Michael Bunting & James M. Kouzes 
Extraordinary Leadership in Australia and New Zealand 
The Five Practices that Create Great Workplaces

The research-driven guide to the leadership behaviours which
create more engaged workplaces and higher performance,
Extraordinary Leadership in Australia and New Zealand is a
guidebook for what it takes, at any level of an organisation, to
bring out the best in people. And full of insights not just from
people who are making a difference, but also evidence from their
direct reports, colleagues and managers about the impact that The
Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® has on them and their
performance.

Drawing upon empirical data from more than 75, 000 people in the
Australian and New Zealand workforce, the authors document how The
Five Practices are being applied here, and also compares this
region with data from 28 other countries. Interviews with more than
100 leaders and their teams provide real examples and practical
applications within the grasp of every reader who aspires to make a
difference.

Case studies are balanced across gender, function, and industry
providing a broad perspective, identifying why leadership matters,
and offering keen insights into how you lead others to
greatness.

* Study examples of extraordinary leadership in Australia and New
Zealand

* Discover the behaviours that make great leaders, and why
they’re so important

* Examine the research that shows how leadership affects
engagement and organisational performance

* Learn why people need great leadership, and why it motivates
them to perform at their best

Leadership must be nurtured. While all leaders are born, great
leaders are made! With expectations higher than ever, and resources
unprecedentedly scarce, today’s leaders face some of the most
difficult, complex organisational challenges yet. Extraordinary
Leadership in Australia and New Zealand presents a data-driven
framework for being an effective leader, with expert guidance
toward the actions that you can take to improve the performance of
your team and organisation.

Tabella dei contenuti

Introduction: The Leadership Challenge in Australasia xi

1 Exemplary leadership: creating high engagement and extraordinary results 1

2 Model the Way 19

3 Inspire a Shared Vision 37

4 Challenge the Process 55

5 Enable Others to Act 73

6 Encourage the Heart 91

7 Exemplary Leadership = High Engagement = Great Results 109

Endnotes 121

Acknowledgements 125

About the authors 131

Suggested reading 137

Index 145

Circa l’autore

James Kouzes is the Dean’s Executive Fellow of Leadership
for the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, an
award-winning industry thought-leader, and a highly sought-after
international speaker.

Barry Posner is the award-winning Accolti Endowed
Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business at Santa
Clara University, and an internationally renowned scholar and
educator.

Kouzes and Posner have written over 30 books and workbooks on
leadership, including The Leadership Challenge, now in its
fifth edition. They have been at the forefront of leadership
research for over three decades.

Michael Bunting is the Founder and Managing Director of
leadership development consultancy Work Smart Australia, and a guest
lecturer in the University of Sydney’s award-winning Executive MBA
program.