The Leadership Challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations. (5th Ed.). Wiley

Kouzes, J. & Posner, B. (2017). The Leadership Challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations. (5th Ed.). Wiley

.Getting Started (For these instructions I will use “author” even though you might be reading and reporting on a book with two or more authors.)

While reading the book, take notes and be thinking about class content covered up to this point and how it might relate to the book. If you find reviews of the book on the Internet or elsewhere, cite and reference them.

Introduce the subject, scope, and type of book

Identify the book by author, title, and publishing information including the year published.

Explain how the book relates to topics covered in our course.

Provide some background information on the author—what she or he has done in the past to make her or him an expert on the subject.

Summarize the content

Provide an overview, including paraphrases and quotations, of the book’s most important content. DO NOT paraphrase and quote extensively from the book—your paper needs to be mostly in your own words.

Discuss your reactions to the book   

Share your thoughts about how the author presented the key topics of the book.

Respond to the author’s viewpoints:  What do you agree with? And why? What do you disagree with? And why?

Have your thoughts about and your understanding of leadership changed since reading the book?