{"id":59,"date":"2005-12-15T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-15T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.trungson.com\/?p=59"},"modified":"2005-12-15T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-15T18:34:00","slug":"book-leadership-challenge-by-kouzes-and-posner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.trungson.com\/?p=59","title":{"rendered":"Book &#8211; Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summary some of the lessons for me:<br \/>\n<strong>Part 2: Model the Way<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Chap 3: Find your voice by clarifying your personal values<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Look in the mirror.<\/li>\n<li>Take time for contemplation.<\/li>\n<li>Write a tribute to yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Record the lessons from the leaders you admire.<\/li>\n<li>Write your credo.<\/li>\n<li>Engage in a credo dialogue and assessment.<\/li>\n<li>Collect stories that teach values.<\/li>\n<li>Audit your ability to succeed.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Chap 4: Set the example by aligning actions with shared values.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create alignment around key values.<\/li>\n<li>Speak about shared values with enthusiasm and confidence &#8211; even drama.<\/li>\n<li>Teach &#038; reinforce through symbols &amp; artifacts.<\/li>\n<li>Lead by storytelling.<\/li>\n<li>Put storytelling on your meeting agendas.<\/li>\n<li>Ask questions.<\/li>\n<li>Keep score.<\/li>\n<li>Do a personal audit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Part 3: Inspire a Shared Vision<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Chap 5: Envision the future by imagining exicting and ennobling possibilities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read a biography of a visionary leader.<\/li>\n<li>Think about your past.<\/li>\n<li>Determine the &#8220;something&#8221; you want to do.<\/li>\n<li>Write an article about how you&#8217;ve made a difference.<\/li>\n<li>Write your vision statement.<\/li>\n<li>Become a futurist.<\/li>\n<li>Test your assumptions.<\/li>\n<li>Rehearse with visualizations and affirmations.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Chap 6: Enlist others in common vision by appealing to shared aspirations<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get to know your constituents.<\/li>\n<li>Find the common ground.<\/li>\n<li>Draft a collective vision statement.<\/li>\n<li>Expand your communication skills.<\/li>\n<li>Breathe life into your vision.<\/li>\n<li>Speak from the heart.<\/li>\n<li>Listen first &#8211; and often.<\/li>\n<li>Hang out.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Part 4: Challenege the Process<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Chap 7: Search for opportunities by seeking innovative ways to change, grow and improve.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Treat every job as an adventure.<\/li>\n<li>Seek meaningful challenges for yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Find and create meaningful challenges for others.<\/li>\n<li>Add fun to everyone&#8217;s work.<\/li>\n<li>Question the status quo.<\/li>\n<li>Renew your teams.<\/li>\n<li>Create an open-source approach to searching for opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>Send everyone shopping for ideas.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Chap 8: Experiment and take risks by constantly generating small wins and learning from mistakes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set up little experiments and develop models.<\/li>\n<li>Make it safe for others to experiment.<\/li>\n<li>Break mindsets.<\/li>\n<li>Break it up and break it down.<\/li>\n<li>Give people choices.<\/li>\n<li>Accumulate yeses.<\/li>\n<li>Admit your mistakes.<\/li>\n<li>Conduct pre\/postmortems for every project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Part 5: Enable Others to Act<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Chap 9: Foster collaboration by promoting cooperative goals and building trust<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conduct a collaboration audit.<\/li>\n<li>Be the first to trust.<\/li>\n<li>Ask questions, listen, and take advice.<\/li>\n<li>Always say we.<\/li>\n<li>Create jigsaw groups.<\/li>\n<li>Focus on gains, not losses.<\/li>\n<li>Make a list of alternative currencies.<\/li>\n<li>Take a lot of human moments.<\/li>\n<li>Create places and opportunities for informal interactions.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Chap 10: Strengthen others by sharing power and discretion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Offer visible support.<\/li>\n<li>Assign critical tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Enrich people&#8217;s jobs.<\/li>\n<li>Use modeling to develop competencies.<\/li>\n<li>Stop talking and start building at staff meetings.<\/li>\n<li>Enlarge people&#8217;s sphere of influence.<\/li>\n<li>Educate, educate, educate.<\/li>\n<li>Create a learning climate.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Part 6: Encourage the Heart<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Chap 11: Recognize contributions by showing appreciation for individual excellence<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be creative about rewards.<\/li>\n<li>Make recognition public.<\/li>\n<li>Provide feedback en route.<\/li>\n<li>Be a Pygmalion.<\/li>\n<li>Foster positive expectations.<\/li>\n<li>Make the recognition presentation meaningful.<\/li>\n<li>Find people who are doing things right.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t be stingy about saying thank you.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Chap 12: Celebrate the values\/victories by creating a spirit of community<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schedule celebrations.<\/li>\n<li>Install a public &#8220;Bragging Board.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Create a commemorative award honoring exemplary actions.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate caring by walking around.<\/li>\n<li>Show passion and compassion.<\/li>\n<li>Be a cheerleader &#8211; your way.<\/li>\n<li>Have fun.<\/li>\n<li>Set the example &#8211; plan a celebration right now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Book website: http:\/\/www.leadershipchallenge.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary some of the lessons for me: Part 2: Model the Way &#8211; Chap 3: Find your voice by clarifying your personal values Look in the mirror. 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