The Leadership Challenge Sixth Edition

By: James M. Kouzes, Barry Posner

Narrated by: Brian Holsopple

Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's Summary

The most trusted source of leadership wisdom, updated to address today's realities.

The Leadership Challenge is the gold-standard manual for effective leadership, grounded in research and written by the premier authorities in the field. With deep insight into the complex interpersonal dynamics of the workplace, this book positions leadership both as a skill to be learned and as a relationship that must be nurtured to reach its full potential. This new sixth edition has been revised to address current challenges and includes more international examples and a laser focus on business issues; you'll learn how extraordinary leaders accomplish extraordinary things and how to develop your leadership skills and style to deliver quality results every time. Engaging stories delve into the fundamental roles that great leaders fulfill, and simple frameworks provide a primer for those who seek continuous improvement; by internalizing key insights and putting concepts into action, you'll become a more effective, more impactful leader.

A good leader gets things done; a great leader aspires, inspires, and achieves more. This book highlights the differences between good and great, and shows you how to bridge the chasm between getting things done and making things happen.

• Gain deep insight into leadership's critical role in organizational health
• Navigate the shift toward team-oriented work relationships
• Motivate and inspire to break through the pervasive new cynicism
• Leverage the electronic global village to deliver better results

Business is evolving at an increasingly rapid rate, and leaders must keep pace with the changes or risk stagnation. People work differently, are motivated differently, and have different expectations today - business as usual is quickly losing its effectiveness. The Leadership Challenge helps you stay current, relevant, and effective in the modern workplace.

©2017 James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Great info. but this reader tough to listen to

All of the information is great about Leadership in this book. I suggest to but the companion or hard copy. Sixth edition has some new examples which is great. This edition's reader not as good as the authors reading the book in previous edition.

8 people found this helpful

One of the worst narrators

Listening to this book was like hearing a high-timber loud person recounting a panicky situation for nearly 10 hours. What a poor quality production.

9 people found this helpful

A classic of any administration curriculum

This book was required text for one of my undergraduate classes in leadership. I didn't care about the reader, but the content is great. I have been in a leadership pretty much since the beginning of my professional life, due to this most of the concepts of this book are familiar to me, but there are the few "I wish I had known before" moments.

Although this book is old, it is fresh because the writers continually update it with current relevant examples and information.

If this is a textbook, then you have no alternative, but I think it is a worthy listening even if it is just for the curious or the rest that hold or wish to hold a leadership position.

3 people found this helpful

One of the best books on leadership

This book has been very helpful to me as a leader. It laid out very clearly where I need to grow.

1 person found this helpful

It's a grind

There is some good content but it is a grind to get through. Lesson from better leadership book, keep it simple.

1 person found this helpful

Nice addition

The book reinforced as well as added leadership principles that I can put into use today. Definitely adding to my professional Library.

1 person found this helpful

Great content. But slow paced.

Loved the content. Good tried-and-true practices. The narrator sounded like he was from NPR. I sped it up to 1.5 times just to keep interested.

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worth it

quintessential book on leadership. They boil it down to very digestible bite-size chunks. A must read for anyone wanting a functional primer on how to succeed in any workplace!

a must read for leaders

practical tips tricks and strategies that will help you the leader transform into a collaborative leader of change

Narration

The content of this book is really good!
However, the narration is monotone, which makes it boring. Many times I had to stop the audio and decided to read instead, which deceives the purpose of having an audible. In my busy life I listen while I am driving. Such book full of variety of compelling stories requieres a more dynamic voice. Something Audibles should consider is to use more female narrators!

Reasonable book shame about narration

The book is good but narration poor. Its a bit like listening to my 7year old son reading. Very monotone and without emotion.