The Leadership Challenge Workbook E-Book

James M. Kouzes

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: J-B Leadership Challenge: Kouzes/Posner
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 117

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2003

Beschreibung

Based on Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner's classic book TheLeadership Challenge, this Workbook will be your hands-on guidefor improving your ability to put into action the Five Practices ofExemplary Leadership® model and become a leader who Models theWay, Inspires a Shared Vision, Challenges the Process, EnablesOthers to Act, and Encourages the Heart. The Workbook's easy-to-use worksheets make efficientplanning simple and practical and supports your success in threeways: * Reflection: Think about your approach to leadership andbecome more conscious about how well you engage in each of thePractices. * Application: Apply the Practices and commitments to allyour projects. * Implications: Record what you've learned about yourself,your team, your organization, and your project. Develop your leadership potential with The Leadership ChallengeWorkbook!

Leseprobe

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: How to Use This Workbook

How the Workbook is Organized

Guidelines for Completing the Workbook

Chapter 2: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership

Model the Way

Inspire a Shared Vision

Challenge the Process

Enable Others to Act

Encourage the Heart

The Five Practices and Ten Commitments of Leadership

Chapter 3: Selecting Your Personal-Best Leadership Project

My Personal-Best Leadership Project

Chapter 4: Model the Way

Objectives

Reflection 1

Reflection 2

Application 1

Application 2

Application 3

Application 4

Application 5

Implications

Chapter 5: Inspire a Shared Vision

What is a Vision?

Objectives

Reflection 1

Reflection 2

Application 1

Application 2

Application 3

Application 4

Application 5

My Vision Statement

Application 6

Implications

Chapter 6: Challenge the Process

Objectives

Application 1

Application 2

Application 3

Application 4

Application 5

Application 6

Implications

Chapter 7: Enable Others to Act

Objectives

Application 1

Application 2

Power Profile

Application 3

Application 3

Application 3

Implications

Chapter 8: Encourage the Heart

Objectives

Application 1

Kudos for a Colleague

Application 2

Application 3

Application 4

Implications

Chapter 9: Reflecting on Your Personal-Best Leadership Project

My Personal-Best Leadership Project

Tying it All Together

Chapter 10: The Challenge Continues

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Copyright © 2003 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.

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Introduction

When we interviewed Don Bennett for our book, he said something that we’ve never forgotten. Don is the first amputee to climb Mt. Rainier. That’s 14,410 feet on one leg and two crutches.

“How did you make it to the top?” we asked Don.

“One hop at a time,” was his instant reply.

One hop at a time. One hop at a time. One hop at a time.

When you think about it, that’s how most extraordinary things are accomplished. As much as you might desire it, you simply cannot leap to the top of a mountain. You can only get there by taking it one step at a time—or, as in Don’s case, one hop at a time.

Yet we sometimes find ourselves simply paralyzed by the mere scale of the challenge. We are challenged to do more with less, adapt quickly to changing circumstances, innovate on the fly, deal with extreme uncertainty, and somehow still find time for our families and friends. Sometimes it’s all just too overwhelming. But so is looking up to the top of that mountain when you are at the bottom. That’s why Don would tell himself, as he looked just one foot ahead, “Anybody can hop from here to there.” And so he did—fourteen thousand four hundred ten times.