The Leadership Challenge

Development Process

Your HRD Team

Dr. Ali Atkison

Facilitator/Growth Coach

ali@hrdleadership.com

Questions on logistics, assessments, invitations, communications

HRDPrograms@hrdleadership.com

Program Materials

Slide Decks and Accountability Partner Assignments

Accountability Partners

Kickoff: Slides

LPI Pre-assessment Review & Goal Setting: Slides

Model the Way: Slides

Inspire a Shared Vision: Slides

Challenge the Process: Slides

Enable Others to Act: Slides

Encourage the Heart: Slides

Re-assessment and Making Commitments: Slides

Workshop Action Items

Pre-Work for Review Pre-Assessment Data Workshop

September 30

Complete your LPI 360 Pre-Assessment (see steps below)
Review your individual LPI report (you'll receive before September 30)
Identify your highest and lowest scored practice areas.
Take note of any important takeaways or questions about your report.
Read chapters 1 and 2 in the hardback book, The Leadership Challenge
Listen to the podcast, 018: The Story Behind The Leadership Challenge Journey | Jim Kouzes

LPI 360 Pre-Assessment Steps

Action	Timing
You will get a link to the LPI assessment (email will come from notifications@lpionline.com)	August 23
Send the pre-email to your observers (template language below) Your Observers – 10-20 TOTAL across all categories Manager – The person that YOU report to directly. Their feedback will NOT be anonymous. Direct Reports (2-10 ppl) – All individuals who report directly to you. If only one direct report completes the assessment, the system will automatically lump their results into the “other” category. Coworkers (2-10 ppl) – All of your peers – the individuals who also report directly to your manager. Others (2-5 ppl) – Other stakeholders who see you in action and are in a good position to gauge your everyday leadership—leaders in other departments, team members in your department who are not coworkers or direct reports, key customers. IMPORTANT: *Please ensure you send this pre-email BEFORE adding them into the system.*	August 26
Please add your observers into the system (utilize the "Manage Observers" link) IMPORTANT: Please ensure you add at least 10 observers in order to provide themes in your feedback and protect the anonymity of the observers	August 27
Deadline for your assessment and your observers' feedback. HRD will send reminders to help drive completion.	September 11
Your completed LPI assessment report will be sent to you.	After September 23

I am participating in a program to enhance my personal leadership. As part of the process, I am participating in the Leadership

Practices Inventory (LPI) Assessment. It is a 30-item assessment that provides 360-degree feedback on the frequency of specific leadership behaviors based on a 10-point scale. I very much value your feedback and wanted to let you know that I have selected you as an observer to provide feedback on the 30 leadership behaviors. The assessment takes about 10-15 minutes to complete, and you will have the opportunity to add comments at the end of the survey to aid in my development. All responses, with the exception of the Manager, will be anonymous. Your open feedback is much appreciated!

You will be receiving an automated email from the LPI system, but I wanted to provide some additional context for you in advance of that email. As an observer of my leadership behaviors, you will be presented with 30 unique statements. Each question asks you to assign a measurement of how often I engage in a particular behavior. Please read each item carefully, consider the 1-10 rating scale, and select the number that best applies. Based on almost 40 years of research, the LPI data confirms that all 30 questions in the LPI Observer apply to any leader at any level in any organization, under nearly all conditions. As a result, there isn’t a "not applicable" response option.

Be on the lookout for the assessment email, and please complete the assessment by end of day on September 11. Please let me know if you have any questions and thank you for helping me to be a better leader!

Pre-Work for Model the Way Workshop

October 29

Review the Model the Way chapters in The Leadership Challenge hardback book.
Respond to the survey with your 2-3 focus behaviors.
Meet with your accountability partner. Share your focus behaviors and why you chose them.
Actively practice your 2-3 newly identified focus behaviors.

Pre-Work for Inspire a Shared Vision Workshop

November 19

Review Inspire a Shared Vision chapters in The Leadership Challenge
Share your core values with your team or a trusted person
Meet with your accountability partner

Pre-Work for Challenge the Process Workshop

December 17

Finalize your Vision Statement.
With your Accountability Groups, discuss: Where can you find opportunities to communicate your vision more often? (Be prepared to report back in our next workshop!)
Share your vision with members of your team! Get their feedback.
Read the Challenge the Process chapters (pgs. 137-189) in your Leadership Challenge book.
Complete the mid-point survey

Pre-Work for Enable Others to Act Workshop

January 21

Read Enable Others to Act chapters in The Leadership Challenge
Complete the One Step at a Time chart on p. 110 of your workbook AND execute one of the “Small Wins” you identified on that chart.
Be prepared to report back next time!
Meet with your Accountability partner(s)

Pre-Work for Encourage the Heart Workshop

February 18

Read: Encourage the Heart chapters (pgs. 245-294) in The Leadership Challenge
Listen: Podcast The Big Impact of Little Things.
Meet: Meet with your Accountability Groups. Discuss ways to enable “flow” with your team/colleagues.
Do: Ask your team members to identify their spot on the Flow Chart. Discuss ways to enable flow and build trust in your next 1:1s.

Pre-Work for Post-Assessment Review and Celebration Workshop

March 25

Do: Follow through on the ideas you had to Encourage the Hearts of your team.
Do: Complete your 360 re-assessment and prepare for our final workshop on March 25th. Please see steps below.

LPI 360 Re-assessment Steps

Action	Timing
You will get a link to the LPI re-assessment (email will come from notifications@lpionline.com)	February 19
Please note it is ok if your observers have changed, and you have a partial or new list to send out for feedback. *Send the pre-email to your observers (template language below) Your Observers – 10-20 TOTAL across all categories Manager – The person that YOU report to directly. Their feedback will NOT be anonymous. Direct Reports (2-10 ppl) – All individuals who report directly to you. If only one direct report completes the assessment, the system will automatically lump their results into the “other” category. Coworkers (2-10 ppl) – All of your peers – the individuals who also report directly to your manager. Others (2-5 ppl) – Other stakeholders who see you in action and are in a good position to gauge your everyday leadership—leaders in other departments, team members in your department who are not coworkers or direct reports, key customers. IMPORTANT: Please ensure you send this pre-email BEFORE adding them into the system.**	February 20
Please add your observers into the system (utilize the "Manage Observers" link) IMPORTANT: Please ensure you add at least 10 observers in order to provide themes in your feedback and protect the anonymity of the observers	February 21
Complete your self-assessment.	March 14
The deadline for your observers to provide their feedback. HRD will send reminders to help drive completion.	March 14
Your completed LPI assessment report will be sent to you. You will need at least 5 observers submitting feedback to receive your report.	March 18

I am participating in a 360 post-assessment to reflect on my growth and changes in behavior as a leader. Similar to the prior 360 assessment I completed, it is a 30-item re-assessment that provides 360-degree feedback on the frequency of specific leadership behaviors, based on a 10-point scale. I very much value your feedback and wanted to let you know that I have selected you as an

observer to provide feedback on the 30 leadership behaviors.

The assessment takes about 10-15 minutes to complete, and you will have the opportunity to add comments at the end of the survey to aid in my development. All responses, with the exception of the Manager, will be anonymous. Your open feedback is much appreciated!

You will be receiving an automated email from the LPI system, but I wanted to provide some additional context for you in advance of that email. Each question asks you to assign a measurement of how often I engage in a particular behavior. Based on almost 40 years of research, the LPI data confirms that all 30 questions in the LPI Observer apply to any leader at any level in any organization, under nearly all conditions. As a result, there isn’t a "not applicable" response option.

Be on the lookout for the assessment email, and please complete the assessment by March 14.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for helping me to be a better leader!