Friday5s®, a fast, easy to use web-based tool, is a true breakthrough in training and development. Now, a version made especially for participants of The Leadership Challenge workshop, has been made available to enable leaders to keep the Five Practices® alive with minimal effort, while providing thorough and concise feedback.

Friday5s extends learning beyond the classroom by encouraging participants to take action, solicit feedback, and continue collaborative learning for up to 3 months post-program.

Benefits

Features

Enhances results of programs

• Extends learning for weeks  
• Accelerates progress  
• GuideMe® reinforces content  

Minimal overhead

• Requires no special training  
• No IT support needed  
• Full service provided  

Fosters shared learning

• Goals and updates are shared  
• Peer coaching is encouraged  
• Learn from others' best practices  

Follow-through that delivers results

• Reminders keep goals a priority  
• Encourages behavior change  
• Records Level 3 and 4 results  

Supports growth through mentoring

• Facilitates coaching  
• Increases manager involvement  
• Leaders can stay in touch  

Program specific application

• Customized for The Leadership Challenge®  
• Specific timing, questions, content  
• All levels of management  
 

The Leadership Challenge^®

Web Enabled Follow Through Tool:  Friday 5s  

Events often initiate a leadership development journey. These events might take the form of a workshop or training program, the reading of a book or magazine article, participation in a 360-assessement, or simply a thought-provoking conversation. And while events can be mind-changing and even life-changing experiences, behavior change is a much more gradual process that takes time, practice, and commitment.

For over twenty years, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner’s research, writing, thinking, and speaking have produced a leadership model and subsequent events that have made

The Leadership Challenge the most trusted source for becoming a better leader. The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® model is built on the fundamental truth that leadership skills and abilities can be strengthened, honed, and enhanced if leaders have the motivation and desire, the practice and feedback, the role models and coaching, and the support and recognition.

Recognizing that providing post-event support is an opportunity to further strengthen The Leadership Challenge offerings, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner along with their publishing partner, Pfeiffer, have partnered with the Fort Hill Company to adapt their web-based Follow-Through Tools^® to specifically support The Leadership Challenge® Workshop and The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) 360-degree assessment tool.

This innovative step is intended to further assist participants in transforming themselves and their organizations by adding a 10-week follow-through component. At the conclusion of a Leadership Challenge event, participants will create “SMART” goals for applying The Five Practices® back at work.

Over the next 10 weeks, they will be supported toward achieving these goals with a web-based tool called Friday5s^®. Each bi-weekly update should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. These updates will enable participants to reflect, document key actions and results towards goal completion. As the participants provide their updates in the tool they will be further supported with online “just-in-time” content targeted towards their goal of focus, peer and manager coaching, and a community of practice with other participants who attended their program.

Numerous studies have shown that the degree of improvement after programs like this is directly proportional to the effort expended to follow-through and the application of learning. The bottom line is: “Leaders who don’t follow-up, don’t improve” and The Leadership Challenge is committed to helping leaders and organizations improve! 

For More information Contact:

Dr.Anders Osborne Ph.D.

919-816-2379

 E mail :iteachtoreach@gmail.com