The Leadership Challenge: Activities Book (J-B Leadership Challenge: Kouzes Posner)

702 Pages·2010·3.65 MB·English

by  James M. Kouzes

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ACTIVE Learning for EXEMPLARY Leaders I O O
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THE BEST LEADERS ARE THE BEST LEARNERS. This evidence-based truth has been a foundational E E
principle of The Leadership Challenge since it was fi rst published nearly twenty-fi ve years ago. In this R S
EDITED BY ELAINE BIECH
new work, bestselling Leadership Challenge authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner team up with
experiential learning expert Elaine Biech to bring today’s leaders over 100 engaging activities designed
to expand and accelerate their leadership development efforts.
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Grounded in The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® model, The Leadership Challenge
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Activities Book includes tools, tips, and techniques for extraordinary training delivery; suggestions for
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activity facilitation; an overview of The Five Practices model; and a broad selection of activities for each
of The Five Practices (Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to
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Act, and Encourage the Heart) as well as several general leadership skills activities.
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World-class contributors to this unique volume include Jean Barbazette, Geoff Bellman, Daryl Conner, T H E
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Ann Hermann-Nehdi, Beverly Kaye, Lou Russell, Cal Wick as well as a selection of Leadership Challenge c
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Certifi ed Masters. While primarily designed for classroom training sessions, the activities can easily be t D
adapted for one-on-one coaching situations (including LPI feedback coaching), educational classroom
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settings, or web-based learning sessions. A companion website features the handouts and worksheets v
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associated with some activities, which can be reproduced and customized.
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S C H A LLE N G E
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JAMES M. KOUZES AND BARRY Z. POSNER are the coauthors of The
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Leadership Challenge, A Leader’s Legacy, Credibility, Encouraging the Heart, I
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and workbooks on leadership. They also developed the highly-acclaimed activities book
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Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), a 360-degree assessment tool based
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ELAINE BIECH is president and managing principal of ebb associates inc., a strategic L
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also the author and editor of over four dozen books, including Training for Dummies and
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the Pfeiffer Annuals: Training and Consulting.
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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Discover more at www.leadershipchallenge.com
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WHY IS THIS TOPIC IMPORTANT?
The Leadership Challenge focuses on how to be a successful leader.
The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership ® present fi ve practices
that individuals can put into action to bring out the best in them-
selves and those they lead. Authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
have also identifi ed Ten Commitments of Leadership that correspond
to The Five Practices. This book is important because it provides
experiential learning activities that allow individuals to practice the
skills related to The Five Practices and The Ten Commitments.
WHAT CAN YOU ACHIEVE WITH THIS
BOOK?
The book offers you a selection of 107 creative activities that address
The Five Practices. The key purpose of this book is to provide train-
ers, consultants, facilitators, instructors, coaches, and others working
with The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership ® a grand selec-
tion of activities that can be used with your clients, participants, and
students. Although the activities have been primarily designed for
training sessions, they can easily be adapted for one - on - one coaching
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About this Book
situations or for educational classroom settings. You can draw on the
expertise of our seasoned contributors to enhance your next training
sessions.
HOW IS THIS BOOK ORGANIZED?
The book includes ten chapters. The fi rst chapter presents an over-
view of the elements of The Leadership Challenge, explains why this
book is important, and reviews how to use the book and select activi-
ties. Chapter T wo reminds the trainers of key aspects to ensure an
excellent training. This chapter also provides tips for facilitating
activities and ideas for forming small groups. The next fi ve chapters
present activities that address each of The Five Practices: Model
the Way; Inspire a Shared Vision; Challenge the Process; Enable
Others to Act; and Encourage the Heart. Some of the activities that
were submitted addressed all of the practices, and you will fi nd those
overarching activities in Chapter Eight . Chapter Nine shares tools
that are required of a leader, but are not a part of the Kouzes/Posner
model. It also presents activities that can be used in scenarios other
than a classroom or in unusual circumstances. Finally, Chapter
Ten describes next steps for the reader and discusses other growth
opportunities.
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JA M E S M . KO U Z E S A N D B A R RY Z . P OS N E R
WITH ELAINE BIECH
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kouzes, James M.
The leadership challenge activities book / James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner with Elaine Biech.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-470-47713-7 (pbk.)
1. Leadership. I. Posner, Barry Z. II. Biech, Elaine. III. Title.
HD57.7.K6814 2010
658.4'092—dc22
2010005202
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About the Website xvii
Chapter One: Leadership and the Challenge
to Make it Work 1
Chapter Two: For a Dynamic Delivery 11
Chapter Three: Model the Way 33
Anatomy of Power 37
Teri-E Belf
Values from the Movie Gandhi 45
Lily Cheng
Shared Values: Drive-By Conversations 47
Kim Chesky
Toothpick Activity 50
Mary Cooper and Debbie Zmorenski
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 54
Cher Holton
A Leadership Point of View 58
Edith Katz
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Contents
It’s All in a Name 61
Jan Miller and Denise Knight
Leadership in Context 64
Mohandas Nair
Cultural Artifacts 69
Anne Reilly and Homer Johnson
Setting an Example to Mirr or Is Not Enough 77
Cheryl L. Rude
Ethics for the 21st Century 80
Charlotte S. Waisman and Linda Bedinger
Model Behavior 94
Devora Zack
Chapter Four: Inspire a Shared Vision 97
Inspiration Becomes a Reality 101
Jean Barbazette
Inspiring a Shared Vision Mingle 107
Daren Blonski
Show Me the Mission 111
Angie Chaplin
Ensuring Sponsor Commitment to Change 114
Daryl R. Conner
Can You Picture This? 118
Timothy Ewest
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! 127
Leonard D. Goodstein
Another Leader’s Dream 130
Donna Goss and Don Robertson
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