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Five Practices Of Exemplary Leadership

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James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner’s book titled, The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations (J-B Leadership Challenge: Kouzes/Posner) 6th Edition, focuses on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: 1. Model the way, 2. Inspire a shared vision, 3. Challenge the process, 4. Enable others to act, and 5. Encourage the heart. After reading the portions of the first chapter, regarding the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, I feel as though each practice (Mainly, the practices that were previewed in the first chapter) our focal points into organizations creating collaborative cultures, where both management and employees work together to create opportunities for each other and accomplish workplace goals.

1. Model the Way:

Since the age of six, I have been part of the quote-on-quote workplace environment-culture (Workforce). In this case, I have been employed at my family-based cleaning business since I was a child and I consider this type of employment as my first occupation. Certainly, individuals might view that having a child working at the tender age of six is too young for a child to become part of the workforce and that my family-based cleaning business violated child labor laws. Regardless of how individuals might view a child as young as I was working, I am overwhelmingly thankful that members of my family-based cleaning business have taught me at an early age that hard-work truly pays off; only when the individuals
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