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Kick It In & Take The Lead
Inspiring the Personal Leadership to Take The Lead (Volume 2) by Fran Kick
NEW RELEASE! This student leadership book Volume 2 in the Kick It In & Take The Lead Series collaboratively and interactively explores what it takes to develop better leadership and smarter followership. It is action oriented literally, graphically, and experientially so you can:
- Build more collaboration in making things happen when leading and following.
- Define a common purpose for the greater good within any group or organization.
- Discover how leadership + followership + common purpose + context creates impact.
- Find the core values that fundamentally influence group and organizational culture.
- Analyze conflict with civility so you can solve problems constructively vs. blaming others.
- Develop a Leader-as-Host approach that enables more enlightened self-interest.
- Balance Systemic and hierarchical thinking.
- Nurture more socially responsible servant leadership and engaged citizenship.
- Realize the ecology of sustainable leadership in partnership with followership to KICK IT IN!
If you’re someone who works with students and you want better leadership and smarter followership in your organization, or if you are a student who wants to become a better leader with smarter followers, then this book is for you!
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“I’ve followed the work of Fran Kick for a couple of decades. Without question, these new offerings are several cuts above even his earlier excellent work, which is saying a lot! It is exciting to see this and how a new generation of students will be creatively engaged in developing superior leadership and followership perspectives and skills. Thank you Fran.”
Ira Chaleff
Author of The Courageous Follower
“Fran Kick’s Take the Lead series is an accessible guide for students and teachers seeking to develop socially responsible leadership. Importantly, the books view everyone as a potential leader and encourage young people, in particular, to explore and develop their talents as leaders and followers committed to the common good. The books concisely present different perspectives on leadership and offer excellent exercises that help students clarify their own views and values. The attention to context, culture, and “conflict with civility” is truly vital at a time when change is swirling all around us.”
Barbara Crosby, Fellow
The Leadership Trust Foundation, UK Author of Teaching Leadership
“I enjoy the scaffolded approach to introducing leadership to students. The organization is clear and easy to understand, and I am sure in concert with any workshop/seminar-type format, the books are a perfect complement. I liked the introspective focus in leadership as getting students to first realize their own capacity for leadership is critical.”
Joel Domingo, Ed.D. Director of Research/Professor of Leadership
City University of Seattle, Washington
“A fresh new approach to helping students grow as leaders. Fran Kick brings the idea of Socially Responsible Leadership to the forefront which will enable young leaders to learn how to combine being a follower, a leader, and a servant to others. This resource is going to help generations of young people learn to solve problems and serve people in their communities!”
Patrick M. Erwin, Director of Curriculum
Growing Leaders/Maxwell Leadership
“What if it’s not leadership exactly that matters, but the connection between leadership AND followership that matters? Fran Kick’s updated books bring that lesson to life for students in a visually appealing, interactively engaging way. Imagine how the world might be better AND smarter in the future if students today understand THAT as they grow up.”
Sharna Fabiano
Internationally recognized tango artist and author of Lead & Follow
“Fran Kick’s ‘Kick It In & Take The Lead’ series engages students and equips educators to cultivate stronger learning outcomes in leadership and followership. The books’ interactive approach makes complex leadership concepts accessible to all students—not just those with formal titles—while emphasizing the crucial partnership between effective leadership and intelligent followership. A highly recommended resource for fostering the next generation of leaders and followers!”
Dan Jenkins, Ph.D. Professor, Leadership & Organizational Studies
University of Southern Maine
“As a leadership educator, I recognize the critical need for young people to develop both leadership and followership skills early on. Kick It In! provides an engaging and practical foundation for students to think critically about how they show up in various aspects of their lives—whether in school, extracurricular activities, or future careers.
These books are a valuable resource for students, educators, and youth leaders alike—helping shape the next generation of mindful, capable leaders and smart, engaged followers.”
Eric Kaufman, Ph.D. Professor, Leadership Education
Virginia Tech
“The books gave me a good, dynamic overview of what it’s like for my Dad [Eric Kaufman] at some of these leadership conferences. I can use some of the categories in more of my everyday life at college and think more critically about how I show up and present myself in the classroom and other settings.”
Ethan Kaufman, Student
Rollins College, Florida
“Interactive, engaging, informative, and inspiring. As is the case with everything, Fran Kick hit it out of the park. It’s a 10!”
Scott Lang, Leadership Trainer
Director of Advocacy for Music & Arts
“To suggest there is a leadership crisis in our world today is not an exaggeration. Solutions to the dearth of effective leaders and followers will require the engagement of younger generations in the workplace who rightfully expect to be valued and developed, to be empowered to innovate, and to collaborate with others who share common purpose. Developing new leaders and followers must begin far earlier than one’s first career position. To that end, Fran Kick has created a pair of workbooks that synthesize complex concepts in concise, visually appealing, and engaging ways. These excellent resources provide teens and young adults with the head start they need to grow into effective leaders and followers in ways that, ultimately, result in healthy organizations.”
Dr. Michael Linville, Ed.D.Professor, Division of Leadership and Followership Studies
Indiana Wesleyan University
“Fran Kick’s concise and thoughtful presentation is a must read for anyone in a leadership role of any kind. The thoughts and everyday usefulness for anyone who takes the time to enhance their knowledge of personal leadership and self-motivation are truly powerful. Judy Kick’s contribution is not to be overlooked. Eye catching, straightforward and stunning design!”
Walt Lovell, Teacher
Elko High School, Nevada
“I thoroughly enjoyed reading these books, as they are clearly crafted to help young people understand emerging topics in leadership. As a practitioner in youth leadership development, I believe these books are essential for any young person embarking on their leadership journey. Moreover, the graphics and visual layout of the books make the content engaging and will improve understanding and retention of key leadership concepts. The insights from both books are universally applicable across different cultures and geographical contexts.”
Israel Oyedare, Founder
Teens and Youth in Leadership (TYIL), Nigeria
“I really like these books. They are a terrific intro to leadership and followership. Well-documented and written. The roots of leadership begin early – in childhood and adolescence. That’s why it’s important to have resources such as these to help young people develop good and effective skills to make them the exemplary leaders and followers of the future.”
Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D.Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology
Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna College
“What excellent resources for young people to explore and develop their leadership capacities!”
Corey Seemiller, Ph.D.
Author of The Student Leadership Competencies® Guidebook
DETAILS
Title: Kick It In: Inspiring the Personal Leadership to Take The Lead (Volume 2)
Author: Fran Kick
Copyright: 1st Edition 2024
Publisher: Instruction & Design Concepts
ISBN: 9781591990338
Language: English
Length: 46 pages
Format: Paperback, saddle stitched, 8.5×11 inches
Chapters:
Collaboration: Leadership and Followership
Leadership Pop Quiz
Leadership and Followership Makes Things Happen
Leadership and First Followers
Common Purpose
Leadership + Followership + Common Purpose + Context
Core Values
Group Culture
Conflict with Civility
Context of the Situation
Leader-as-Hero vs. Leader-as-Host
Enlightened Self-Interest
Systemic vs. Hierarchical Thinking
Socially Responsible Leadership
Social Patterns: Partnership vs. Domination
Citizenship
So now what?
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