Jim Kouzes

Jim Kouzes is a leadership scholar, experienced executive and author, with Barry Posner, of the award-winning, best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge. Jim and Barry also developed the highly acclaimed Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), and have coauthored over thirty other publications including A Leader’s Legacy (2006), The Truth About Leadership (2010) and Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It (2011 2nd edition). Jim served as president, then CEO and chairman, of the Tom Peters Company from 1988 until 2000. Recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the twelve best executive educators in the U.S., Jim was listed as one of HR Magazine’s Most Influential International Thinkers for 2010 and 2011, named one of the 2010 and 2011 Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior by Trust Across America, and ranked by Leadership Excellence magazine as number sixteen on its list of the Top 100 Thought Leaders.