mejores prácticas para aprender a liderar, y contiene más de cien actividades de desarrollo para convertirse en un mejor líder. Escrito por Jim Kouzes y Barry Posner autores del programa más vendido Leadership Challenge Ofrece un recurso esencial para determinar la forma más apropiada para continuar su camino al liderazgo Explora las cinco prácticas para convertirse en un gran líder Este planificador es su guía para personalizar los planes para convertirse en el mejor líder posible. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The essential planning tool for developing great leaders! The 3rd edition of The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) Leadership Development Planner is a comprehensive tool for leaders to use after their initial LPI session. It helps to continue learning and development on an ongoing basis. The Planner reviews the Five Practices model, describes the best practices of learning to lead, and contains over one hundred developmental activities for becoming a better leader. Written by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner authors of the bestselling Leadership Challenge Offers an essential resource for determining the most appropriate way to continue your leadership journey Explores the Five Practices for becoming a great leader This planner is your guide to personalizing plans for becoming the best leader possible.

EL LIDERAZGO ES UN ASUNTO DE TODOS ?Esta listo para aprovechar las oportunidades que llevan a obtener resultados extraordinarios? ?Esta listo para inspirar a los demas a so?ar, alentar su participacion activa y estar a su lado cuando las cosas se tornen dificiles? ?Esta listo para liderar? Mas que nunca, nuestras familias, nuestras organizaciones, nuestras naciones y nuestro mundo necesitan personas que esten dispuestas a aceptar este duro desafio. El Taller The Leadership Challenge? (El desafio del liderazgo) le brinda la posibilidad de hacerlo--de tomar la iniciativa, aprovechar las oportunidades y marcar la diferencia. Respaldado por mas de 20 a?os de investigacion original, el Taller The Leadership Challenge? es un proceso de descubrimiento unico e intenso creado por los autores de exitos de ventas, Jim Kouzes y Barry Posner. El Taller desmitifica el concepto de liderazgo y lo aborda como un conjunto de comportamientos que pueden aprenderse. En otras palabras, olvidese de los cargos, los puestos, la jerarquia o la experiencia laboral. El liderazgo esta relacionado con lo que usted hace. Este Libro de tareas del participante esta dise?ado para acompa?arlo en un viaje apasionante para el descubrimiento de uno mismo. Basadas en el celebre modelo Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership? (Las cinco practicas de liderazgo ejemplar) de Kouzes y Posner, las paginas interactivas lo ayudan a descubrir el significado mas profundo de: A medida que avance en este Libro de tareas, pronto descubrira que la experiencia del Taller The Leadership Challenge? es mas que una tipica sesion de capacitacion. Incluso, podria cambiar su vida. LOS AUTORES James M. Kouzes y Barry Z. Posner se encuentran entre los especialistas y educadores mas buscados en la materia del liderazgo y el desarrollo del liderazgo. Han estado trabajando, escribiendo y ense?ando en esta area valiosa por mas de treinta a?os.

This revised edition of Leadership is Everyone?s Business Facilitator?s Guide is designed to be used with individual contributors—that is people in organizations who have the capacity to lead and influence others, but don?t have formal management responsibilities. This program underlies the authors? philosophy that leadership is not a position or place in organizations or just reserved for a few at the top. In this Workshop, Kouzes and Posner introduce individual contributors to The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart. The Facilitator''s Guide includes: Detailed instructions and a script for conducting a one-day workshop PowerPoint slides on CD-ROM Sample copy of the Participant Workbook Sample copy of the LPI Self Sample copy of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Article

THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP PRACTICES INVENTORY (Student LPI) is the only leadership tool designed specifically for students and young people. Developed by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, the second edition of this celebrated instrument package approaches leadership as a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors. This 360° leadership assessment tool helps students and young people measure their leadership competencies, while guiding them through the process of applying Kouzes and Posner’s acclaimed Five Practices of Exemplary Student Leadership® model to real-life challenges.

THE MOST TRUSTED SOURCE ON BECOMING A BETTER LEADER Leadership Matters Leadership is not a fad. It''s a fact. It''s not here today, gone tomorrow. It''s here today, and here forever. Leadership makes a difference. Try naming one significant movement that wandered leaderless into the history books. And leadership matters most in times of uncertainty. The study of leadership is the study of how men and women guide us through adversity, uncertainty, hardship, disruption, transformation, transition, recovery, and new beginnings. Challenge is the opportunity for greatness. Given the daunting challenges we face today, the potential for greatness is phenomenal. People matter. Even in today''s wired world, it''s not the web of technology but the web of people that matters most. Leaders can''t do it alone. Success in any project, organization, enterprise and in life has been, is now, and will continue to be a function of how well people work and engage with each other. Success in leadership depends on your capacity to build and sustain collaborative human relationships. You matter. People who become leaders don''t always seek the challenges they face. Challenges also seek leaders. It''s not so important whether you find the challenges or they find you. What is important are the choices you make when stuff happens. The next time you say to yourself, "Why don''t they do something about this?" look in the mirror. Ask the person you see, "Why don''t I do something about this?" The legacy that you leave will be the life that you lead.

THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP PRACTICES INVENTORY (Student LPI) is the only leadership tool designed specifically for students and young people. Developed by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, the second edition of this celebrated instrument package approaches leadership as a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors.

Brindar aliento constituye un novedoso enfoque de la función del líder, orientado a resaltar la importancia que tienen en el desempeño del personal el respeto y el reconocimiento de sus logros. Mediante una extensa colección de principios, prácticas y ejemplos, los autores muestran cómo se puede transmitir energía a los colaboradores de todos los niveles, de modo de estimularlos a proponerse y alcanzar objetivos cada vez más ambiciosos, para sí mismos y para la organización en la que trabajan. "Con sus relatos y ejemplos, Brindar aliento es una herramienta maravillosa para crear un grupo de trabajadores interesados en lo que hacen. En la economía actual, donde la gente cambia de empleos y de lealtades con gran facilidad, no existe nada más valioso." Patrick Lencioni, presidente de The Table Group. James M. Jouzes y el Dr. Barry Z. Posner, también coautores de otros libros varias veces premiados como El desafío del liderazgo y Credibilidad, son reconocidos disertantes, docentes e investigadores del liderazgo, y han llevado a cabo programas para compañías como 3M, Arthur Andersen, Fedex, Levi Strauss y Merck.