Publisher's Synopsis
In this video program, bestselling authors James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner introduce their groundbreaking leadership model––The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. Approaching leadership as a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors, the authors introduce powerful cases that clearly demonstrate how individual leaders are able to accomplish the extraordinary. Using real–life examples, each of the five scenarios presented highlight one of The Five Practices: Model the Way: A vice president at financial services provider, Farm Credit Services comes up with creative, self–revealing method for performance evaluations and sets the example for others by going first in receiving tough feedback, gaining more trust and credibility in the process. Inspire a Shared Vision: A director of student development and leadership at Stanford University links the university′s mission to a larger purpose. Given a bigger picture, the students enlist others, and create a ripple effect that reaches communities around the world. Challenge the Process: The president of Sinai–Grace Hospital identifies several opportunities for improvement, gets started making real changes, and as a result the hospital experiences an outstanding turnaround. Enable Others to Act: When technology company RenGen experiences the difficult problem of rising health care costs, a committee of employees is empowered to research the problem and come up of with solution for the entire organization. Encourage the Heart: A senior manager at FedEx recognizes individuals in large and small ways, engages other supervisors in the process and creates a personal reward system that fosters a strong feeling of community. Backed by twenty years of original research with data from over one million leaders, The Leadership Challenge is comprehensive leadership development program. This must–have instructional tool is a perfect introduction or refresher course for your leaders. The DVD runs approximately 30 minutes and includes a copy of The Leadership Challenge Workbook and The Leadership Challenge, 4e book.
