The Leadership Challenge, one of the best-selling leadership books of all time, is considered by many as the most trusted source on becoming a better leader. With this fourth edition, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner issue a new collection of case studies relevant to today’s world to illustrate a timeless mission that all great leaders share. Kouzes and Posner offer up five basic points that the best leaders use to motivate.

Jim Kouzes is an Executive Fellow at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. Jim is featured as one of the workplace experts in George Dixon’s book , What Works at Work: Lessons from the Masters (1988) and in Learning Journeys: Top Management Experts Share Hard-Earned Lessons on Becoming Great Mentors and Leaders edited by Marshall Goldsmith, Beverly Kaye, and Ken Shelton (2000). Not only is he a highly regarded leadership scholar and an experienced executive, but The Wall Street Journal has cited him as one of the twelve most requested non-university executive education providers to U.S. companies.

For additional training on this topic, consider these AMA seminars:

* The 21st Century Global Leader
* AMA’s Green Leadership: Implementing Sustainability Strategies
* Strategy Execution: Getting It Done
* The Voice of Leadership: How Leaders Inspire, Influence and Achieve Results
* Situational Leadership® II Workshop
* AMA’s Advanced Executive Leadership Program
* Developing Executive Leadership

To learn more, read these AMACOM Books:

* Leading with Kindness: How Good People Consistently Get Superior Results by William F. Baker, Michael O’Malley, Ph.D.
* The Leadership Advantage: How the Best Companies Are Developing Their Talent to Pave the Way for Future Success by Robert M. Fulmer, Jared L. Bleak
* The Leadership Training Activity Book by Lois B. Hart, Ed.D., Charlotte S. Waisman, Ph.D.
* John F. Kennedy on Leadership, by John A. Barnes
* The Nature of Leadership: Reptiles, Mammals, and the Challenge of Becoming a Great Leader by B. Joseph White, Yaron Prywes