Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader by Ja

Description: Learning Leadership by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner From the bestselling authors of The Leadership Challenge and over a dozen award winning leadership books, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Uncover the extraordinary leader in you with straightforward exercises and advice from two of the worlds foremost leadership experts From the bestselling authors of The Leadership Challenge and over a dozen award-winning leadership books comes a new book that examines a question of fundamental importance: How do people learn to become leaders? Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader is a comprehensive guide to unleashing the inner leader in us all and to building a solid foundation for a lifetime of leadership growth and mastery. The book offers a concrete framework to help individuals of all levels, functions, and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can be. Arguing that all individuals are born with the capacity to lead, bestselling authors Kouzes and Posner provide readers with a practical series of actions and specific coaching tips for harnessing that capacity and creating a context in which they can excel. Supported by over 30 years of research, from over seventy countries, and with examples from real-world leaders, Learning Leadership is a clarion call to unleash the leadership potential that is already present in society today. Learning Leadership provides readers with evidence-based strategies to ignite the habit of continuous improvement and the mindset of becoming the best leaders they can be. Emerging leaders, as well as leadership developers, internal and external coaches and trainers, and other human resource professionals will learn from first-hand stories and practical examples so that they can deeply understand and apply the fundamentals for becoming the best leaders they can be. Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader is divided into digestible bite-sized chapters that encourage daily actions to becoming a better leader. Key takeaways from the book include: Believe in Yourself. Believing in oneself is the essential first step in developing leadership competencies. The best leaders are learners, and they cant achieve mastery until and unless they truly decide that inside them there is a person who can make and difference and learn to be a better leader than they are right now.Aspire to Excel. To become an exemplary leader, people must determine what they care most about and why they want to lead. Leaders with values-based motivations are the most likely to excel. They also must have a clear image of the kind of leader they want to be in the future—and the legacy they want to leave for others. Challenge Yourself. Challenging oneself is critical to learning leadership. Leaders must seek new experiences and test themselves. There will be inevitable setbacks and failures along the way that require curiosity, grit, courage, and resilience to persist in learning and becoming the best.Engage Support. One cant lead alone, and one cant learn alone. It is essential to get support and coaching on the path to achieving excellence. Whether its family, managers at work, or professional coaches, leaders need the advice, feedback, care, and support of others.Practice Deliberately. No one gets better at anything without continuous practice. Exemplary leaders spend more time practicing than ordinary leaders. Simply being in the role of a leader is insufficient. To achieve mastery, leaders must set improvement goals, participate in designed learning experiences, ask for feedback, and get coaching. They also put in the time every day and make learning leadership a daily habit. Kouzes and Posner offer unrivaled insights into what it means to become an exemplary leader in todays world with their original research and over 30 years of experience studying the practices of extraordinary leadership. They show that anyone can become a better leader if they believe in themselves, aspire to excel, challenge themselves to grow, engage the support of others, and practice deliberately. Learning Leadership challenges readers to do the meaningful and disciplined work necessary to becoming the best they can, using a new mindset and toolkit that can make extraordinary things happen. Its not the once-in-a-while transformational acts that demonstrate leadership. Its the little things that one does day in and day out that pave the path to greatness. Back Cover Praise for LEARNING LEADERSHIP "How heartening it is to see definitive proof that great leaders are made, not born. Learn for yourself how to make critical connections, collect and use constructive feedback, and lead any size of organization with deliberation and success with the wisdom mined, analyzed, and presented by Kouzes and Posner!" --Marshall Goldsmith is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Triggers , MOJO , and What Got You Here Wont Get You There "So, you want to be a leader? This book shows you how. With fluid writing, comprehensive research, and actionable insights, Kouzes and Posner debunk myths and demonstrate that leadership is comprised of a clear set of skills and abilities that can be learned, practiced, and mastered." --Tina Seelig, professor of the practice, Stanford School of Engineering; author of Insight Out , inGenius , and What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 "Kouzes and Posner believe, as I do, that leaders are made, and they support that belief with hard evidence adn live examples. Learning Leadership is rich with essential tools and practical advice for becoming an extraordinary leader in any environment. This is the book you need to come out on top!" --John C. Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author and leadership expert " Learning Leadership covers the fundamentals of what it takes to become an exemplary leader. Kouzes and Posner have done a wonderful job recognizing and sharing the mindset of leaders as learners--and they offer evidence-based tools and techniques that you can put to use right away." --Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals "In my work, people often ask, Is there one best book you could recommend on leadership? In the past, that choice was difficult, but not anymore. Learning Leadership is that one book with widespread appeal and true value. This book gives each of us the ability to set upon a lifelong path of development as leaders." --Tom Kolditz, executive director, Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Rice University; Brigadier General, U.S. Army (ret); professor emeritus, Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Flap Praise for LEARNING LEADERSHIP "How heartening it is to see definitive proof that great leaders are made, not born. Learn for yourself how to make critical connections, collect and use constructive feedback, and lead any size of organization with deliberation and success with the wisdom mined, analyzed, and presented by Kouzes and Posner!" --Marshall Goldsmith is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Triggers , MOJO , and What Got You Here Wont Get You There "So, you want to be a leader? This book shows you how. With fluid writing, comprehensive research, and actionable insights, Kouzes and Posner debunk myths and demonstrate that leadership is comprised of a clear set of skills and abilities that can be learned, practiced, and mastered." --Tina Seelig, professor of the practice, Stanford School of Engineering; author of Insight Out , inGenius , and What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 "Kouzes and Posner believe, as I do, that leaders are made, and they support that belief with hard evidence adn live examples. Learning Leadership is rich with essential tools and practical advice for becoming an extraordinary leader in any environment. This is the book you need to come out on top!" --John C. Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author and leadership expert " Learning Leadership covers the fundamentals of what it takes to become an exemplary leader. Kouzes and Posner have done a wonderful job recognizing and sharing the mindset of leaders as learners--and they offer evidence-based tools and techniques that you can put to use right away." --Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals "In my work, people often ask, Is there one best book you could recommend on leadership? In the past, that choice was difficult, but not anymore. Learning Leadership is that one book with widespread appeal and true value. This book gives each of us the ability to set upon a lifelong path of development as leaders." --Tom Kolditz, executive director, Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Rice University; Brigadier General, U.S. Army (ret); professor emeritus, Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Author Biography JAMES M. KOUZES is the Deans Executive Fellow of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, and lectures on leadership around the world to corporations, governments, and nonprofits. BARRY Z. POSNER is the Accolti Endowed Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business. An accomplished scholar, he also provides leadership workshops and seminars around the world. Table of Contents Introduction The World Needs Exemplary Leaders xv Part I Learning Leadership Fundamentals 1 Chapter 1 Leaders are Born and So Are You 3 Chapter 2 Leadership Makes a Difference 13 Chapter 3 You Are Already Leading—Just Not Frequently Enough 23 Part II Fundamental One: Believe You Can 33 Chapter 4 You Have to Believe in Yourself 35 Chapter 5 Learning Is the Master Skill 45 Chapter 6 Leadership Emerges from Within 55 Part III Fundamental Two: Aspire to Excel 65 Chapter 7 You Have to Know Whats Important to You 67 Chapter 8 Who You Are Isnt Who You Will Be 77 Chapter 9 Its Not Just About You 87 Part IV Fundamental Three: Challenge Yourself 97 Chapter 10 Challenge Is Your Leadership Training Ground 99 Chapter 11 Get Curious and Go Kick the Ball Around 109 Chapter 12 Get Gritty and Stay Hardy 119 Chapter 13 Courage