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In the past, normal implied placidity – a relatively unchanging situation. But today’s normal involves chaos and turbulence. “Normal means expect the unexpected. Normal means that you can’t predict tomorrow’s winners based on today’s successes. Normal means that leaders and their teams have to be able to adapt quickly to changing circumstances,” best-selling authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner write in their short new e-book, Turning Adversity into Opportunity. Read More |
Barry Posner is the Accolti Endowed Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. In this talk he discusses two truths from his book with co-author Jim Kouzes, "The Truth About Leadership;" you make a difference and you can't do it alone. |
With personal insight and a fresh perspective, Jim Kouzes shares his thoughts on legacy and leadership in this compelling, in-depth Q&A in the just published Rotman Management magazine, a publication of the University of Ontario’s Rotman School of Management. Read More |
Wiley has announced the speakers for its 6th annual The Leadership Challenge Forum ([http://www.leadershipchallengeforum.com)
which will be held on Thursday, July 25 and Friday, July 26, 2013 at
The Four Seasons Resort in Scottsdale, AZ. The theme of this year’s
conference is “Envisioning the Future to Achieve the Extraordinary.” Read the entire release.
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Interview with Jim Kouzes Steve Steckler
Steve Steckler interviews Jim Kouzes on the topic of HR on theworkplace.
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3 Questions for Barry Posner and Jim Kouzes, an interview by the AMA
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Barry Posner, co-author of The Leadership Challenge, says the new crop
of technology CEOs are changing the dynamics of corporate leadership. http://www.thestreet.com/video/11733602/tech-ceos-passing-the-leadership-challenge.html
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Carmine Gallo, a columnist for Forbes.com recently spoke with Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner about the 25th anniversary edition of The Leadership Challenge, a book that has helped to frame his own ideas on leadership. In this column, Carmine writes about what he learned from Jim and Barry about how leaders can communicate a vision that gets people excited about going to work each day.
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Lillian Cunningham, Washingtonpost.com
In the debut of a new interview series on washingtonpost.com that features prominent leadership experts, Jim Kouzes talks with "On Leadership" editor Lillian Cunningham about writing books, advice for aspiring authors, and some of the tools he has used throughout his career : Read More |
Watch Jim Kouzes share a memorable story about leadership and a striped zebra, in this one-minute video produced by Washingtonpost.com: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/on-leadership-jim-kouzes-on-leadership-and-zebras/2012/08/08/0af9c39c-e172-11e1-ae7f-d2a13e249eb2_video.html
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Joe Frontiera
A quarter of a century after Barry Posner and Jim Kouzes first wrote The Leadership Challenge, they share observations and wisdom with Joe Frontiera from washingtonpost.com: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/the-leadership-challenge-25-years-later/2012/08/08/f021862e-e15b-11e1-a25e-15067bb31849_story.html Read More |
For 30 years, Jim Kouzes has asked leaders about their peak performances for "Leadership Challenge"--the book he and Barry Posner coauthored that has been called the best ever written on the subject. Fast Company talks to Kouzes about the essentials of leadership.
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Helena Brantley, Red Pencil PR+ Marketing
The award-winning, bestselling, classic book by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner that has been the basis for the powerhouse leadership development business marks its 25th year in print with a new anniversary edition. Featuring an interactive companion App and over 100 new case studies, this fully revised edition shows that even when times change, the need for good leadership endures.
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Helena Brantley, Red Pencil PR + Marketing
June 27, 2012 -- San Francisco, CA -- Pfeiffer, Wiley’s workplace learning imprint serving the professional development and hands-on resource needs of learning professionals, has announced the speakers for its 5th annual The Leadership Challenge Forum (www.leadershipchallengeforum.com), which will be held on Thursday, July 26 and Friday, July 27, 2012, at The Westin San Francisco Market Street in San Francisco.
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Dan McCarthy
Leadership development expert and blogger Dan McCarthy
touts his 10 Essential Leadership Models—including The Five Practices of
Exemplary Leadership®—that are "tried and true models that have shifted
my thinking about leadership and help create teachable leadership
moments for others."
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Ty Kiisel
In a recent article titled "Who Do You Trust?", Forbes Contributor Ty
Kiisel offers five key ways to build a foundation and culture of trust
within organizations, featuring sage advice from Jim Kouzes and Barry
Posner excerpted from The Truth About Leadership. Read the full article.
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David M. Dye
The Leadership Challenge takes the #2 spot among the 12 Most Consequential Books for a New Leader by blogger David Dye who notes that “what sets The Leadership Challenge apart is its focus on five leadership practices through which you grow your influence and credibility. These five practices are easily understood and can be learned by anyone willing to do the work.”
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Helena Brantley, Red Pencil PR+ Marketing
San Francisco, CA—August 2011—Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner are award-winning leadership development author-experts with more than 30 years of experience researching the relationship between leaders and constituents. Their seminal book, the international bestseller, The Leadership Challenge, has spawned a thriving franchise with workshops, seminars, books, online tools and resources to help people become better leaders, whether they work for Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, universities, nonprofits, volunteer organizations, the military, or a professional service firm. Their extensive research has led them to an inescapable truth: credibility is the foundation of leadership, which they explore in CREDIBILITY: How Leaders Gain and Lose It Why People Demand It [Jossey-Bass; August 2011; $27.95; ISBN: 9780470651711] fully revised for the first time since 1993.
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Great workplaces aren’t borne of the accidental confluence of motivated
workers, generous benefits, or Friday afternoon Happy Hours. They are
created, deliberately, by leaders. In their bold and engaging new book, THE
TRUTH ABOUT LEADERSHIP: The No-fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need
to Know (Jossey-Bass/ August 23, 2010 / $24.95 hardcover) best-selling
and award-winning authors James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner defy
trendy fads and quick-fix approaches by exploring ten fundamental truths
about leadership.
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