THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE® WORKSHOP
The Most Trust Source on Becoming a Better Leader
The Leadership Challenge® Workshop is an evidence-based program designed to develop extraordinary leaders who will work hard, trust management, and feel like they are making a difference. The framework was first popularized by the best-selling book The Leadership Challenge (now in it’s 6th edition). The authors James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner have been researching leadership for nearly 40 years. They have collected more than 5,000 case studies from all over the word after asking leaders about the actions they utilize and behaviors they exhibit when achieving a personal best. This research inspired their leadership development framework—The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®.
Leadership is measurable. Leadership can be learned. These are the philosophical underpinnings of The Leadership Challenge®. The tool at the center of this point of view is the Leadership Practices Inventory® (LPI®). This simple, yet powerful 360-degree assessment has been completed by over one million leaders and observers. When leaders receive feedback on 30 behavioral items that make up the LPI, they see their strengths and the areas in which they can do better.
We believe that leadership is everyone’s business. When we all exercise leadership—no matter what we do, who we are, or what our title is—we can achieve the extraordinary. Our purpose is to transform values into action, visions into reality, and obstacles into innovations by empowering the leader in all of us.
“I recently had the wonderful opportunity to again work with Renee, this time on a project clarifying the vision and values for The Leadership Challenge Community. That experience was another reminder of why Renee is so highly regarded by her colleagues and her clients. She is a consummate professional with a deep knowledge of leadership and leadership development, a commitment to excellence, a dedication to quality, a burning passion for her work, a genuine caring for the people she works with, and a generosity of spirit that keeps giving and giving. I highly recommend her as often as I can as a trusted advisor, expert coach, and masterful facilitator.”
-Jim Kouzes
Delivering The Leadership Challenge® Workshop - Pathway to Mastery
Once you’ve experienced The Leadership Challenge® Workshop and the Leadership Practices Inventory®, you know the life-changing impact that these experiences can have for leaders at every level. If you want to go deeper, learn more, and become a champion of The Leadership Challenge®, consider becoming a Certified Facilitator. Or, if you’ve determined that you want to become an expert in The Leadership Challenge®, talk to us about becoming one of only 75 Certified Masters in the world!
This intensive Certified-Master-in-Training (CMIT) mentoring process takes place over a minimum of 18 months to 2 years and will pair you with other leaders in The Leadership Challenge Community, provide you the opportunity to collaborate with Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, as well as with a primary and secondary mentor and “outsight” mentors, in addition to the leaders at The Leadership Challenge®, A Wiley Brand.
If you’re interested, schedule a time to talk with our Founder, Renee Harness. Renee has been facilitating The Leadership Challenge® since 1999, has been a Certified Master since 2006, and partners with Tom Pearce of iLead Consulting to mentor more CMITs than anyone in the community.
Set up a conversation with Renee by contacting Mandi Gondol at mandi@harnessleadership.com.
Praise for Renee as Mentor
“Renee Harness personifies transformational leadership! Her visionary leadership and humanistic approach to mentoring empowered me to accomplish my goals and aspirations of becoming a Certified Master of The Leadership Challenge®. She was attentive to my needs and motives while helping me reach my full potential. She continues to be a transformational mentor for me today. I would HIGHLY recommend Renee as a mentor, facilitator and coach. She is simply the best!”
— Ron Siers, Jr., Ph.D., Salisbury University, Certified Master, The Leadership Challenge
Renee with Jim Kouzes, Barry Posner, and Certified Masters/Certified-Masters-in-Training she has mentored.