This document outlines a presentation about creating a practical and sustainable leadership development plan based on results from the Leadership Practices Inventory 360 assessment. The presentation discusses identifying development opportunities from assessment feedback, writing down specific development goals and plans, and ways to keep the leadership development process ongoing, such as continuously using the LPI assessment. It provides workbooks and tools to help leaders translate assessment results into action through reflection, goal-setting, and identifying further development activities organized by leadership behavior.

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Creating a Practical and Sustainable
Leadership Development Plan
A Resource for The Leadership Practices Inventory ®(LPI)
360 Assessment
Presented at
The Leadership Challenge Forum, Scottsdale, AZ, July 2013
Holly Seaton, Ph.D.
Sonoma Leadership Systems
SonomaLeadership.com

2. Creating a Practical and Sustainable
Development Plan based on LPI Results
The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
Published by Wiley, www.leadershipchallenge.com. All Rights Reserved.
Holly Seaton,
Sonoma Leadership Systems
The Leadership Challenge Forum
July 26, 2013

3. The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
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Setting the stage:
From understanding
to practice.

4. The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
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Table Exercise:
Common Issues
Surrounding Feedback
Roadblocks to Taking it From
Assessment to Action
- 4 minutes at your table-

5. Giving Personal Meaning to the Feedback
The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
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• Beyond the “first impression”
• Foundational behaviors
• Explore common themes

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The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
Published by Wiley, www.leadershipchallenge.com. All Rights Reserved.
Note first impressions
from feedback
Identify new
development
opportunities
Exercise:
Fill in Possible Steps from Assessment to Practice

7. Ownership Exercise
The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
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Reframing Dialog:
• Describe any differences you experienced
when writing these statements
• How might this influence the choices
you make for your development?

8. The Written Plan
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Writing down a development plan:
• Increases accountability
• Helps close gaps between current and
wanted outcomes

9. (LPI) Leadership Practices
Inventory® Workbook
The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
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10. (LPI) Leadership Practices
Inventory® Workbook
The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
Published by Wiley, www.leadershipchallenge.com. All Rights Reserved.

11. (LPI) Leadership Practices
Inventory® Development Planner
The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
Published by Wiley, www.leadershipchallenge.com. All Rights Reserved.

12. (LPI) Leadership Practices
Inventory® Development Planner
The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
Published by Wiley, www.leadershipchallenge.com. All Rights Reserved.
Review and reinforce
The Five Practices of
Exemplary Leadership®
• Suggested further development
activities
• Organized by behavior (1‐30)
SAMPLE

13. Reflection Exercise
The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
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The Leadership Mirror:
• Reflect on what you see as the benefit
of feedback from others
• What could you do behaviorally
to improve engagement?

14. Sustaining the Process
The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
Published by Wiley, www.leadershipchallenge.com. All Rights Reserved.
Group Discussion:
How to keep the
development
process alive
Continuous use of
the LPI

15. Creating a Practical and Sustainable
Development Plan based on LPI Results
The Leadership Challenge®, Copyright ©2013 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
Published by Wiley, www.leadershipchallenge.com. All Rights Reserved.
Holly Seaton, Sonoma Leadership Systems
ask@sonomaleadership.com
707.833.3882
For more information on
using the LPI 360
Assessment in your
organization, visit
sonomaleadership.com/LPI