A Leader’s Legacy

Uncover the latest developments in leadership development and coaching with insights from two of the most respected voices on the subject In this provocative book, leadership experts and authors of the best-selling The Leadership Challenge, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner take on a unique challenge and explore questions of leadership and legacy. In 22 stand-alone chapters, Kouzes and Posner examine the critical questions all leaders must ask themselves before they can leave a lasting impact. These powerful essays are grouped into four categories: Significance, Relationships, Aspirations, and Courage. In each essay the authors consider a thorny and often ambiguous issue with which today s leaders must grapple such as how leaders serve and sacrifice, why leaders need loving critics, why leaders should want to be liked, why leaders can't take trust for granted, why it s not just the leader s vision that matters, why failure is always an option, why it takes courage to make a life, how to liberate the leader in everyone, and ultimately, how the legacy you leave is the life you lead. In the book, you ll find: A free-flowing discussion of leadership topics and lessons Incisive explorations of ambiguous issues and paradoxes that have bedeviled leaders for generations Concise and to-the-point essays representing new approaches to familiar themes, new stories, and new experiences A Leader s Legacy is an indispensable resource for managers, executives, and other business leaders looking for insightful new ways to push their leadership development further than they ever thought possible.

Uncover the latest developments in leadership development and coaching with insights from two of the most respected voices on the subjectIn this provocative book, leadership experts and authors of the best-selling The Leadership Challenge, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner take on a unique challenge and explore questions of leadership and legacy. In 22 stand-alone chapters, Kouzes and Posner examine the critical questions all leaders must ask themselves before they can leave a lasting impact.These powerful essays are grouped into four categories: Significance, Relationships, Aspirations, and Courage. In each essay the authors consider a thorny and often ambiguous issue with which today's leaders must grapple--such as how leaders serve and sacrifice, why leaders need loving critics, why leaders should want to be liked, why leaders can't take trust for granted, why it's not just the leader's vision that matters, why failure is always an option, why it takes courage to "make a life," how to liberate the leader in everyone, and ultimately, how the legacy you leave is the life you lead.In the book, you'll find:* A free-flowing discussion of leadership topics and lessons* Incisive explorations of ambiguous issues and paradoxes that have bedeviled leaders for generations* Concise and to-the-point essays representing new approaches to familiar themes, new stories, and new experiencesA Leader's Legacy is an indispensable resource for managers, executives, and other business leaders looking for insightful new ways to push their leadership development further than they ever thought possible.

Introduction.Part One Significance.1 Leaders Serve and Sacrifice.2 The Best Leaders Are Teachers.3 We All Need Loving Critics.4 You Are the Most Important Leader in YourOrganization.5 No One Likes to Be an Assumption.Part Two Relationships.6 Leadership Is Personal.7 Leaders Should Want to Be Liked.8 When You Don't See Eye to Eye, Seek to Understand.9 You Can't Take Trust for Granted.10 Let Your People Go.Part Three Aspirations.11 Lead from the Inside Out.12 Forward-Looking Is a Leadership Prerequisite.13 It's Not Just the Leader's Vision.14 Liberate the Leader in Everyone.15 Leaders Are Followers, Too!Part Four Courage.16 There's Courage in All of Us.17 You Can't Plan to Be Courageous, But You Can ChooseIt.18 It Takes Courage to Make a Life.19 The Courage to Be Human.20 Failure Is Always an Option.21 No Money-Back Guarantee.Afterword: The Legacy You Leave Is the Life You Lead.Notes.Acknowledgments.About the Authors.Index.