Leadership: Determine the direction. Set the pace.
Applaud the spirit.
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Practices
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Commitments
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Challenge
The Process |
1. Search out challenging opportunities to change, grow, innovate, and improve.
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2. Experiment, take risks, and learn from the (inevitable) accompanying mistakes.
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Inspire A
Shared Vision |
3. Envision an uplifting and ennobling future.
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4. Enlist others in a common vision by appealing to their values, interest, hopes and dreams.
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Enable Others
To Act |
5. Foster collaboration by promoting cooperative goals and building trust.
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6. Strengthen people by giving power away, providing choice, developing competence, assigning critical tasks and offering visible support.
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Model
The Way |
7. Set the example by behaving in ways that are consistent with shared values.
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8. Achieve small wins that promote consistent progress and build commitment.
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Encourage
The Heart |
9. Recognize individual contributions to the success of every project.
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10. Celebrate team accomplishments regularly.
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Source: Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z. The Leadership Challenge, 1995.
