Student Leadership Challenge

James Kouzes is the Dean's Executive Fellow of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. Barry Posner is Accolti Endowed Professor of Leadership at Stand Clara University where he has also served as dean of the Leavey School of Business. Beth High is a Leadership Challenge Certified Master, a facilitator and leadership development trainer, and founder and president of High Road Consulting. Gary M. Morgan has taught student leadership at a variety of universities and is the founder of the Student Leadership Excellence Academy.

• Module 1: Introduction 1 An Overview of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® 2What Is in This Book 5How to Use This Book 6Guidance on Selecting and Facilitating Activities with Students 7Module 2: Orienteering 9A Student’s Personal Journey toward Exemplary Leadership 10The Importance of Orienteering for Students 10Activity: Personal-Best Leadership Experience 11Module 3: Model the Way 19Practice Overview 20Why students Should Model the Way 20ActivitiesValues on Display 21Modeling the Way in Current Events 25The Hefferlump 27You Want What? 32You Can Lead Anywhere 34This We Believe 36Legacy Day 38Vault of Values 40Module 4: Inspire a Shared Vision 47Practice Overview 48Why Students Should Inspire a Shared Vision 48ActivitiesGoing Up 49Word Pictures—Articulating Your Vision 51Giving Life to Your Vision by Reframing from What to Why 54Visualize Yourself 58Snapshots of Success 60Vision, Values, and Rock and Roll 63Sum It All Up 65Finish the Story 68Module 5: Challenge the Process 73Practice Overview 74Why Students Should Challenge the Process 74ActivitiesHouse of Cards 75“Orientation: The Time of Your Life”—A Skit 77Going, Going, Gone 83This Is How We’ve Always Done It . . . But Let’s Try Something Else 86Turning Big Challenges into Incremental Action Steps 90Brick Walls Don’t Have to Stop You 95Planning with the End in Mind 99The Six Thinking Hats 103Module 6: Enable Others to Act 109Practice Overview 110Why Students Should Enable Others to Act 110ActivitiesThe Walk of Peril (or “Indiana Jones’s Walk”) 111The Captains’ Dilemma 113Tennis Ball Madness 119A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words 124Populating a New Planet 127A Leader’s Walk of Trust 130Capture the Dragon 132Help Is on the Way 137Module 7: Encourage the Heart 143Practice Overview 144Why Students Should Encourage the Heart 144ActivitiesCompliment Swap 145Praise 148Identifying Individual Recognition Tactics 151Encourage the Heart Party Time with Your Group 155Recognition Car Wash 158Recognition Speed Dating 160Good Vibrations 163Web of Yarn 167Module 8: Leadership Lessons from the Movies 171Activities 172Lincoln 173Soul Surfer 177Moneyball 181Amazing Grace 184The Great Debaters 186Coach Carter 190the Lion King 193Gandhi 195Module 9: Commitment 199ActivitiesValues-in-Action Log 200My Year of Leadership 203My Next Personal-Best leadership Experience 204Other Resources 206The Student Leadership Challenge, Second Edition 206The Student Leadership Practices Inventory 206The Student Leadership Challenge: Facilitation and Activity Guide and The Student Leadership Challenge: Student Workbook and Personal Leadership Journal 206The Leadership Challenge Mobile Tool App 207LPI Action Cards 207The Leadership Challenge Values Cards 207The Student Leadership Challenge Website 207Appendix: Activities Mapped to the Student Leadership Practices Inventory Behaviors 209Acknowledgments 217Authors and Contributors 219