Leadership Challenge Part 6: Encourage the Heart

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Leadership is not the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women, it is a process that ordinary people use when they are bringing forth the best from themselves and others. If you are a leader, or aspire to be one, this series of courses will assist you in developing your capacity to guide others to places they have never been before. The series covers the five practices of exemplary leadership - model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the heart.

This 2-hour interactive online course is the last in the series and covers the fifth and final of the five practices of exemplary leadership, "Encourage the Heart". You''ll learn the best ways to recognize the contributions of others in order to reward those that deserve the appreciation. You''ll take a close look at the theory that high expectations lead to high performance, and why you should set the bar higher as a result. When these positive expectations yield results, leaders then celebrate the values and victories in their organizations.

This course series is adopted from the highly respected book, The Leadership Challenge, written by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. This is the third edition of this book, which is grounded in extensive research and uses interviews with all kinds of leaders from both public and private organizations.

Objectives SME Course Applies to

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you will:

Value the importance of saying "thank you" and providing other personalized recognition
Understand that you need to pay attention to your constituents and be on the lookout for achievements to recognize
Be more creative and personal in using rewards in your organization
Know how to create a spirit of community by holding public celebrations
Be able to use storytelling to enhance your celebrations, teach and motivate
Be better at setting a positive example for your constituents

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SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: James Kouzes and Barry Posner

Jim Kouzes is chairman emeritus of the Tom Peters Company, a professional services firm which specializes in leadership development. He's also an executive fellow in the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University.

Barry Posner is Dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, located in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Jim and Barry co-authored The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations, which is now in its third edition (2002) with over one million copies in print. The Leadership Challenge, available in eleven languages, has been a selection of the Macmillan Executive Book Club and the Fortune Book Club. It's the winner of the 1989 James A. Hamilton Hospital Administrators' Book, the 1995-96 Critics' Choice Award, and was a BusinessWeek bestseller in 2001. Jim and Barry have also co-authored Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, which was chosen by Industry Week as one of the ten best management books of 1993. Encouraging the Heart and The Leadership Challenge Planner were released in 1999. Based on solid research involving over 70,000 surveys, 1,000 written case studies, and 100 in-depth interviews, these books describe the leadership principles and practices that generate high performance in individuals and organizations.

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