Selected Readings - The Leadership Challenge
This best-selling book by Kouzes and Posner is based on the outcomes of a large research project that the two authors undertook in the 1980s to document 'personal best'-cases of leadership.
Despite differences in the stories that people told, a number of common elements emerged, which Kouzes and Posner used to develop their model of the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership:
1. Model the way
2. Inspire a shared vision
3. Challenge the process
4. Enable others to act
5. Encourage the heart
The first chapter of their book, in which this model is introduced, is available as a free PDF download from their website. The complete book can be purchased by following the link below.