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The Leadership Practices Inventory


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What is the Leadership Practices Inventory?

The short answer? 
The LPI360 gives you clear and actionable answers to the question, "How do others see me as a leader?"

The LPI360 is the most reliable and valid 360-degree, behaviorally-based leadership assessment in the world.  To date, it has been trusted by over 5 million leaders worldwide and is backed by over 700 independent academic research studies over the past 40+ years.  It has become the gold standard for leadership development. 

The LPI360 is an observer-based assessment that enables you to assess your leadership competencies and act on their discoveries. This powerful assessment and detailed report will help you take the first step toward achieving the extraordinary and reaching your personal leadership best.


Background
In the early 1980's, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner began exploring the question, "What do leaders do while operating at their personal best?"  Asking this question led to a wave of groundbreaking research, an international best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge (now in its 7th edition), a world-renowned workshop by the same name, and the Leadership Practices Inventory or LPI360.  I am certified as both an LPI360 coach and a Leadership Challenge workshop facilitator.  I have facilitated over a dozen workshops, administered hundreds of LPI 360s, and consulted with and coached dozens of leaders on this powerful leadership tool.  

From Kouzes and Posner's research data, thirty leadership behaviors emerged that were factor-analyzed into their leadership model, The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, that has stood the test of time for over 40 years.


Free Whitepaper! 
Learn more about The Five Practices in this free whitepaper: Great Leaders Create Great Workplaces

The LPI360
The LPI 360 assessment provides a self-assessment plus powerful, feedback from a variety of observers.  Observers include your manager(s), direct reports, colleagues, and if helpful, other key stakeholders.   With the exception of your manager, all of the observers' feedback is anonymous. 

You and your observers rate how frequently you engage in each of the 30 leadership behaviors.  A customized, detailed, and confidential assessment or "Individual Feedback Report" is then generated. 

Hundreds of scientific studies have consistently confirmed the reliability and validity of the LPI and the Five Practices leadership framework on which it is based.  To date, it has been trusted by over 5 million leaders worldwide and is backed by over 700 independent academic research studies over 40 years.  It has become the gold standard for leadership development.  This led the Center for Creative Leadership to call the LPI the "most reliable and valid instrument for leadership development."


Two LPI 360 assessment packages to choose from!
LPI360 Assessment Basic Package
  • One free, no obligation LPI Discovery Conversation
  • An LPI 360 Welcome & Instruction Guide
  • Personal one-on-one support from Alan throughout the assessment process
  • One personalized & confidential LPI 360 Assessment Report
  • A confidential 60-minute assessment debrief & consultation session with Alan
  • Make the Most of Your LPI Feedback Workbook
  • The Five Practices & 30 Behaviors handout
  • The Leadership Challenge Vision Book
LPI360 Assessment + Coaching Package
Everything in the LPI360 Assessment Basic Package
Plus
  • Five 60-minute confidential coaching sessions with Alan Mikolaj
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Transformation starts with a conversation!
For more information and pricing, schedule your free, one-hour session by clicking here: Discovery Conversation with Alan

Or call or email me: Contact Page
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The instrument of leadership is the self, and mastery of the art of leadership comes from mastery of the self.
JIM KOUZES & BARRY POSNER

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Feedback is Leadership Gold
Independent research shows that by collecting feedback from a variety of perspectives, especially peers and direct reports, leaders can understand how they are seen from all points of view.  The LPI360 gathers meaningful feedback from your manager, direct reports, colleagues, and if helpful, other key stakeholders.  It can include up to five open-ended questions to capture even more insights and observations.  You can then use this knowledge to assess the extent to which you actually exhibit exemplary leadership behaviors.  This gives you an opportunity to identify strengths to leverage and opportunities to improve on.  That's why I say that this type of feedback is a valuable gift of leadership gold.


Expert Assessment Debrief & Consultation
After your personalized and confidential report is generated, you and I sit down (usually virtually) and walk through your report in a safe and confidential setting.   I'll provide you expert insight into your results.  I have administered hundreds of LPI 360s and consulted and coached dozens of leaders on this powerful leadership tool.   

