The leadership challenge.pdf

JAMES M. KOUZES

BARRY Z. POSNER

CHALLENGE

Third Edition

THE

LEADERSHIP

Praise for Kouzes and Posner’s

The Leadership Challenge, 3rd Edition

“Leadership books are a dime a dozen, and most don’t last a week let alone

years. The Leadership Challenge has lasted because it is research based, it is

practical, and it has heart! Believe me, Jim and Barry have hard evidence for

what we usually think of as a soft topic. This book especially shines when

ordinary folks can take these practices and work them into our lives on a

moment-by-moment basis. Both authors are leaders in their own right,

which doesn’t hurt a bit. Why offer a new revision? Practically speaking, Jim

and Barry have piles of new data to share, new real-life examples to tell, and

updates given the wild and crazy new economy.”

—Tom Peters, management guru, founder and chairman, Tom Peters

Company, and author of In Search of Excellence

“Based upon evidence collected from around the world and over decades, The

Leadership Challenge provides practical guidance on how to lead and inspi-

ration to make the effort.”

—Jeffrey Pfeffer, professor, Stanford Business School, and author of

The Human Equation: Building Proﬁts by Putting People First

“Kouzes and Posner are correct—leadership hasn’t changed, but the context in

which leaders operate has shifted dramatically. And that makes all the dif-

ference, as the two authors, who have conducted perhaps the most impor-

tant research on leadership, describe in eloquent language and instructive

case studies. If you read their ﬁrst book, it’s time to go back to the classroom

and place your knowledge about leadership in a new context. If you didn’t

read the ﬁrst edition, reading this book may be the most important thing

you do this year to develop yourself as a leader!”

—Janelle Barlow, president, TMI, US, and coauthor of A Complaint

Is A Gift, Emotional Value, and Smart Videoconferencing

“Kouzes and Posner have written a book of reafﬁrmation. They have reaf-

ﬁrmed—with scholarship, stories, and their own ability to express ideas

clearly—what it takes to lead. They return again and again to the essential

qualities and values that enable one person to inﬂuence others, the capacity

to reach and touch one another as caring, compassionate human beings.”

—David Lawrence, M.D., chair/CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

“Kouzes and Posner give us breadth and depth with real-world examples of

everyday leadership from everyday people who are meeting the extraordi-

nary challenges of our time. A book of exceptional, real-world insight on

what it takes to be a leader in our most complex and challenging times.”

—Regis McKenna, chairman, The McKenna Group,

and author of Total Access

“ The Leadership Challenge has been my primary leadership text since 1988. It

is the blueprint for getting others to want to do what we are convinced needs

to be done and is required reading for anyone who aspires to be a next-

generation leader.”

—Andy Stanley, founding pastor, North Point Community Church

“In The Leadership Challenge, chairs, deans, and provosts will ﬁnd inspiration

as well as practical suggestions that ﬁt well with the difﬁcult situations with

which leaders in the academy struggle.”

—Ann Lucas, professor of organization development, Fairleigh Dickinson

University, and author of Strengthening Departmental Leadership and

Leading Academic Change

“This is perhaps the most comprehensive ﬁeld guide ever written for leaders.

The principles are powerful, and have been a key part of my personal jour-

ney as a leader for years.”

—Patrick Lencioni, president, The Table Group, and author of The Five

Temptations of a CEO

“Jim and Barry have done the most practical, comprehensive, and inspiring

research on leadership that I have ever read. Instead of another version of

‘celebrity leadership,’ The Leadership Challenge helps us gain practical wis-

dom from real leaders at all levels in many types of organizations. Every

leader can relate to the knowledge in this book!”

—Marshall Goldsmith, cofounder of the Financial Times Knowledge

Dialogue and the Alliance for Strategic Leadership, coeditor of Coaching

for Leadership, and one of Forbes ﬁve top executive coaches

“Twenty years of research back this twenty-ﬁrst century expression of core

leadership practices. Inspiring stories and practical suggestions build your

commitment to action, help you become the leader you want to be.”

—Geoff Bellman, consultant and author of Getting

Things Done When You Are Not In Charge

“By closely attending to the rich stories of thousands of successful leaders, the

authors offer those who would be leaders—or would be better leaders—a

treasure trove of insights about what makes a good leader. These qualities,

as applicable to improving a public school as a private corporation, lie wait-

ing within each of us.”

—Roland S. Barth, educator, author, former teacher, principal, and founding

director of the Harvard University’s Principals’ Center

“The latest edition of The Leadership Challenge is pragmatic, humanistic, and

inspirational. It is brimming over with collective wisdom and stories of lead-

ership that are absolutely aligned with today’s global needs. If ever a book

gave meaning to the phrase ‘leading with integrity,’ this is it. I recommend

this book to anyone who is serious about leading anything or anyone!”

—Sue Cheshire, managing director, The Academy for Chief Executives (UK)

“Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner present an inspiring treatise on leadership and

its importance on developing the maximum potential of the individual.”

—Joseph R. Bronson, executive vice president and chief ﬁnancial ofﬁcer,

Applied Materials, Inc.

“Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have taken a great book and made it even bet-

ter in the new, third edition. Executives and students often ask me for a short

list of the best books on leadership. For almost two decades, I have consis-

tently recommended this remarkable collection of simple-but-powerful

lessons. The new volume is thoroughly updated to recognize key changes in

the leadership environment in recent years, but still retains its key strength—

its clear and practical exposition of the best practices of successful leaders.”

—Lee Bolman, Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership, Bloch School of

Business and Public Administration, University of Missouri-Kansas City,

and coauthor of Leading With Soul and Reframing Organizations: Artistry,

Choice, and Leadership

“ The Leadership Challenge is in a class by itself among leadership publications.

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership—passionately yet practically

described by the authors— really resonate with those in the helping profes-

sions and illustrate how professional leaders can provide much-needed

vision and support for caregivers.”

—Judith Skelton-Green and Beverley Simpson, designers and facilitators,

the Dorothy M. Wylie Nursing Leadership Institute, Toronto, Canada

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