The Leadership ppt

[...]... and Posner’s enormous contribution to the body of knowledge that forms the basis of the study of Leadership Many other theories have been published since that time, but we have chosen to continue to build on Kouzes and Posner’s work We use their book The Leadership Challenge (now in its third edition) as the basis for the Women’s Leadership Institute, a yearlong leadership development program now in... authors of The Leadership Challenge, Encouraging the Heart and Credibility, provided the well researched leadership model we describe in Activity 18: The Leadership Challenge: The Kouzes-Posner Leadership Model We utilize their model, books and instruments throughout our Women’s Leadership Institute program so our book’s content was extensively influenced by their work Jim Kouzes graciously wrote the Forward... participants as they learn, and allowing them to close the program on a meaningful note The activity Get Them Ready prepares participants for the upcoming workshop Other activities are geared to work groups or teams that can work together on assignments Some leadership skills, such as storytelling, can be introduced at the beginning of the workshop and then built on at later points Journaling is another useful... because it sets the tone for the workshop and provides you with an opportunity to outline the scope of the program The fact that you took the time to carefully select and then contact participants beforehand indicates that you are taking their learning seriously The outcome of the workshop will depend on who the participants are, so think about the kinds of people who are likely to contribute the most Who... form the IDEA teams Either set up heterogeneous groups in advance, or let the participants decide when you start the activity who will be in which group If the participants know one another well, and it is important for people to work with those from the same department, then it would be best to let them choose their own group If the participants don’t know one another, it would be helpful for the trainers... risk-taking So, Risk became one of the 50 topics! After countless hours of study and discussion, we concluded that Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have done the best research on leadership, which they describe in their book, The Leadership Challenge Their original research for the Leadership Practices Inventory was with 120 MBA students (average age 29; 60% male) The current version of the book was based on surveys... for the third edition of The Leadership Challenge What we uncovered is that the best leaders are the best learners And what would you say comes first, the capacity to learn or the capacity to lead? We think that learning comes first Learning to lead comes second So what you are doing by fully engaging others in the experience of learning—not just the experience of leading—will benefit them in every other... most from the experience? The following characteristics are often used to select participants for longer leadership- training programs: Individuals who have expressed an interest in leadership Individuals who have time or who will take the time to learn the skills and then use them Individuals who are confident of their own abilities as managers and leaders Individuals who have the support of their managers... lead others A recent success or accomplishment Step 4: Ask the participants to complete their coats of arms by writing their family names on the shield and adding a personal motto that they try to exemplify If they wish, they can embellish their shields with other graphics or designs Step 5: Ask participants to explain what they have included on their shield, and why Allow approximately one minute per... just ask people to be learners They ask participants to be teachers It’s the teaching that participants do after the experience that is the most critical part of the process THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING ACTIVITY BOOK That’s when everyone knows they’ve internalized it, made it a part of themselves And when you’ve internalized it, you can externalize it; you can teach it to others All of this is reinforced . others in the experience of learning—not just the experience of leading—will benefit them in every other aspect of their lives. That is the magic and the. of the most seasoned training professionals in the business. One of them was Fred Margolis. Fred was a student of Malcolm Knowles, the father of the theory