Leadership is not the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women, it is a process that ordinary people use when they are bringing forth the best from themselves and others. If you are a leader, or aspire to be one, this series of courses will assist you in developing your capacity to guide others to places they have never been before. The series covers the five practices of exemplary leadership - model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the heart.
This 1-hour interactive online course is the third course in the series and covers the second of the five practices of exemplary leadership, "Inspire a Shared Vision". You''ll learn why leaders need to be able to look beyond the present moment to see an ideal version of the future, and how this vision will need to be clearly communicated in order to enlist others in making this dream a reality. You will also learn that effective leaders are positive and expressive in communicating and are able to forge a shared agenda.
This course series is adopted from the highly respected book, The Leadership Challenge, written by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. This is the third edition of this book, which is grounded in extensive research and uses interviews with all kinds of leaders from both public and private organizations.
Know more about the second of the five practices of exemplary leadership, "Inspire a Shared Vision"
Understand the importance of being forward-looking, and having a vision
Focus on the ideal, to help your constituents see your vision
Assess your situation and write your vision statement
Enlist others, by teaching your vision and confirming that the vision is shared
Understand the importance of listening deeply to others
Practice positive communication
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SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: James Kouzes and Barry Posner
Jim Kouzes is chairman emeritus of the Tom Peters Company, a professional services firm which specializes in leadership development. He's also an executive fellow in the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University.
Barry Posner is Dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Jim and Barry co-authored The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations, which is now in its third edition (2002) with over one million copies in print. The Leadership Challenge, available in eleven languages, has been a selection of the Macmillan Executive Book Club and the Fortune Book Club. It's the winner of the 1989 James A. Hamilton Hospital Administrators' Book, the 1995-96 Critics' Choice Award, and was a BusinessWeek bestseller in 2001. Jim and Barry have also co-authored Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, which was chosen by Industry Week as one of the ten best management books of 1993. Encouraging the Heart and The Leadership Challenge Planner were released in 1999. Based on solid research involving over 70,000 surveys, 1,000 written case studies, and 100 in-depth interviews, these books describe the leadership principles and practices that generate high performance in individuals and organizations.
1 hr. Online Course