The Leadership Challenge
by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
(overview)
Approaching leadership as a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors, The Leadership Challenge framework grew out of rigorous research that first began in 1982 when Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner set out to understand those times when leaders performed at their personal best. They conducted hundreds of interviews and reviewed hundreds of cases studies and survey questionnaires.
For more than 25 years, The Leadership Challenge has been the most trusted source on becoming a better leader, selling more than 2 million copies in over 20 languages since its first publication. Based on Kouzes and Posner’s extensive research, this all-new edition casts their enduring work in context for today’s world, proving how leadership is a relationship that must be nurtured, and most importantly, that it can be learned.
The fifth edition features over 100 all-new case studies and examples, which show The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership in action around the world. It focuses on the toughest organizational challenges leaders face today and addresses changes in how people work and what people want from their work
Quotes About:
“The Leadership Challenge is still popular and relevant after 25 years for a reason: it is a classic. No one provides more practical real-world advice than Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. This is the book on leadership that I recommend to all of my clients, and I think this is the greatest book on leadership ever written.”
— Marshall Goldsmith, bestselling author, MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
“This is perhaps the most comprehensive field guide ever written for leaders. It has been a key part of my personal journey as a leader for years.”
— Patrick Lencioni, president, The Table Group; bestselling author, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The Advantage
“Once again Kouzes and Posner provide the leadership resource exactly right for the challenges of our turbulent times.”
— Frances Hesselbein, chairman, Leader to Leader Institute; former CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA
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