The Leadership Challenge DVD
By (author): "James M Kouzes"
Publish Date:
October 1987
ISBN0787987816
ISBN139780787987817
AsinThe Leadership Challenge DVD
Original titleThe Leadership Challenge
In this video program, bestselling authors James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner introduce their groundbreaking leadership model -- The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership?. Approaching leadership as a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors, the authors introduce powerful cases that clearly demonstrate how individual leaders are able to accomplish the extraordinary. Using real-life examples, each of the five scenarios presented highlight one of The Five Practices:Model the Way: A vice president at financial services provider, Farm Credit Services comes up with creative, self-revealing method for performance evaluations and sets the example for others by going first in receiving tough feedback, gaining more trust and credibility in the process. Inspire a Shared Vision: A director of student development and leadership at Stanford University links the university's mission to a larger purpose. Given a bigger picture, the students enlist others, and create a ripple effect that reaches communities around the world. Challenge the Process: The president of Sinai-Grace Hospital identifies several opportunities for improvement, gets started making real changes, and as a result the hospital experiences an outstanding turnaround. Enable Others to Act: When technology company RenGen experiences the difficult problem of rising health care costs, a committee of employees is empowered to research the problem and come up of with solution for the entire organization. Encourage the Heart: A senior manager at FedEx recognizes individuals in large and small ways, engages other supervisors in the process and creates a personal reward system that fosters a strong feeling of community. Backed by twenty years of original research with data from over one million leaders, The Leadership Challenge is comprehensive leadership development program. This must-have instructional tool is a perfect introduction or refresher course for your leaders.The DVD runs 26 minutes.