Gives You the Strength to Grow 129 Part V Fundamental Four: Engage Support 139 Chapter 14 I Couldnt Have Done It without You 141 Chapter 15 Get Connected 151 Chapter 16 Without Feedback You Cannot Grow 159 Part VI Fundamental Five: Practice Deliberately 169 Chapter 17 Leadership Takes Practice, and Practice Takes Time 171 Chapter 18 Context Matters 181 Chapter 19 Learning Leadership Must Be a Daily Habit 191 Part VII Commit to Becoming the Best 201 Chapter 20 Its Not How You Start; Its How You Finish 203 Notes 213 Acknowledgments 236 About the Authors 239 Index 244 Review "Well-written and thoughtful, this book should prove useful to coaches looking to develop potential within their organisations and their client companies." (The Irish Times, May 2016) "This book contains a wealth of useful and unarguable insights about the nature of leadership" (Financial Times, June 2016) "This book offers a framework to help individuals of all levels, functions and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can" (HR Magazine, June 2016)"A comprehensive guide to taking charge. Based on more than three decades of research, this pep talk shows how anyone can become a better leader through practical tips." (Cara Magazine, August 2016) Long Description Praise for LEARNING LEADERSHIP "How heartening it is to see definitive proof that great leaders are made, not born. Learn for yourself how to make critical connections, collect and use constructive feedback, and lead any size of organization with deliberation and success with the wisdom mined, analyzed, and presented by Kouzes and Posner!" Marshall Goldsmith is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Triggers , MOJO , and What Got You Here Wont Get You There "So, you want to be a leader? This book shows you how. With fluid writing, comprehensive research, and actionable insights, Kouzes and Posner debunk myths and demonstrate that leadership is comprised of a clear set of skills and abilities that can be learned, practiced, and mastered." Tina Seelig, professor of the practice, Stanford School of Engineering; author of Insight Out , inGenius , and What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 " Learning Leadership covers the fundamentals of what it takes to become an exemplary leader. Kouzes and Posner have done a wonderful job recognizing and sharing the mindset of leaders as learners and they offer evidence-based tools and techniques that you can put to use right away." Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals "In my work, people often ask, Is there one best book you could recommend on leadership? In the past, that choice was difficult, but not anymore. Learning Leadership is that one book with widespread appeal and true value. This book gives each of us the ability to set upon a lifelong path of development as leaders." Tom Kolditz, executive director, Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Rice University; Brigadier General, U.S. Army (ret); professor emeritus, Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Review Text “Well-written and thoughtful, this book should prove useful to coaches looking to develop potential within their organisations and their client companies.” (The Irish Times, May 2016) “This book contains a wealth of useful and unarguable insights about the nature of leadership” (Financial Times, June 2016) “This book offers a framework to help individuals of all levels, functions and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can” (HR Magazine, June 2016) “A comprehensive guide to taking charge. Based on more than three decades of research, this pep talk shows how anyone can become a better leader through practical tips.” (Cara Magazine, August 2016) Review Quote "Well-written and thoughtful, this book should prove useful to coaches looking to develop potential within their organisations and their client companies." (The Irish Times, May 2016) "This book contains a wealth of useful and unarguable insights about the nature of leadership" (Financial Times, June 2016) "This book offers a framework to help individuals of all levels, functions and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can" (HR Magazine, June 2016) "A comprehensive guide to taking charge. Based on more than three decades of research, this pep talk shows how anyone can become a better leader through practical tips." (Cara Magazine, August 2016) Details ISBN1119144280 Year 2016 ISBN-10 1119144280 ISBN-13 9781119144281 Format Hardcover Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Language English Media Book Short Title LEARNING LEADERSHIP DEWEY 658.4092 Pages 272 Edition 1st Subtitle The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader Author Barry Z. Posner Birth 1945 UK Release Date 2016-06-14 NZ Release Date 2016-05-02 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Publication Date 2016-06-14 Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2016-06-14 AU Release Date 2016-04-21 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:92702110;

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