Leadership Analysis: Kouzes and Posner Model Report, [University Name]

This report delves into the multifaceted concept of leadership, emphasizing its significance in organizational development and individual growth. It provides a detailed analysis of the Kouzes and Posner Model, a widely recognized framework for effective leadership, developed after extensive research. The report differentiates between leadership and management, highlighting the leader's role in fostering employee relationships and ensuring quality production. It explores the five practices of exemplary leadership: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart. Additionally, it addresses the challenges associated with the model, such as communication gaps and the need for clear job roles and feedback. The report concludes by emphasizing the model's utility in improving leadership and fostering strong leader-employee relationships, offering valuable insights for leaders aiming to develop effective leadership skills.

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Introduction
• Leadership is the ability that helps in the development of the
organization and an individual.
• There was a notable version of the leadership model that has been
developed in The Leadership Challenge, 1987 by James Kouzes and
Barry Posner. (Ross & Cozzens, 2016).
• The paper is intended to make an elaborate description of leadership
and its importance.

Leadership and management
• Management is the process that helps in the proper working of the
organization functioning such as budgeting, planning, resourcing,
performance management and allocating jobs or roles.
• Whereas leadership is a different perspective. The person who looks
after the management of the organization is the leader.

Significance of leadership
• Leadership is an important aspect in the quality production of the
organization. It helps in developing a relationship between the
organization and the (Jackson et al., 2018).
• The leaders act as the important part of the organisation.
• They help in binding the organisation and ensure quality production
from the employees.

Kouzes and Posner Model
• Kouzes and Posner have developed a leadership model not on the
basis of idea or observation but had researched for 20 years to find out
the aspect that can improve leadership (Walumbwa et al., 2008).
• In the words of historians, leadership can be of three types.
• The first stage is the identification of traits of a leader.
• Secondly, focusing on the leadership behaviour (Redmond & Dolan,
2016).
• Finally the third stage focuses on the fit between leadership style and
the situation a leader faces

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
• Model the Way
• Inspire a Shared Vision
• Challenge the Process
• Enabling Others to Act
• Encourage the Heart

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
• In spite of following the traditional way of leadership finding a way
that can help in the rise of the employees or the followers, establishing
a healthy relationship with the followers is setting up examples.
• It is important that the employees or the followers must have well
knowledge about the vision of the organisation.

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
• Taking risks helps in increasing experience
• Kouzes and Posner believes that in order to be an established leader it
is important to enable others to act or work accordingly
• Kouzes and Posner finds that celebration of success is an important
aspect as it helps in making the success memorable

Challenges Kouzes and Posner Model
• Challenges Kouzes and Posner Model
• Lack of communication
• No demonstration of job role
• No upward feedback
• Micro-managing

Challenges Kouzes and Posner Model
• The leader must know to manage the role in the organisation as well as
to the employees
• The leader must ensure that the employees are having the knowledge
of the company and the job role
• The leader must ensure proper management of his employees this
ensure better and increase in the production

Conclusion
• The Kouzes and Posner model helps in the understanding of the
leadership and provides great opportunities for the leaders to establish
a better relationship with the employees.
• However, the model can be created in a detailed way for the better
understanding.
• Hence, it can be conclude that the model is extensively prepared for
leaders to develop a great bond with the employees and help the
leaders set examples of leadership.

References
• Raelin, J. A., Kempster, S., Youngs, H., Carroll, B., & Jackson, B. (2018).
Practicing leadership-as-practice in content and manner. Leadership, 14(3),
371-383 (DOI)
• Redmond, S., & Dolan, P. (2016). Towards a conceptual model of youth
leadership development. Child & Family Social Work, 21(3), 261-271.
• Ross, D. J., & Cozzens, J. A. (2016). The principalship: Essential core
competencies for instructional leadership and its impact on school climate.
Journal of Education and Training Studies, 4(9), 162-176. (DOI)
• Walumbwa, F. O., Avolio, B. J., Gardner, W. L., Wernsing, T. S., & Peterson,
S. J. (2008). Authentic leadership: Development and validation of a theory-
based measure. Journal of management, 34(1), 89-126.(DOI)