The Leadership Training Activity Book: 50 Exercises

TRAINING METHODS

 Self-Assessment

 Presentation

 Discussion

 Feedback

 Reflection

 Writing

MATERIALS

The Leadership Challenge,by James Kouzes and Barry Posner (3rd Edition) San Fran-

cisco: Jossey Bass, 2002

Leadership Practices Inventory: Selfand LPI-Others Leadership Practices Inventorycre-

ated by Kouzes, Jim and Barry Posner is available in paper and on-line formats

(2004). Visit http://www.lpionline.com

Handout 18.1: The Kouzes and Posner Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®*

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Overhead projector for transparencies

ROOM SET-UP

Tables and chairs

Comments

We used the work of James Kouzes and Barry Posner as the framework for our leader-

ship program, and we recommend that you do the same. You will need to read their

book The Leadership Challenge (third edition)and refer to the trainers’ manual for the

Leadership Practices Inventory.Kouzes and Posner use the word “practices” to describe

a category of leadership skills or competencies.

This activity is designed to use the IDEA teams discussed in Activity 2. We suggest

that you use two other activities that complement the Kouzes and Posner model from

Lois Hart’s 50 Activities for Developing Leaders: Volume I(HRD Press, 1994).

The first activity we suggest is Common Themes in Leadership Research.Its purpose

is to provide the context for the Kouzes and Posner model. Research on leadership

competencies continues to validate the five competencies first outlined by Kouzes and

Posner, including much material published since Lois Hart completed Volume 1 of this

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*The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® is a registered trademark of James M. Kouzes and Barry Z.
Posner.