The LPI 360 doesn't measure your personality or any type of quotient.  It's not going to label your 'type' or what color you are.  It measures what others see you do.  It measures the perception that others have of how frequently you display or engage in thirty research-based exemplary leadership behaviors proven to amplify leadership effectiveness.


The Process
This process—the assessment, the detailed report, the debrief/consultation, and if you choose, additional coaching—enables you to assess your leadership behaviors and act on your discoveries.  It increases your self-awareness, improves your leadership skill and practice, and helps you see your leadership strengths and opportunities for improvement.  It will enable you to understand the impact of your leadership approach on those you lead. 

The LPI360 will help you identify behaviors that others perceive that you are doing well or most frequently, so that you can continue to leverage them. You also identify key behaviors that others perceive that you are not displaying frequently, explore consistency of perceptions across the categories of observers, compare your self-ratings to your observers, identify patterns, and see how your scores fall in relationship to other leaders in the massive database.  Finally, you can then create a much more informed and targeted action-plan for change that you can only get with the LPI360.

It is a powerful process that will help you adjust and take actionable steps toward achieving the extraordinary and reaching your personal leadership best.



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The Leadership Challenge Workshop®
Get the most out of your LPI by taking a powerful and engaging companion workshop!  Become the best leader you can be by taking a deep dive into your personal report and The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership.

Authentic leadership does not come from the outside-in.  It comes from the inside-out.  "Leadership development is self development" is the first of several principles that shape the design and delivery of The Leadership Challenge Workshop.  We believe that principles come before prescriptions.

Regardless of content, learning activity, or setting, here are a few other important principles that shapes the design of this transformative experience:
  • Leadership is everyone's business
  • Leadership is a relationship
  • The best leaders are the best learners
  • It takes practice—deliberate practice—to become a better leader
  • Leadership is an aspiration and a choice
  • Leaders make a difference

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Workshop Objectives
When participants complete The Leadership Challenge Workshop, they will be equipped to:
  • Identify their leadership strengths and weaknesses
  • Clarify and communicate their fundamental values and beliefs
  • Set the example for others by aligning their actions with shared values
  • Express their image of the future
  • Inspire others to share a common vision
  • Search for opportunities to change and improve
  • Experiment with innovative ideas and learn from accompanying mistakes
  • Build collaboration, teamwork, and trust
  • Strengthen the ability of others to excel
  • Recognize the accomplishments of others
  • Apply the lessons learned in the workshop to a current organizational challenge

Workshop Planning & Prework
Proper planning and prework are crucial for a successful workshop for you and your team.  The process begins eight to twelve weeks prior to the actual workshop sessions.  The workshop can be delivered in one-day or two-day formats. 

I have administered and facilitated over a dozen of these amazing workshop experiences. I am certified as both a Leadership Challenge workshop facilitator and as an LPI360 coach. 


Reach out to me today!


Two LPI 360 assessment packages to choose from!
LPI360 Assessment Basic Package
  • One free, no obligation LPI Discovery Conversation
  • An LPI 360 Welcome & Instruction Guide
  • Personal one-on-one support from Alan throughout the assessment process
  • One personalized & confidential LPI 360 Assessment Report
  • A confidential 60-minute assessment debrief & consultation session with Alan
  • Make the Most of Your LPI Feedback Workbook
  • The Five Practices & 30 Behaviors handout
  • The Leadership Challenge Vision Book
LPI360 Assessment + Coaching Package
Everything in the LPI360 Assessment Basic Package
Plus
  • Five 60-minute confidential coaching sessions with Alan Mikolaj
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Transformation starts with a conversation!
For more information and pricing, schedule your free, one-hour session by clicking here: Discovery Conversation with Alan

Or call or email me: Contact Page

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Alan holds his Associate Certified Coach credential with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and maintains their ethics and standards of behavior, including the standards regarding confidentiality.  You can learn more about them on the ICF website.

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