One Division, One Culture: Creating Alignment Using The Leadership Challenge

creating alignment using the leadership challenge and the five practices of exemplary leadership

King County’s Finance and Business Operations Division (FBOD) embarked on a lean journey and found that implementing The Leadership Challenge allowed them to create alignment across the division by creating a common language and a common purpose. They used The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership as a way to say, “This is what is expected of you as a lean leader.”  Ask a question about The Leadership Challenge: The book, the model or the training program

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Brett Cooper

Brett is the visionary President of Integris Performance Advisors, a professional development firm he co-founded to expand the existence of healthy organizations and great places to work. By creatively bringing together concepts from The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (by Patrick Lencioni), The Leadership Challenge (by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner), and Lean Six Sigma, Brett and his team have influenced thousands of people in government, non-profits and corporate America to work together in more productive, more effective and more human ways. Outside of his role at Integris, Brett dedicates time to serving others in need. He is a volunteer coordinator for the East Bay Stand Down and Stand Down on the Delta, two non-profits serving the needs of San Francisco’s homeless Veteran population. He is also board member and financial sponsor for Partners in Sustainable Learning, whose mission is to bring early childhood education to marginalized communities in the developing world (current projects are underway in Nepal).