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. TheWorkshop 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 aboutwhat 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.

Jim Kouzes andBarry Posner are authors of the award-winning and best-selling book,The Leadership Challenge. Jim is an Executive Fellow at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University and Chairman Emeritus of the Tom Peters Company. Barry is Dean of the Leavey School of Business and Professor of Leadership at Santa Clara University (Silicon Valley, California). Jim and Barry are also authors ofCredibility, Encouraging the Heart, The Leadership Challenge® Workshop, The Leadership Challenge Workbook, andThe Leadership Journal. Their 360-degree leadership assessment instrument,The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) andLPI Online (www.lpionline.com) has helped develop the leadership skills of nearly 1 million people worldwide. Combined, these offering truly make them the most trusted sources on becoming a better leader.

Preface v

Orienteering 1

Practice 1. Model the Way 23

Practice 2. Inspire a Shared Vision 37

Practice 3. Challenge the Process 51

Practice 4. Enable Others to Act 61

Practice 5. Encourage the Heart 71

Committing 85

Appendix 91

Suggestions for Becoming a Better Leader 92

The Journey Continues: Ten Ways to Keep Your Leadership Development Alive 95

About the Authors 99