Saltar la navegación
The Leadership Challenge
Book

The Leadership Challenge

How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations

Jossey-Bass, 1995
First Edition: 1987 المزيد...

Buy the book


Editorial Rating

9

getAbstract Rating

  • Innovative
  • Applicable

Recommendation

James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner’s remarkable guide debunks the myth of the leader as a maverick rather than a team player. It also tackles the image of the leader as a special breed. Indeed, the book’s basic premise is that there are certain critical and identifiable skills that most anyone can learn and adopt in order to become an effective leader. The authors spell out these skill sets, and list the guiding principles that leaders should follow and represent to their organizations. The seminal book is a mile deep and a mile wide. getabstract recommends this excellent manual to all current and future leaders.

Summary

Mastering Leadership

Abraham Lincoln once characterized the leader’s lonely job this way: "If the end brings me out all right, what’s said against me won’t amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference." Leadership is often treated as a mystical, inexplicable quality, like charisma or spirituality. But, what if leadership was actually a set of behaviors and attitudes that you can study and master?

A decade of research with almost 1,400 leaders indicates that exemplary leadership rests upon five fundamental practices and 10 leadership commitments that make the five principles work. If you master these critical attributes, you will be able to inspire any organization, no matter how difficult the circumstances.

Universally, effective leaders follow these principles:

  1. They challenge the process.
  2. They inspire a shared vision.
  3. They enable others to act.
  4. They set an example.
  5. They encourage the heart.

Challenge the Process

One of the differences between leaders and followers is that leaders are ...

About the Authors

James M. Kouzes  is the CEO and chairman of Tom Peters Group/Learning Systems. Barry Z. Posner  is dean of Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business and Administration. IndustryWeek magazine named their previous book, Credibility , as one of the best business books of 1993. The authors are also frequent speakers and corporate consultants to 3M, AT&T, Kodak and many other organizations.


Comment on this summary

  • Avatar
  • Avatar
    M. E. 8 years ago
    This is my favorite part "Study your failures as carefully as your successes, and encourage people to think of solutions, not obstacles.".
  • Avatar
    A. P. 9 years ago
    Passion. I love this part, it will and can be challenging but rewarding in the end: It’s your job as leader to restore the heart of your organization and encourage your constituents to carry onward.
  • Avatar
    A. P. 9 years ago
    Passion. I love this part, it will and can be challenging but rewarding in the end: It’s your job as leader to restore the heart of your organization and encourage your constituents to carry onward.

More on this topic

Related Skills

Avance en su carrera
Sea emocionalmente inteligente
Genere confianza
Carrera
Comuníquese eficazmente
Desarrolle un plan de negocios
Desarrolle productos innovadores
Develop Team Members
El futuro del trabajo
Mejore la experiencia de los empleados
Emprendimiento
Recursos humanos
Innove estratégicamente
Viva Bien
Gestione el cambio
Manage Learning and Development
Gestione equipos y departamentos
Administración
Domine habilidades interpersonales
Planifique y elabore estrategias para sus ventas
Planifique estratégicamente
Promueva la diversidad, equidad e inclusión
Ventas
Dé forma a la cultura organizacional
Comprenda la innovación
Comprenda las organizaciones
Habilidades para el lugar de trabajo
Promueva una cultura de aprendizaje
Lidere de forma inclusiva
Aproveche sus fortalezas
Delegue de manera efectiva
Fomente una cultura de innovación
Habilidades blandas
Promueva la creatividad
Encuentre su propósito
Sea más adaptable
Fomente la experimentación
Comprenda la creatividad
Desarrolle líderes
Gestionar equipos de ventas
Facilite las discusiones
Manage People and Talent
Sea agradecido
Impulse la diversidad
Abrace el cambio
Lidere con ética
Construya una cultura inclusiva
Lidere a través del cambio
Compréndase a sí mismo
Defina la visión del producto
Lidérese a sí mismo
Enfoques de liderazgo emergente
Gánese la confianza de la gente
Crecimiento personal
Practique el liderazgo servicial
Conviértase en un aprendiz autodirigido
Liderazgo ejecutivo
Mejore el desempeño del equipo
Demuestre vulnerabilidad
Adopte el pensamiento divergente
Cultive el aprendizaje continuo
Sea auténtico
Defina propósito, visión y misión
Facilite la ideación grupal
Foster Team Culture
Motive a su equipo
Apoye a los demás
Sea creativo
Garantice la responsabilidad en los equipos
Ábrase al coaching
Drive Team Performance
Sea un Mentor de empleados
Coachee personas
Participe en el intraemprendimiento
Haga mejores preguntas
Fomente la propiedad en otros
Construya la cohesión del equipo
Supere desafíos
Colabore de forma creativa
Encuentre significado
Practice Transformational Leadership
Construya relaciones sólidas
Desafíe las suposiciones
Asuma su responsabilidad personal
Practique la humildad
Adopte un hábito de aprendizaje
Innovación
Impulse el cambio sin autoridad
Colabore entre funciones
Estudios de caso de liderazgo ejecutivo
Promueva la tolerancia al fracaso
Defienda nuevas ideas
Liderazgo
Construya seguridad psicológica
Cree sentido de pertenencia
Navigate Leadership Challenges
Gestione el impacto de su liderazgo
Acepte los desafíos
Cultive la curiosidad
Abrace el fracaso inteligente
Domine la colaboración
Recompense a los empleados
Strengthen Team Collaboration
Comprenda los enfoques de liderazgo
Fomente la comunicación abierta
Cultive una mentalidad de crecimiento
Construya una visión compartida