James M. Kouzes - The Student Leadership Challenge: Activities Book

James Kouzes and Barry Posner

with Beth High and Gary M. Morgan

Cover design by: Adrian Morgan

Copyright 2014 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner. All Rights Reserved.

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1. The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Becoming an Exemplary Leader, Second Edition
2. The Student Leadership Challenge: Student Workbook and Personal Leadership Journal
3. The Student Leadership Challenge: Facilitation and Activity Guide
4. The Student Leadership Challenge: Activities Book

1. The Student Leadership Practices Inventory Self Online
2. The Student Leadership Practices Inventory 360 Online
3. The Student Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), Self Instrument, Second Edition
4. The Student Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), Observer Instrument, Second Edition
5. Student Leadership Practices Inventory Scoring Software, Third Edition

1. The Student Leadership Challenge Reminder Card
2. The Student Leadership Challenge: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Poster
3. The Student Leadership Challenge: The Five Practices Individual Poster Set (One Poster for Each Practice)

We know that practical experience is key to learning. There is no substitute for hands-on experience that enables students to deepen their understanding as they put the practices into action. The Student Leadership Challenge: Activities Book is designed to help you create those experiences for your students. Now in its second edition, this book builds on the research behind The Leadership Challenge. The Student Leadership Challenge is used by a growing number of educators and teachers who are committed to helping young people discover the leader within them.

Around the globe, we are finding educators like you who are helping their students tap into their leadership capacity, and this community of practitioners is growing. This book draws on the many wonderful ideas this community has produced and pulls them together as a handy, reliable reference for those who use The Leadership Challenge framework, research, and materials.

The Student Leadership Challenge focuses on how student leaders get things done in organizations on their campuses and in their communities. The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership model defines the behaviors that, when demonstrated with frequency, can bring about the best in themselves and those they aspire to lead ().

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership are listed below along with The Ten Commitments of Leadership that correspond to the practices, two commitments for each practice. These commitments give a deeper understanding of The Five Practices and specify what leaders do to demonstrate them.

Model the Way

• Clarify values by finding your voice and affirming shared values.
• Set the example by aligning actions with shared values.

Inspire a Shared Vision

• Envision the future by imagining exciting and ennobling possibilities.
• Enlist others in a common vision by appealing to shared aspirations.

Challenge the Process