The Leadership Challenge

THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE
FOURTH EDITION
JAMES M. KOUZES BARRY Z. POSNER

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Praise for The Leadership Challenge
“Kouzes and Posner continue to strengthen and widen our definition of leadership. They make the role of the leader and the process of leadership understandable and accessible to anyone who wants to improve on their own abilities and guide others in significant ways.” — Beverly Kaye, founder and CEO, Career Systems International and coauthor, Love ’Em or Lose ’Em: Getting Good People to Stay “This new edition of The Leadership Challenge shall be mandatory reading for any individual or organization that cares about the future. Evidence-based from the authors’ twenty-five years of global research, this fully practical and inspirational book will provide the tools and the motivation both to select and develop the exceptional leaders we need so much all around the world.” — Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, partner and global executive committee member, Egon Zehnder International; author of Great People Decisions “A timely, practical update of the definitive book on leadership. If you haven’t read this work, do it now … before your competitors get their hands on it. If you’ve already read the book, the new edition is certainly worth another read. It truly enhances the groundbreaking work of these preeminent leadership thinkers.” — Adrian Gostick, New York Times bestselling author of The Carrot Principle “Leadership is the one central and most important element of successful management teams—be it in a start-up company, a growth phase of an established organization, or as key for a successful turnaround. During their extensive research on leadership, Kouzes and Posner have worked with many successful leaders around the world. Their research results and the many different leadership examples are the basis of this most comprehensive and inspiring book on leadership. The Leadership Challenge is the classic, and yet the most updated,... [continues]

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