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.

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.

ACTIVE Learning for Exemplary Leaders

The best leaders are the best learners. This evidence-based truth has been a foundational principle of The Leadership Challenge since it was first published nearly twenty-five years ago. In this new work, bestselling Leadership Challenge authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner team up with experiential learning expert Elaine Biech to bring today's leaders over 100 engaging activities designed to expand and accelerate their leadership development efforts.

Grounded in The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® model, The Leadership Challenge Activities Book includes tools, tips, and techniques for extraordinary training delivery; suggestions for activity facilitation; an overview of The Five Practices model; and a broad selection of activities for each of The Five Practices (Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart) as well as several general leadership skills activities.

World-class contributors to this unique volume include Jean Barbazette, Geoff Bellman, Daryl Conner, Ann Hermann-Nehdi, Beverly Kaye, Lou Russell, Cal Wick as well as a selection of Leadership Challenge Certified Masters. While primarily designed for classroom training sessions, the activities can easily be adapted for one-on-one coaching situations (including LPI feedback coaching), educational classroom settings, or web-based learning sessions. A companion website features the handouts and worksheets associated with some activities, which can be reproduced and customized.

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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
Teri-E Belf

Values from the Movie Gandhi 45
Lily Cheng

Shared Values: Drive-By Conversations 47
Kim Chesky

Toothpick Activity 50
Mary Cooper and Debbie Zmorenski

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 54
Cher Holton

A Leadership Point of View 58
Edith Katz

It's All in a Name 61
Jan Miller and Denise Knight

Leadership in Context 64
Mohandas Nair

Cultural Artifacts 69
Anne Reilly and Homer Johnson

Setting an Example to Mirr or Is Not Enough 77
Cheryl L. Rude

Ethics for the 21st Century 80
Charlotte S. Waisman and Linda Bedinger

Model Behavior 94
Devora Zack

Chapter Four: Inspire a Shared Vision 97

Inspiration Becomes a Reality 101
Jean Barbazette

Inspiring a Shared Vision Mingle 107
Daren Blonski

Show Me the Mission 111
Angie Chaplin

Ensuring Sponsor Commitment to Change 114
Daryl R. Conner

Can You Picture This? 118
Timothy Ewest

Extra! Extra! Read All About It! 127
Leonard D. Goodstein

Another Leader's Dream 130
Donna Goss and Don Robertson

What Does Success Look Like? 142
Amanda Crowell Itliong

Blindfold Square 146
Jean Lee

The Perfect PlaceHeaven on Earth 150
Jan Miller and Denise Knight

Modeling the Future 153
Linda S. Eck Mills

Defining a Vision That Others Will Follow 155
Nanette Miner and Lynn Little

The Spiritual Leader 159
Mohandas Nair

Define Your Values Through a Vision Statement 165
Steve A. Rainey

Lights, Camera, Action! 172
Devora Zack

Claiming a Breakthrough 175
Sherene Zolno

Chapter Five: Challenge the Process 183

Game of the Generals 188
Elisa May Arboleda-Cuevas and Audie Bautista Masigan

Take Off the Blindfolds 195
Douglas Austrom

The Giant Skip 205
Peter Cheng

Change: Feel the Pain, See the Gain 208
Daryl R. Conner

Gordon's Knot 214
Ricky Foo

Take a Risk! 217
Dennis E. Gilbert

When Questions Are the Answer Challenging the Process 228
Barbara Pate Glacel

Toss It Around 239
Ann Hermann-Nehdi

Challenge Think Tank 243
Amanda Crowell Itliong

Cash Flow Exercise 246
Edith Katz

Change Project Summary 249
Edith Katz

Constructing a Global Team Communications Device 252
John Lybarger

Identify Perceived Causes of Resistance 257
Consuelo Meux

In-Basket Exercise 275
Alan Richter

Challenge the Process in Real Time 280
L.J. Rose

Overcoming Barriers 290
Darryl Sink

You Be the Judge!™ 295
Karen Travis

Assumption Reframe 307
Devora Zack

Chapter Six: Enable Others to Act 311

What Would YOU Do in My Shoes? 315
Geoff Bellman

Enabling Cross-Functional Leadership 318
Christopher Chaves

Building Resilience for Change 332
Daryl R. Conner

Enabling with Style 337
Ann Hermann-Nehdi

Currency Exchange 345
Cindy Huggett

Team Competency Development Plan 349
Edith Katz

Career Conversations: Cues for Developing Others 352
Beverly Kaye

Double Overlapping Strategic Cross 359
Sharon Landes

What Makes You Trust Someone? 368
Sherri Dosher

Trust-Building Discussion 372
Doug Leigh

Human Trust Knot 379
Jan Miller and Denise Knight

Trust and Communication 382
Jan Miller and Denise Knight

Share Fair 385
Marilyn Myers

No Easy Way Out 388
Mona Lee Pearl

Coaching Versus Telling 396
Lou Russell

Empowerment Force Field Analysis 402
Cindy Taylor

Inflated Actions 405
Lorraine Ukens

Activate to Motivate 409
Devora Zack

Chapter Seven: Encourage the Heart 413

Accelerating Change-Readiness 417
Herb Cohen and Bruce Fern

Thank You Card 428
Ricky Foo

Complimentary Closer 431
Michael Gerlach

Positive Bombing 434
Jonas Hansson

Conundra 437
Brian Jackson

Writing and Receiving Class Affi rmations 449
Edith Katz

A Rewarding Activity 456
Lorraine Kohart

You're Making Me Blush! 459
Jan Miller and Denise Knight

Hip-Hip-Hooray 462
Jan Miller and Denise Knight

Creating Your Team's Celebratory Crest 465
Anne Reilly and Homer Johnson

Gifts 471
Kris Taylor

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