Strategic Edge: Applying Transformative Leadership

The Leadership Challenge: Building Trust and Credibility

Episode Summary

Join your host, Ted Davis, as he explores the essential principles from the renowned book 'Leadership Challenge' by Kouzes and Posner. In this insightful episode, Ted highlights the paramount significance of credibility and trust in leadership, along with other key elements like setting a shared vision, challenging processes, and enabling others. Drawing from real-world examples and practical advice, Ted offers actionable steps for assessing your credibility as a leader and advancing your professional growth through intentional reading habits.

Episode Notes

“Every organization exists to deliver something of value to the marketplace.” - Ted Davis

Episode Summary:

Join your host, Ted Davis, as he explores the essential principles from the renowned book 'Leadership Challenge' by Kouzes and Posner. In this insightful episode, Ted highlights the paramount significance of credibility and trust in leadership, along with other key elements like setting a shared vision, challenging processes, and enabling others. Drawing from real-world examples and practical advice, Ted offers actionable steps for assessing your credibility as a leader and advancing your professional growth through intentional reading habits.

In this episode:

• 03:45 Kouzes-Posner’s Laws of Leadership.
• 07:41 The 5 behaviors of exemplary leadership.
• 09:33 Modeling the behavior you expect of others.
• 10:11 Leadership is always about the relationship.
• 12:48 Aligning actions and shared values.
• 14:40 Inspire a shared vision: envisioning the future by imagining ennobling possibilities.
• 19:43 Challenging the process: challenge is the crucible for greatness.
• 24:50 Enabling others to act: fostering collaboration by building trust and facilitating relationships.
• 28:15 Establishing competency.
• 30:21 Encouraging the heart: Recognizing contributions and celebrating values and victories.

Today’s Action Items:

1. Develop a personal, professional reading program. Set a goal of reading at least six professional books annually.
2. Read the Leadership Challenge
3. Assess your level of credibility. Self-assessment and feedback from others.

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 Recommended Reading:

• Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner

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