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Learning Leadership

The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader

James M Kouzes author Barry Z Posner author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:14th Jun '16

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Uncover the extraordinary leader in you with straightforward exercises and advice from two of the world’s foremost leadership experts

From the bestselling authors of The Leadership Challenge and over a dozen award-winning leadership books comes a new book that examines a question of fundamental importance: How do people learn to become leaders?

Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader is a comprehensive guide to unleashing the inner leader in us all and to building a solid foundation for a lifetime of leadership growth and mastery.  The book offers a concrete framework to help individuals of all levels, functions, and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can be.

Arguing that all individuals are born with the capacity to lead, bestselling authors Kouzes and Posner provide readers with a practical series of actions and specific coaching tips for harnessing that capacity and creating a context in which they can excel. Supported by over 30 years of research, from over seventy countries, and with examples from real-world leaders, Learning Leadership is a clarion call to unleash the leadership potential that is already present in society today.

Learning Leadership provides readers with evidence-based strategies to ignite the habit of continuous improvement and the mindset of becoming the best leaders they can be. Emerging leaders, as well as leadership developers, internal and external coaches and trainers, and other human resource professionals will learn from first-hand stories and practical examples so that they can deeply understand and apply the fundamentals for becoming the best leaders they can be.

Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader is divided into digestible bite-sized chapters that encourage daily actions to becoming a better leader. Key takeaways from the book include:

  • Believe in Yourself.  Believing in oneself is the essential first step in developing leadership competencies. The best leaders are learners, and they can’t achieve mastery until and unless they truly decide that inside them there is a person who can make and difference and learn to be a better leader than they are right now.
  • Aspire to Excel. To become an exemplary leader, people must determine what they care most about and why they want to lead. Leaders with values-based motivations...

“Well-written and thoughtful, this book should prove useful to coaches looking to develop potential within their organisations and their client companies.” (The Irish Times, May 2016)

“This book contains a wealth of useful and unarguable insights about the nature of leadership” (Financial Times, June 2016)

“This book offers a framework to help individuals of all levels, functions and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can” (HR Magazine, June 2016)

“A comprehensive guide to taking charge. Based on more than three decades of research, this pep talk shows how anyone can become a better leader through practical tips.” (Cara Magazine, August 2016)

ISBN: 9781119144281

Dimensions: 231mm x 160mm x 28mm

Weight: 476g

272 pages