Learning Leadership
by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
How leaders develop: believe you can, aspire to excel, challenge yourself, engage support and practice deliberately. It treats leadership as a learnable skill and gives a development plan.
Read it if…
you want a structured way to improve as a leader rather than more theory.
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Skip it if…
you want case studies; this is a program.
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Three things you will actually use
- Leadership is learned, not inherited.
- Deliberate practice applies to leadership.
- Support accelerates learning.
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Choose one leadership behavior and practice it deliberately for 30 days with feedback.
Our verdict
A development plan.
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