The Leadership Challenge for bank leaders
Leadership becomes real in what people do.
A leadership model is useful when people can recognize the behavior in everyday decisions. The Leadership Challenge® provides five practices for that conversation.
Neck Up connects the Kouzes and Posner framework to reflection, feedback, and action in community banking. The Leadership Practices Inventory® can provide structured feedback when it fits the program.
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Five practices
Give leadership behavior a shared language.
The five practices are a framework for discussion and practice, not a promise of a particular business result.
01 / PROCESS
Model the Way
Clarify values and show how they guide choices and conduct.
02 / PROCESS
Inspire a Shared Vision
Help others see a meaningful future and their part in it.
03 / PROCESS
Challenge the Process
Look for useful change and learn from attempts to improve.
04 / PROCESS
Enable Others to Act
Build trust, collaboration, and room for others to contribute.
05 / PROCESS
Encourage the Heart
Recognize contributions and sustain commitment to the work.
Feedback and application
Move from a model to observable habits.
Feedback can establish a starting point, but leaders still need to choose and practice actions their colleagues can see.
Explore the evidence
Resources for the next conversation.
The Leadership Challenge overview / 16-page PDF
The Leadership Challenge overview
Read the existing Kouzes and Posner guide to the practices and the Leadership Practices Inventory.
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Which leadership behaviors does your bank need more consistently?
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