From the best-selling authors of The Leadership Challenge and over a
dozen award-winning leadership books, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z.
Posner have written a new book that examines a fundamental question: How
do people learn leadership? How do they 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,
Kouzes and Posner provide listeners 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 70 countries, and with examples from real-world leaders,
Learning Leadership is a clarion call to unleash the leadership
potential that is already present in today's society.
According to Kouzes and Posner, "Leadership makes a significant
difference in levels of engagement and commitment and is perhaps the
most important asset in every organization, yet recent research points
to a shortage of leaders. It is a serious global concern. The world
needs more exemplary leaders in order to promote high-performing
workplaces and inspire feelings of greater self-worth and
meaningfulness. The shortage, however, is not because of the lack of
potential talent. The people are out there, the eagerness is out there,
and the capability is out there. The shortage results from prevailing
myths - myths about talent, strengths, position, self-reliance, and
effort - that inhibit the vast majority of leaders from shining and
organizations from realizing the full benefits of the talent they
already have."
Learning Leadership provides listeners 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.
