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Unleash the Leader Within

Our assessment-based learning experience equips your people with powerful leadership skills to make a lasting impact.

Great Leaders Create Great Workplaces

When your organization grapples with rapid change and disruption, you must tap into your greatest asset: your people. The Leadership Challenge® equips your people with the leadership skills they need to innovate, adapt, inspire teams, and accomplish goals.

The result?

An immediate and lasting impact on the performance and engagement of your people, ensuring resilience for a better tomorrow.

Powered by The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®

Based on research by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner and their best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge, we’ve found that when leaders are at their best, they exhibit five key Practices. It's simple: The more often you display these Practices, the better leader you’ll be.

Do what you say you will do.

See and share exciting possibilities for the future.

Empower others to take initiative and experiment.

Foster collaboration and build up others.

Celebrate others by showing gratitude.

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Transformational Learning That Shapes Exceptional Leaders

Improving your people’s leadership skills requires a proven approach that blends personalization, coaching, and continuous reinforcement. Through each development experience, learners will:

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Leaders begin by rating themselves on the frequency with which they exhibit 30 proven leadership behaviors in our comprehensive Leadership Practices Inventory® (LPI®) assessments. Think of it like a roadmap to guide each individual towards extraordinary leadership.

Participants receive a customized report that highlights the areas where they excel and areas for improvement. They also learn specific actions they can take to enhance their performance to become an exemplary leader.

The learning culminates in a facilitator-led group workshop and/or one-on-one coaching experience, where personalized insights from the leader’s report come to life through powerful activities and impactful discussions.

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Personalized Insights Powered by the LPI®

Our comprehensive Leadership Practices Inventory assessments range from 360° feedback to self-assessment insights—ensuring all your leadership needs are met.

Sample Leadership Practices Inventory 360 report.

LPI® 360

Unlock leadership potential with insightful 360° feedback.

LPI® Self Empowered™

Empower leaders at all levels with self-assessment insights.

Student LPI® 360

Unlock your student's leadership potential with 360° feedback.

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Built on a Foundation of Research

When it comes to developing leaders, it takes more than theory. The Five Practices® Model and the LPI assessments are built on a foundation of 40+ years of research, validated by independent studies, and trusted by academics worldwide. You can have confidence in the LPI for developing exemplary leaders at every level in your organization.

5000 +

leadership case studies

750 +

independent academic research studies

40 +

years of research

8 million +

LPI users' data

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“The best leaders bring out more than three times the amount of talent, energy, and commitment in their people. That’s a difference that leaves a lasting impact.”

Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, co-authors of The Leadership Challenge.

Empower Leadership in an Ever-Changing World

Exemplary leadership makes a difference in performance — but also has the power to change lives.
Our transformational leadership experiences produce a measurable and lasting impact:

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Accurate

The Five Practices Model and The Leadership Practices Inventory are scientifically reliable and valid. They are backed by 40+ years of empirical research, over 5,000 case studies, and 750+ independent research studies.

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Transformative

The Leadership Challenge uses the scientifically validated LPI assessment, personalized development reports, and coaching experiences to create an immediate and lasting impact on the performance of your leaders.

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Trusted

Inspired by the groundbreaking research and best-selling book by Kouzes and Posner, The Leadership Challenge has developed over 1.65 million leaders in more than 70 countries with the support of Wiley’s 200 years of publishing excellence.

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Actionable

The Leadership Challenge simplifies complex leadership theory into easy-to-follow behaviors and offers tailored learning experiences to unleash the leader within, regardless of background or skill.

Unlock Confidence with Certification

Guiding organizations and individuals towards effective leadership is our mission. We equip practitioners with the necessary tools for a great leadership development experience, granting you the credentials to make an impact within your organization.

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