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Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner are authors of the award-winning and best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge. Jim is Chairman Emeritus of the Tom Peters Company and an Executive Fellow at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. Barry is Dean of the Leavey School of Business and Professor of Leadership at Santa Clara University (Silicon Valley, California). Jim and Barry are also authors of Credibility, Encouraging the Heart, and The Leadership Planner. Their 360-degree leadership assessment instrument, The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) and LPI Online (www.lpionline.com) has helped develop the leadership skills of nearly 1 million people worldwide. Combined, these offering truly make them the most trusted sources on becoming a better leader. Jim lives in San Jose, California and Barry lives in Monte Sereno, California.

PART I PREPARING TO CONDUCT LPI TRAINING.

CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Leadership Is Learned 3

CHAPTER 2 The Five Practices and the LPI 11

CHAPTER 3 Administering the LPI 19

CHAPTER 4 Planning the LPI Workshop 39

PART II CONDUCTING THE LPI WORKSHOP.

CHAPTER 5 Leadership Development Is Self-Development: Introducing the Topic of Leadership 45

CHAPTER 6 Orienting Participants to the LPI 55

CHAPTER 7 Understanding the LPI Feedback Report 79

CHAPTER 8 Understanding and Using the LPI Feedback 121

CHAPTER 9 Next Steps 141

PART III APPENDIXES.

APPENDIX A Personal-Best Leadership Questionnaire [Short Form] 161

APPENDIX B Master Copies of Workshop Visuals 163

APPENDIX C A Guide to the Research 195

APPENDIX D Gathering Open-Ended Feedback 197

APPENDIX E Guide to Benchmarking and Multiple Administrations of the LPI 201

APPENDIX F Instructions for Hand-Scoring the Self-Only LPI Form 207

APPENDIX G LPI Statements by Leadership Practice 211

APPENDIX H Reading List 213

APPENDIX I Sample Feedback Report Pages 217

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 227

ABOUT THE AUTHORS 231

HOW TO USE THE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES INVENTORY CD-ROM 235