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The Leadership Challenge
Five Practice of Exemplary
Leadership
From: The Leadership Challenge, 5th Edition, 2012/2014 A Book by: James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” - Peter F. Drucker
http://www.amazon.com/The-Leadership-Challenge-Extraordinary-Organizations/dp/B00D9TDRXG
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Discussion Roadmap
Who are Leaders? – common phrases
They practice what they preach
They walk the talk
Their actions are consistent with words
They put their money where their mouth is
They follow through on their promises
They do what they say they will do
Oxford Dictionary:
Leader means: The person who leads or commands a group, organization or country
Synonyms: chief, head, principal, commander, captain, figurehead, ruler, king, lord, guru, mentor, authority . . .
“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
Foundation of Leadership
CREDIBILITY
Oxford Dictionary:
Credibility: The quality of being trusted and believed in.
Leadership: The action or ability to lead .
Foundation: The lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. —Norman Schwarzkopf
Characteristics of Admired Leaders –
majority belief
Honest
Forward-Looking
Competent
Inspiring
Oxford Dictionary:
Honest: Free of deceit; truthful and sincere.
Competent: Having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully .
Inspiring: Ability to fill someone with the urge to do or feel something creative:.
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.”— General Colin Powell.
The Five Practices of Leadership
Model the Way
Inspire a Shared Vision
Challenge the Process
Enable others to Act
Encourage the Heart Worth Reading:
http://time.com/101743/10-things-the-greatest-leaders-all-have-in-common/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyaprive/2012/12/19/top-10-qualities-that-make-a-great-leader/
http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/Top-Ten-Traits-of-Great-Leaders.aspx
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. - Ralph Nader
The Five Practices of Leadership -1
Model the Way: Clarify values by finding
your voice and affirming shared values – first discover personal
values and beliefs
Set the example by aligning actions with shared values –
stand up for your beliefs
Oxford Dictionary:
Model (verb): To become an excellent example of something
Leadership is influence. —John C. Maxwell
The Five Practices of Leadership - 2
Inspire a shared vision: Envision the future by
imagining exciting and ennobling possibilities
Enlist others in a common vision by appealing to shared aspirations
A shared vision is a picture that everyone in the company carries in their heads and hearts. - Peter Senge, in his book "The Fifth Discipline“
Oxford Dictionary:
Ennobling: To make noble
Coalescing: To grow together, fuse.
The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision. —Ken Blanchard
The Five Practices of Leadership - 3
Challenge the process: Search for opportunities by
seizing the initiative and looking outward for innovative ways to improve
Experiment and take risk by constantly generating small wins and learning from experience.
If you don’t believe in the messenger, you wont believe the message.
Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better. —Bill Bradley
The Five Practices of Leadership - 4
Enable Others to act: Foster collaboration by
building trust and facilitating relationships
Strengthen others by increasing self-determination and developing competence
Oxford Dictionary:
Foster: To bring up, nurture
Collaboration: To work together
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. —John Quincy Adams
The Five Practices of Leadership - 5
Encourage the heart: Recognize contributions by
showing appreciation for individual excellence
Celebrate the values and victories by creating a spirit of community
“Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.“ - Goethe
A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. —John Maxwell
Conclusion
Leadership is a Relationship To mobilize others to
struggle for shared aspirations - with mutual respect and Confidence
Do not disappoint the one whose hope lies with you. – Ali Bin Abi Talib
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. - Ralph Nader
Thank You
هم ـ ة ;Made :جعلن نا ;Guide :يہدون ;Leaders :أٮ م by my:بأمرcommand; أوحينا: Inspired in them; خيرٲت: Deeds that result in advantages, benefit, interest, welfare to others.
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. - Ralph Nader
مفعل إليه ناوأوحينا يہدونبأمرة همأٮ م ـ وجعلن
وكانوا ڪوة لوةوإيتا ءٱلز وإقامٱلص ٱلخيرٲت
ينلنا 21:73 بد ـ ع And I made them leaders, who guide by my command, and I inspired in them the doing of good deeds and the establishment of Salah and the giving of Zakat, and they are/were My salves/worshippers.
