The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Becoming an Exemplary Leader - Softcover

Kouzes, James M.; Posner, Barry Z.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118390075 ISBN 13: 9781118390078

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2014

Synopsis

Note from the publisher: This edition includes an access code so students can take the Student Leadership Practices Inventory Self Online, a brief, 30-question assessment to help them explore their own leadership behaviors and skills and determine the steps they can take to liberate the leader within and become their best selves. If you rent or purchase a used book, the access code may have been redeemed previously and will no longer work.

In this updated and expanded second edition of The Student Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner apply their extensive research and expertise to demonstrate that anyone can be a leader, regardless of age or experience. They challenge high school and undergraduate college students to examine their leadership actions and aspirations. Your students will learn from first-hand leadership stories from young leaders like themselves around the world, helping them to deeply understand and explore The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership:

• Model the Way
• Inspire a Shared Vision
• Challenge the Process
• Enable Others to Act
• Encourage the Heart

The book guides students through the concrete actions they can take to become exemplary leaders, from finding their voice and clarifying their values, to recognizing others' contributions and celebrating others’ victories. The authors ask readers to reflect at the end of each chapter on their own leadership experiences and abilities now and for the future.

About this title

About the Author

JAMES KOUZES and BARRY POSNER have been workingtogether for more than thirty years, studying leaders, researchingleadership, conducting leadership development seminars, and servingas leaders themselves in various capacities. They are coauthors ofthe award-winning, best-selling book The LeadershipChallenge.

From the Back Cover

LIBERATE THE LEADER WITHIN

Do you think of yourself as a leader? In this updated andexpanded second edition of The Student Leadership Challenge,James Kouzes and Barry Posner apply their extensive research andexpertise to demonstrate that anyone can be a leader, regardless ofage or experience. They challenge high school and undergraduatecollege students to examine their own leadership actions andaspirations. In this book, you’ll learn from first-handleadership stories from young leaders like yourself around theworld, helping you to deeply explore and understand The FivePractices of Exemplary Leadership®:

• MODEL THE WAY
• INSPIRE A SHARED VISION
• CHALLENGE THE PROCESS
• ENABLE OTHERS TO ACT
• ENCOURAGE THE HEART

Framed within these Five Practices, the authors guide youthrough the concrete actions you can take to become an exemplaryleader, from finding your voice and clarifying your own values, torecognizing others’ contributions and celebrating theirvictories. They ask you to reflect at the end of each chapter onyour own leadership experiences and abilities now and for thefuture. This new edition also includes an access code so you cantake the Student Leadership Practices Inventory® Self Online,a brief, 30-question assessment to help you explore your ownleadership behavior and determine the steps you can take toliberate the leader within and become your best self.

Praise for The Student Leadership Challenge, SecondEdition

“Employers are looking for students who have contentknowledge and practical experience working in teams and leadingothers. The Student Leadership Challenge is an excellentexample of the behaviors needed to accomplish extraordinary tasksthat can get you noticed by a potential employer.”
—Kevin Bailey, vice president for student affairs,University of West Florida

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1118390075
• ISBN 13: 9781118390078
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304