James M. Kouzes

The latest edition of the gold-standard guide for leadership development In the new seventh edition of The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations, best-selling leadership authors and business scholars James Kouzes and Barry Posner deliver an essential strategic playbook for effective leadership. The book’s actionable advice is grounded in robust research and deep insights into the...

The Student Leadership Challenge: Student Workbook and Leadership Journal is the companion to the bestselling leadership book for students and young people. Designed to be used with The Student Leadership Challenge or the Student Leadership Practices Inventory, this workbook will help students go beyond theory and dive into leadership practice. The activities and worksheets inside will guide students in better...

Human-centred leadership insights from the leading experts on the subject In the newly revised second edition of Encouraging the Heart: Igniting Purpose and Providing Meaningful Recognition, renowned leadership experts and best-selling authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner deliver an incisive and practical playbook for leaders who want to inspire their followers to achieve extraordinary things. They've packed the book with...

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...

How can you inspire your employees to the high levels of engagement that drive strong results across the board? Drawing on over 30 years of research and data from more than two million constituents around the world, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, the bestselling authors of The Leadership Challenge, expand on their work with The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership...

Uncover the extraordinary leader in you with straightforward exercises and advice from two of the world’s foremost leadership experts. From the bestselling authors of The Leadership Challenge and over a dozen award-winning leadership books comes a new book that examines a question of fundamental importance: How do people learn to become leaders? Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an...

The LPI: Leadership Practices Inventory Card is a reminder resource that leaders can use to recall The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership and the six LPI behaviours associated with each practice. The Leadership Practices Inventory is the best-selling and most trusted leadership tool of its generation. This celebrated instrument approaches leadership as a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviours....

For over 25 years, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner's groundbreaking research has demystified leadership. Their The Leadership Challenge Workshop, and this accompanying Participant Workbook, shifts the paradigm: leadership isn't innate—it's a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviours. This workbook provides a practical, engaging journey through The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®, enabling leaders to: Model the Way: Lead by...

A field manual for the gold standard in leadership development books. The world’s best leaders consciously reflect on their own behaviours 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 first true revision of the classic book from the bestselling author of The Leadership Challenge As the world falls deeper into economic downturns and warfare, the question of credibility—how leaders gain and lose it—is more important than ever. Building on their research from The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner explore in Credibility why leadership is above all...

This handy, inexpensive, pocket-sized card—made for desks, organisers, and wallets—offers a quick reference to the model presented in The Leadership Challenge, 7th Edition, and used in LPI. Give one card to each leader, and they'll have a handy, everyday reminder of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. Or purchase the card for your own easy reference. This tool is essential...

The research-driven guide to the leadership behaviours which create more engaged workplaces and higher performance, Extraordinary Leadership in Australia and New Zealand is a guidebook for what it takes, at any level of an organisation, to bring out the best in people. It is full of insights not just from people who are making a difference, but also evidence from...

A brand new edition of the bestselling book that helps students and young people to develop critical leadership skills The Student Leadership Challenge is based on four decades of research on what people are doing when at their personal-best as leaders. With an approach tailored specifically to young and emerging leaders, this guide introduces The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership...

A fresh look at what it means to lead from two of the biggest names in leadership In these turbulent times, when the very foundations of organisations and societies are shaken, leaders need to move beyond pessimistic predictions, trendy fads, and simplistic solutions. They need to turn to what's real and what's proven. In their engaging, personal, and bold new...

This book gives educators the flexible, modularised building blocks for teaching students how to apply Kouzes and Posner's Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. The guide includes language, guidance, and activities for teaching each Practice and its associated leadership behaviours, as well as tips for coaching students through their leadership development. It also includes direction on using the Student Leadership Practices...

A double-sided 4" x 6" card for individual student use that outlines and helps remind leaders of The Five Practices and Ten Commitments of Exemplary Leadership. Side A: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® Includes icons for: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, Encourage the Heart. Side B: The Ten Commitments of...

Based on the internationally acclaimed best-seller The Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, The Leadership Challenge Values Cards are an excellent tool for learning and conceptualising the importance of values clarification, as put forth in Kouzes and Posner's classic book. Activities using these cards are incorporated into The Leadership Challenge Workshop Facilitator’s Guide Set, 4th Edition. In addition,...

The Student Leadership Challenge Activities Book includes more than 50 activities that provide educators with a bridge between teaching The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership model and helping students learn to apply the practices to their lives. The activities map to each of The Five Practices and are designed to be flexible, making them suitable for both high school and...

Model and encourage leadership by focusing on encouraging the best in others All too often, simple acts of human kindness are overlooked and underutilised by people in leadership roles. Advising mutual respect and recognition of accomplishments, Encouraging the Heart shows us how true leaders encourage and motivate those they work with by helping them find their voice and making them...

Essential, practical tools for implementing evidence-based leadership development The Leadership Challenge Workbook offers practical tools for applying The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® in real-life business situations. As the companion to The Leadership Challenge, this workbook provides essential hands-on guidance for planning, implementation, people-management, and more. This new revised third edition has been updated to match The Leadership Challenge Sixth...

The Student Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), Observer Instrument is the only leadership tool designed specifically for students and young people. Developed by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, the second edition of this celebrated instrument package approaches leadership as a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviours. This 360° leadership assessment tool helps students and young people measure their leadership competencies,...

Story-driven framework for leaders to rebuild credibility when they fail to deliver on their promises The Radical Promise delivers a story-driven framework for leaders to increase their trust and credibility or rebuild it when their actions don’t match their words. The storyline and concepts are equally applicable to every person, regardless of title or position, who is challenged to keep...