Leadership Is Everyone S Business

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner
Publisher : Pfeiffer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0787986925

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Leadership is Everyone's Business, Facilitator's Guide by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner Pdf

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

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119741657

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Leadership is Everyone's Business by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner Pdf

Backed by over 20 years of original research, The Leadership Challenge Workshop is a unique and intense discovery process created by best-selling authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. The Workshop demystifies the concept of leadership and approaches it as a 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. In this non-manager version of the Participant Workbook, Kouzes and Posner introduce individual contributors to The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. The one-day program is about how the "leadership is not the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It is a process ordinary people use when they are bringing forth the best from themselves and others." The authors' goal is to "liberate the leader in everyone" with this inspiring, results-oriented Workshop.

Author : Simon Sinek
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101149034

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Start with Why by Simon Sinek Pdf

The inspiring, life-changing bestseller by the author of LEADERS EAT LAST and TOGETHER IS BETTER. In 2009, Simon Sinek started a movement to help people become more inspired at work, and in turn inspire their colleagues and customers. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, including more than 28 million who’ve watched his TED Talk based on START WITH WHY -- the third most popular TED video of all time. Sinek starts with a fundamental question: Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over? People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers had little in common, but they all started with WHY. They realized that people won't truly buy into a product, service, movement, or idea until they understand the WHY behind it. START WITH WHY shows that the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world all think, act, and communicate the same way -- and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY.

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119687016

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Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner Pdf

Learn how you can tackle everyday leadership challenges regardless of your title, position, or authority with this insightful resource A book about leadership for people who are not in formal or hierarchical leadership positions, Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership provides readers with a comprehensive and practical approach to addressing leadership challenges, no matter the setting or circumstance. Esteemed scholars and sought-after consultants Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner adapt their trademark The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® framework to today’s more horizontal workplace, showing people that leadership is not about where you are in the organization; it’s about how you behave and what you do. Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership draws on the authors’ deep well of research and practical experience to cover key subjects: The essence of making a difference in any role, setting, or situation The difference between positions of authority and leadership The importance of self-development in leadership development This book is perfectly applicable and accessible for anyone who wants to improve their own leadership potential and who isn’t yet in an official leadership role. Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership offers authoritative new insights, original case studies and examples, and practical guidance for those individuals who want to make a difference. You supply the will, and this book will supply the way.

Author : Liz Wiseman,Greg McKeown
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780061999482

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Multipliers by Liz Wiseman,Greg McKeown Pdf

Wall Street Journal Bestseller A thought-provoking, accessible, and essential exploration of why some leaders (“Diminishers”) drain capability and intelligence from their teams, while others (“Multipliers”) amplify it to produce better results. Including a foreword by Stephen R. Covey, as well the five key disciplines that turn smart leaders into genius makers, Multipliers is a must-read for everyone from first-time managers to world leaders.

Author : Peter J. Dean
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071788977

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Leadership for Everyone by Peter J. Dean Pdf

An innovative framework for enhancing leadership skills in any situation Businesses today have a vital need to create individuals who can positively and progressively fill leadership roles at every level of their organizations. An award-winning leadership practitioner, Peter J. Dean has developed an exclusive method that shows how every interaction and every encounter holds opportunities for leadership. Leadership for Everyone provides the knowledge, tools, and advice to produce "everyday, everywhere" leaders who influence each situation in which they're involved as they reinforce organizational effectiveness and productivity. Managers and development professionals will learn how to move beyond simple employee supervision to develop self-directed teams that share positive ideas and goals while working beyond the status quo. The seven learnable skills in the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. MethodTM are: Listen to Learn Empathize their Emotions Attend to their Aspirations Diagnose the Details Engage with Ethics Respond with Respectfulness Speak with Specificity

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0999008560

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Leadership Is Everyone's Business by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner Pdf

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119397526

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The Leadership Challenge Workshop by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner Pdf

Backed by over 25 years of original research, The Leadership Challenge Workshop is an intense discovery process created by best-selling authors, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. The Workshop demystifies the concepts of leadership and leadership development and approaches it as a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors, establishing a unique underlying philosophy—leadership is everyone's business. This Participant Workbook provides everything needed for high-impact workshops for participants.

