The Leadership Challenge Workbook, 4th Edition

The Leadership Challenge Workbook, 4th Edition

by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
Released April 2023
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781394152223

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Book description

A field manual for the gold standard in leadership development books

The world’s best leaders consciously reflect on their own behaviors and choices in an effort to continuously better themselves.

In the thoroughly revised and updated Fourth Edition of The Leadership Challenge Workbook, renowned leadership educators James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner deliver their latest update to one of the world’s bestselling works on leading others in organizational settings. You’ll find practical guidance on how to apply the insights from The Leadership Challenge to your daily life, as well as hands-on tips for communicating your vision, strengthening workplace commitment, building employee trust, and maintaining worker satisfaction.

Based on the insights of the Seventh Edition of James Kouzes and Barry Posner’s The Leadership Challenge, the hands-on experience of the Workbook engages you to examine and improve your ability to put into action The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®. The revised Fourth Edition of The Leadership Challenge Workbook will help leaders in every organization to make extraordinary things happen.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Introduction
    1. ARE YOU LEADING AT YOUR “PERSONAL BEST”?
    2. PROJECTS PROVIDE THE CONTEXT
    3. WHO SHOULD USE THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE WORKBOOK?
    4. LEADERSHIP IS EVERYONE'S BUSINESS
  5. CHAPTER 1: How to Use This Workbook
    1. HOW THE WORKBOOK IS ORGANIZED
    2. GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETING THE WORKBOOK
  6. CHAPTER 2: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
    1. MODEL THE WAY
    2. INSPIRE A SHARED VISION
    3. CHALLENGE THE PROCESS
    4. ENABLE OTHERS TO ACT
    5. ENCOURAGE THE HEART
    6. THE FIVE PRACTICES AND TEN COMMITMENTS OF LEADERSHIP
  7. CHAPTER 3: Selecting Your Personal‐Best Leadership Project
    1. MY PERSONAL‐BEST LEADERSHIP PROJECT
  8. CHAPTER 4: Model the Way
    1. OBJECTIVES
  9. Reflect & Apply
    1. REFLECTION 1
    2. REFLECTION 2
    3. APPLICATION 1
    4. APPLICATION 2
    5. APPLICATION 3
    6. APPLICATION 4
    7. APPLICATION 5
    8. IMPLICATIONS
  10. CHAPTER 5: Inspire a Shared Vision
    1. WHAT IS A VISION?
    2. OBJECTIVES
  11. Reflect & Apply
    1. REFLECTION 1
    2. REFLECTION 2
    3. APPLICATION 1
    4. APPLICATION 2
    5. APPLICATION 3
    6. APPLICATION 4
    7. APPLICATION 5
    8. MY VISION STATEMENT
    9. APPLICATION 6
    10. IMPLICATIONS
  12. CHAPTER 6: Challenge the Process
    1. OBJECTIVES
  13. Reflect & Apply
    1. APPLICATION 1
    2. APPLICATION 2
    3. APPLICATION 3
    4. APPLICATION 4
    5. APPLICATION 5
    6. APPLICATION 6
    7. IMPLICATIONS
  14. CHAPTER 7: Enable Others to Act
    1. OBJECTIVES
  15. Reflect & Apply
    1. APPLICATION 1
    2. APPLICATION 2
    3. POWER PROFILE
    4. APPLICATION 3
    5. APPLICATION 4
    6. APPLICATION 5
    7. IMPLICATIONS
  16. CHAPTER 8: Encourage the Heart
    1. OBJECTIVES
  17. Reflect & Apply
    1. APPLICATION 1
    2. KUDOS FOR A COLLEAGUE
    3. APPLICATION 2
    4. APPLICATION 3
    5. APPLICATION 4
    6. IMPLICATIONS
  18. CHAPTER 9: Reflecting on Your Personal‐Best Leadership Project
    1. MY PERSONAL‐BEST LEADERSHIP PROJECT
    2. TYING IT ALL TOGETHER
  19. CHAPTER 10: The Challenge Continues
  20. Acknowledgments
  21. About the Authors
  22. Index
  23. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: The Leadership Challenge Workbook, 4th Edition
  • Author(s): James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
  • Release date: April 2023
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781394152223