The first leadership book I ever read was The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner. It changed my life. I had just graduated from college and my supervisor hosted a weekly book club discussion – 7:00 a.m. on Thursday mornings. Reading The Leadership Challenge and having the opportunity to discuss what I was learning with others was a transformational experience. In college, I was involved in a fraternity which proved to be a wonderful practice field for doing leadership. Although I was “doing” a lot, I was limited because I did not have the concrete knowledge of what effective leaders do. I was simply doing my best (which was not always that great). A couple years ago, I was excited to learn that Kouzes and Posner were developing the Student Leadership Challenge because I know that thousands of yound men and women now have the opportunity to not only learn from their wisdom, but practice what they are learning in their student organizations. If you would like to learn more about their groundbreaking model, take advanatage of this opportunity.
