The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) is the best-selling and most trusted leadership tool of its generation. Developed by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, the third edition of this celebrated instrument package approaches leadership as a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors. This 360° leadership assessment tool helps individuals and organizations measure their leadership competencies, while guiding them through the process of applying Kouzes and Posner's acclaimed Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® Model to their real-life organizational challenges. The Participant's Workbook will help you make the most of your LPI Feedback Report, appreciate how others see your leadership behavior, and understand how to use that information to become the most effective leader possible. This short, 10-step workbook guides participants through the process of understanding their LPI Feedback Report. Readers are provided instructions, information, questions, and forms to record their observations and interpretations while analyzing their feedback and developing their immediate personal action plans. Using The Participant's Workbook will help you: Examine Your First Impressions Explore Consistency Find Patterns and Listen for Messages Seek Clarification Focus Your Developmental Efforts Imagine Your Ideal Future Self Overcome Barriers and Concerns Plan Next Steps The newly revised LPI offers in-depth, precise results. You will get valuable feedback from managers, yourself, direct reports, co-workers, peers, and colleagues from outside your organization. Feedback that provides valid and useful information that will help you improve your leadership skills in The Five Practices so you can: Model the Way Inspire a Shared vision Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart Discover your leadership potential with the LPI!

This volume describes 24 publicly available multiple-perspective management-assessment instruments that relate self-view to the views of others on multiple management and leadership domains. Each instrument also includes an assessment-for-development focus that scales managers along a continuum of psychometric properties, and "best practices" for management development. The instruments reviewed are: (1) "Benchmarks"; (2) "Campbell Leadership Index" (CLI); (3) "COMPASS: The Managerial Practices Survey"; (4) "Executive Success Profile" (ESP); (5) "Survey of Executive Leadership" (EXEC); (6) "Leader Behavior Analysis II" (LBAII); (7) "The Visionary Leader: Leader Behavior Questionnaire" (LBQ); (8) "Leadership Effectiveness Analysis" (LEA); (9) "Acumen Leadership Skills" LEADERSHIP SKILLS; (10) "Leadership/Impact" (L/I); (11) "Leadership Practices Inventory" (LPI); (12) "Life Styles Inventory" (LSI); (13) "MANAGER VIEW/360"; (14) "Matrix: The Influence Behavior Questionnaire" (MATRIX); (15) "Management Effectiveness Profile System" (MEPS); (16) "Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire" (MLQ); (17) "The PROFILER"; (18) "PROSPECTOR"; (19) "Survey of Leadership Practices" (SLP); (20) "The Survey of Management Practices" (SMP); (21) "System for the Multiple Level Observation of Groups" (SYMLOG); (22) "Types of Work Index" (TWI); (23) "VOICES"; and (24) "Acumen Leadership Work Styles" (WORKSTYLES). Three aspects are described for each instrument: (1) descriptive: author; vendor, copyright date, purpose, target audience, cost, scoring and certification procedures, duration, format, and raters; (2) research: origins, scales, scale definitions, samples, cautionary statement, and instrument reports; and (3) training: sample instrument, sample feedback report, and training materials. (RIB)

Completely revised and updated I not only enjoyed it...I found myself constantly nodding and saying to myself, 'That's right! That's how it's done! That's what it feels like!' You certainly captured the essence of what I've found is at the heart of transforming leadership. -- Robert D. Haas, chairman and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co. The leadership book that outshines them all, updated for today's new business realities. With an expanded research base of 60,000 leaders, this second edition captures the continuing interest in leadership as a critical aspect of human organizations. It offers a broader scope of leaders in every industry and walk of life, including the education and nonprofit fields, and examines the era's hottest issues -- the new cynicism, the electronic global village, evolving employee-employer relationships -- in keeping pace with our ever-changing world. The classic five-point guide to better leadership, however, remains as useful as ever.

Leadership is learnable . . . and teachable! Give your managers and supervisors the skills to master the five essential areas of leadership: Challenging the process Inspiring a shared vision Enabling others to act Modeling the way Encouraging the heart The revised edition of the LPI includes: New ten-point Likert scale New scoring software which produces detailed printouts for each participant Participant workbooks that now include more than 140 actual steps-to-results All the tools you need to obtain complete 360? feedback Three month follow-up program to track participant's progress LPI: Self: Use this 30-item inventory to evaluate your performance and effectiveness as a leader. For an even more detailed evaluation, use LPI: Self in conjunction with the LPI: Observer. Results from the simple scoring process will help you develop plans for improvement. The accompanying guidebook includes a worksheet to help interpret feedback and plan improvement in each leadership practice assessed, sections on how to compare scores with the normative sample and on how to share feedback with constituents, and more than 140 actual steps you can take to get results. Includes one copy of the Participant's Workbook. LPI: Observer: Get a clear picture of how you function as a team leader by combining anonymous perceptions of constituents and colleagues, with your own manager self-assessment. The LPI: Observerprovides a balanced picture of leadership traits and allows for constructive discussion of ways to improve. LPI: Facilitator's Guide: Here's everything you need to facilitate the LPI program:The LPI Facilitator's Guide, which includes a copy of the LPI: Observer instrument and outlines a detailed workshop design including prework requirements and instructions for administering, processing, and scoring the instrument. And the guide now includes the Windows-based LPI Scoring Software. Deluxe Facilitator's Package: Get the LPI Facilitator's Guide plus a copy of the best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge, for one special low price! Remember to get one instrument for each participant.

Continue Your Leadership Journey With a Deep Dive Into Model the Way Over the last twenty-five years, The Leadership Challenge established a reputation as a research-driven, evidence-based leadership development model with a simple, yet profound, principle at its core: leadership is a measurable and learnable set of behaviors. The Challenge Continues program offers you the opportunity to take a deeper dive into the Model the Way leadership practice. Designed for leaders familiar with The Leadership Challenge principles and its Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership foundational model, this new program addresses the important question: "What's Next?" The first of bestselling authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner's Five Practices, Model the Way is about: Clarifying values by finding your voice and affirming shared ideals Setting the example by aligning actions with shared values Your Participant Workbook is a hands-on tool, designed to accompany you on the next phase of your personal leadership development journey. Beginning with a focus on what you have already accomplished and what has gone well with this Practice, the pages then guide you through several interactive exercises and a practical process for expanding and refining your Model the Way skills. You will also explore ways in which can develop your team members and influence the broader spheres of you work unit or organization. Finishing up the module with a detailed action plan, you will leave the session with a detailed map for continuing your journey toward exceptional leadership.

Continue Your Leadership Journey With a Deep Dive Into Encourage the Heart Over the last twenty-five years, The Leadership Challenge established a reputation as a research-driven, evidence-based leadership development model with a simple, yet profound, principle at its core: leadership is a measurable and learnable set of behaviors. The Challenge Continues program offers you the opportunity to take a deeper dive into the Encourage the Heart leadership practice. Designed for leaders familiar with The Leadership Challenge principles and its Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® foundational model, this new program addresses the important question: "What's Next?" The fifth of bestselling authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner's Five Practices, Encourage the Heart is about: Recognizing contributions by showing appreciation for individual excellence Celebrating the values and victories by creating a spirit of community Your Participant Workbook is a hands-on tool, designed to accompany you on the next phase of your personal leadership development journey. Beginning with a focus on what you have already accomplished and what has gone well with this Practice, the pages then guide you through several interactive exercises and a practical process for expanding and refining your Encourage the Heart skills. You will also explore ways in which can develop your team members and influence the broader spheres of you work unit or organization. Finishing up the module with a detailed action plan, you will leave the session with a detailed map for continuing your journey toward exceptional leadership.