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 The Leadership Challenge: Activities BookActivities Book
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2010-05-24||May 2010||2010-06-18||June 2010||2010-05-10||May 2010||2010-05-05||May 2010 Pfeiffer
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Read an Excerpthttp://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/3X/04704771/047047713X.pdf ||http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/3X/04704771/047047713X-1.pdf ||Compiled by training and consulting expert Elaine Biech, this new Leadership Challenge resource provides practical information and tools for demonstrating and teaching The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership to audiences both new to or already familiar with the model. Filled with 75 experiential learning activities and games, each keyed to a specific practice(s), this book is an excellent addition to a facilitator's existing The Leadership Challenge and the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) or other leadership development program. This book will feature contributions from experienced Leadership Challenge facilitators and other greats in the training industry. ||Compiled by training and consulting expert Elaine Biech, this new Leadership Challenge resource provides practical information and tools for demonstrating and teaching The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership to audiences both new to or already familiar with the model. Filled with 75 experiential learning activities and games, each keyed to a specific practice(s), this book is an excellent addition to a facilitator's existing The Leadership Challenge and the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) or other leadership development program. This book will feature contributions from experienced Leadership Challenge facilitators and other greats in the training industry. ||Compiled by training and consulting expert Elaine Biech, this new Leadership Challenge resource provides practical information and tools for demonstrating and teaching The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership to audiences both new to or already familiar with the model. Filled with 75 experiential learning activities and games, each keyed to a specific practice(s), this book is an excellent addition to a facilitator's existing The Leadership Challenge and the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) or other leadership development program. This book will feature contributions from experienced Leadership Challenge facilitators and other greats in the training industry. ||Compiled by training and consulting expert Elaine Biech, this new Leadership Challenge resource provides practical information and tools for demonstrating and teaching The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership to audiences both new to or already familiar with the model. Filled with 75 experiential learning activities and games, each keyed to a specific practice(s), this book is an excellent addition to a facilitator's existing The Leadership Challenge and the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) or other leadership development program. This book will feature contributions from experienced Leadership Challenge facilitators and other greats in the training industry. ||About the Website xvii Chapter One: Leadership and the Challenge to Make it Work 1 Chapter Two: For a Dynamic Delivery 11 Chapter Three: Model the Way 33 Anatomy of Power 37 Values from the Movie Gandhi 45 Shared Values: Drive-By Conversations 47 Toothpick Activity 50 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 54 A Leadership Point of View 58 It’s All in a Name 61 Leadership in Context 64 Cultural Artifacts 69 Setting an Example to Mirr or Is Not Enough 77 Ethics for the 21st Century 80 Model Behavior 94 Chapter Four: Inspire a Shared Vision 97 Inspiration Becomes a Reality 101 Inspiring a Shared Vision Mingle 107 Show Me the Mission 111 Ensuring Sponsor Commitment to Change 114 Can You Picture This? 118 Extra! Extra! Read All About It! 127 Another Leader’s Dream 130 What Does Success Look Like? 142 Blindfold Square 146 The Perfect Place—Heaven on Earth 150 Modeling the Future 153 Defining a Vision That Others Will Follow 155 The Spiritual Leader 159 Define Your Values Through a Vision Statement 165 Lights, Camera, Action! 172 Claiming a Breakthrough 175 Chapter Five: Challenge the Process 183 Game of the Generals 188 Take Off the Blindfolds 195 The Giant Skip 205 Change: Feel the Pain, See the Gain 208 Gordon’s Knot 214 Take a Risk! 217 When Questions Are the Answer— Challenging the Process
228 Toss It Around 239 Challenge Think Tank 243 Cash Flow Exercise 246 Change Project Summary 249 Constructing a Global Team Communications Device 252 Identify Perceived Causes of Resistance 257 In-Basket Exercise 275 Challenge the Process in Real Time 280 Overcoming Barriers 290 You Be the Judge!™ 295 Assumption Reframe 307 Chapter Six: Enable Others to Act 311 What Would YOU Do in My Shoes? 315 Enabling Cross-Functional Leadership 318 Building Resilience for Change 332 Enabling with Style 337 Currency Exchange 345 Team Competency Development Plan 349 Career Conversations: Cues for Developing Others 352 Double Overlapping Strategic Cross 359 What Makes You Trust Someone? 368 Trust-Building Discussion 372 Human Trust Knot 379 Trust and Communication 382 Share Fair 385 No Easy Way Out 388 Coaching Versus Telling 396 Empowerment Force Field Analysis 402 Inflated Actions 405 Activate to Motivate 409 Chapter Seven: Encourage the Heart 413 Accelerating Change-Readiness 417 Thank You Card 428 Complimentary Closer 431 Positive Bombing 434 Conundra 437 Writing and Receiving Class Affi rmations 449 A Rewarding Activity 456 You’re Making Me Blush! 459 Hip-Hip-Hooray 462 Creating Your Team’s Celebratory Crest 465 Gifts 471 Refreshing Frescos 481 Chapter Eight: Overarching Activities 485 Dinosaurs 488 A Night at the Oscars 492 Confirmation Cards 500 Winning 503 Exemplary Leadership Practices Pictionary 509 Who Are Your Favorite Leaders? 513 Skit in a Box 518 Engagement and Risk 523 Hit the Deck 526 Leadership in Action 528 The Leadership Challenge® Workshop Follow-Up 533 The Leadership Race 537 Leadership Questions 542 The Five Practice Drill Down 545 The Five Practices: I Know ’em When I See ’em
548 Chapter Nine: Leadership Tools and Other Times and Other Places 559 Leadership Tools Leading from a Distance: How to Conduct an Effective Virtual
Meeting 562 Measure Your Networking Quotient 574 The Leadership Perspective Model 586 Cross Your Arms 593 Beat the Clock: Make Delegation Work for You! 596 Building Leadership 606 Emotional Intelligence for Exemplary Leadership 609 Using the Mind Screen Technique for Focus 621 Listening Deeply as a Leader 624 My Way or the Highway 634 Challenge Leadership Through Structured Reflection Interviews
638 Other Times and Other Places What Leaders Do to Inspire (or Uninspire) Followers 643 Walking the Talk 649 The Roving Lunch 652 This Would Really Help Me 656 Chapter Ten: Where to Go Next 659 About the Editors 663 The Five Practices and Ten Commitments of Exemplary Leadership 671 James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner are the coauthors of The Leadership Challenge, A Leader's Legacy, Credibility, Encouraging the Heart, and The Leadership Challenge Workbook, and over a dozen other books and workbooks on leadership. They also developed the highly-acclaimed Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), a 360-degree assessment tool based on The Five Practices. Elaine Biech is president and managing principal of ebb associates inc., a strategic implementation, leadership development, and experiential learning consulting firm. She is also the author and editor of over four dozen books, including Training for Dummies andthe Pfeiffer Annuals: Training and Consulting. |
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