Student Leadership Challenge
A brightly colored, vivid 17" x 22" poster for classroom or training room display that outlines and helps remind leaders of The Five Practices and Ten Commitments of Exemplary Leadership:
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
- Search for opportunities by seizing the initiative and looking outward for innovative ways to improve
- Experiment and take risks by constantly generating small wins and learning from experience
Enable Others to Act
- Foster Collaboration by building trust and facilitating relationships
- Strengthen others by increasing self determination and developing competence
Encourage the Heart
- Recognize contributions by showing appreciation for individual excellence
- Celebrate the values and victories by creating a spirit of community
Kouzes and Posner are the authors of the award-winning and best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge, now in its 5th edition. They have also co-authored a number of other books on leadership including Credibility: How Leaders Gain It and Lose It, Why People Demand It, Second Edition; Encouraging the Heart and The Academic Administrator's Guide to Exemplary Leadership. Creators of the Leadership Practices Inventory, they also developed the Student Leadership Practices Inventory (Student LPI), the only instrument specifically focused on assessing leadership behaviors in high school and college students.
Jim Kouzes is an executive fellow at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University.
Barry Posner is professor of leadership at Santa Clara University (Silicon Valley, California), where he has received numerous teaching and innovation awards and served as dean of the Leavey School of Business for 12 years (1996-2009).