Essay - Leadership Practices Inventory (Lpi) the Leadership Practices Inventory Relies on...

Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI)

The Leadership ***** Inventory relies on Kouzes and Posner's work and on what they called The Five Practices, that is challenging the process, inspiring a shared vision, enabling o*****rs to act modeling the way and encouraging the heart. Following these five practices, ***** developed the LPI, an instrument that would help determine leadership practices and capabilities for a person.

***** ***** st*****rts with a Five Pr*****ctices Data Summary, however, I prefer to evaluate and thoroughly discuss each of the ***** in part and the scores ***** have obtained here, compared with the average ***** all LPI observers rating and use an analytic summary for each case in part. I will leave the leadership behaviors ranking ***** ***** very end.

1. Model the way

***** this practice, you have obtained three 10s, one 9, one 8 and ***** 7 (on a scale ranging from 1 to 10, with 1 being equivalent to almost never and *****0 to ***** always), with a *****t*****l score of 55 out of ***** 60 possible. This will be discussed in comparison with the average 31 for all other LPI observers.

Let's first analyze the ***** statements you have *****d a 10 for. First of all, you almost ***** "follow through on promises ***** commitments." As a leader, this means that *****r subordinates will always count on your word and will trust you ***** it. If we have the example ***** mil*****ary leaders, when trusting the general was usually equivalent with the differences *****tween life and death, we may have an idea about the import*****ce of ***** ***** what your team or group leader is saying ***** prove right. In an organization, where the team leader is often the connection between ***** members and top management, following through on ***** and ***** means that you trust *****r leader to represent you be*****e ***** *****p management team and you trust him or her to take decisions f***** you there. Further more, ***** trust that ***** will be the ones you yourself would have taken.

You have also scored 10 on setting a person*****l example of ***** is expected. Again I must turn ***** military leaders in order to emphasize ***** importance of ***** statement ***** of the score you ***** obta*****ed. *****ndeed, many times in history, battles were won ***** a personal example from the leaders, a ***** example that encouraged the troops and boost morale. The idea was that you were more likely to be brave or to endure hardship if you saw your leader st*****ing besides you in ***** challenge.

In business ***** in an organization, it is pretty much the same. Working fifteen hours a d*****y on a project is the kind ***** commitment ***** a subordinate needs to see ***** his team leader in order to perform ***** same way. It is often not ***** about quantity, but about quality as well: a leader that performs ***** and does h***** job properly is most ***** to influence the *****s in*****