Author : Lowell Ewert,Frederick Bird
Publisher : IAP
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781648025983

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Peace is Everyone's Business by Lowell Ewert,Frederick Bird Pdf

The premise of this book is very simple. While acknowledging that much progress has been made since the end of World War II to improve life conditions for billions of people and reduce the likelihood of war, current global challenges threaten to undermine, undo, or even reverse much of the progress made. Growing political and social polarization, and the resultant increasing fear of each other, is on a trajectory that could cause unprecedented harm. The book illustrates how everyone can have an impact on peace and that many already do so in both constructive and negative ways, illustrated by many examples. The book offers an expansive view of peace, which includes promoting human rights, identifying and resolving situations of slow violence, working to promote fair and sustainable economic development, identifying and resolving injustices, and establishing institutions and practices for resolving conflicts by communicative means. The book especially focuses on the role universities can and should play in promoting peace. Universities, which have played a pivotal role in creating a more humane and just world through their research, teaching and scholarship, now face the challenge of thoughtfully examining how each discipline and vocation and the university as a whole can contribute to fostering peace. In general, universities help to prepare students actively to work for peace by cultivating their capacities at reasoning and reflecting, developing their skills in communicating and research, and fostering among them an active awareness of their responsibilities as citizens of the world. While not every discipline or vocation shares the same level of responsibility to advance peace, all have the potential to do so as they intentionally and thoughtfully look for avenues to do so.

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470591987

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An Introduction to The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Participant Workbook by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner Pdf

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.

Author : Joan Magretta
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847656827

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What Management Is by Joan Magretta Pdf

A book about management, described by guru Peter Drucker as 'a first rate as an introduction for the non-manager and especially for the beginner, but equally excellent as a rounded, complete, and comprehensive `refresher course' for the most experienced executive.' Both a beginner's guide and a bible for one of the greatest social innovations of modern times: the discipline of management. Leading business editor Joan Magretta distils the wisdom of a bewildering sea of books and articles into one simple, clear volume, explaining both the logic of successful organisations and how that logic is embodied in practice by management. Newcomers will find the basics demystified. More experienced managers will recognise a store of useful wisdom and a framework for improving their own performance. In general, the book defines a common standard of managerial literacy that will help all of us to lead more effectively.

Author : Frances Frei,Anne Morriss
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633697058

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Unleashed by Frances Frei,Anne Morriss Pdf

"Unleashed is worth an afternoon of your time, whether or not you are already a leader. It is sparkily written and personal, drawing on the experiences of co-authors (and spouses) Frei and Morriss."— Financial Times Leadership isn't easy. It takes grit, courage, and vision, among other things, that can be hard to come by on your toughest days. When leaders and aspiring leaders seek out advice, they're often told to try harder. Dig deeper. Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies. Frances Frei and Anne Morriss offer a different worldview. They argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: build others up. Leadership isn't about you. It's about how effective you are at empowering other people—and making sure this impact endures even in your absence. As Frei and Morriss show through inspiring stories from ancient Rome to present-day Silicon Valley, the origins of great leadership are found, paradoxically, not in worrying about your own status and advancement, but in the unrelenting focus on other people's potential. Unleashed provides radical advice for the practice of leadership today. Showing how the boldest, most effective leaders use a special combination of trust, love, and belonging to create an environment in which other people can excel, Frei and Morriss offer practical, battle-tested tools—based on their work with companies such as Uber, Riot Games, WeWork, and others—along with interviews and stories from their own personal experience, to make these ideas come alive. This book is your indispensable guide for unleashing greatness in other people . . . and, ultimately, in yourself. To learn more, please visit theleadersguide.com.

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118044087

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The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, Enhanced Edition by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner Pdf

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.

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470596470

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The Student Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner Pdf

Derived from the classic leadership book The Leadership Challenge, Fourth Edition, this is a concise, focused primer on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership for students. Grounded in the same extensive research as the best selling The Leadership Challenge, this book uses examples and language to which students in higher education can relate. It also features reflective and critical thinking activities at the end of each chapter to help students engage in each of the Five Practices. Can be used with all levels—from incoming first-year students to outgoing grads and young professionals Examples from both on-campus and off-campus venues, with particular emphasis on service-learning and effects of leadership in the surrounding community. Provides helpful and useful background on the instrument (Student LPI). The audio version of this book is available through your favorite online retailer.

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787964214

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The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner Pdf

When it was initially written in 1987, few could have predicted that The Leadership Challenge would become one of the best-selling leadership books of all time. Now, faced with the new challenges of our unpredictable global business environment, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner--two of the country's premier leadership experts--have completely revised and updated their classic book. Building on the knowledge base of their previous books, the third edition of The Leadership Challenge is grounded in extensive research and based on interviews with all kinds of leaders at all levels in public and private organizations from around the world. In this edition, the authors emphasize that the fundamentals of leadership are the same today as they were in the 1980s, and as they've probably been for centuries. In that sense, nothing's new. Leadership is not a fad. While the content of leadership has not changed, the context has-and in some cases, changed dramatically.