Welcome to the Student LPI, a comprehensive leadership development tool created by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner as part of The Leadership Challenge suite of programs, products, and services proven to cultivate and liberate the leadership potential in everyone. Created specifically to help young people measure their leadership behaviors and take action to improve their effectiveness as a student leader, this premier observer-based set of assessments includes: the Student LPI Self assessment (completed by the Student Leader) and the Student LPI Observer (completed by others chosen by either the Student Leader or the assignment Administrator).
Who is the Student LPI assessment for?
Any young person looking to enhance their leadership role in school or in the community will benefit from using the Student Leadership Practices Inventory (Student LPI) to learn how to apply Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner's acclaimed The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® model to real-life challenges and opportunities. Designed for students with little to no formal business experience, the Student LPI tool is appropriate in high school and college classrooms, student government, campus clubs, fraternities, sororities, first-year experience programs, community service and service learning organizations, athletic teams, and youth organizations.
Student LPI Online offers Administrators time-saving methods for creating assignments, communicating with Student Leaders, generating reports, and working with all Student LPI assessments and tools from one central location. In this streamlined environment:
- All assignments can be easily created, tracked, and managed
- Assessment responses are accurately recorded
- Scoring is automated
- Feedback reports can be produced immediately and are accessible from any web-enabled computer
STUDENT LPI SELF
A 30-item assessment instrument that self-measures the frequency of specific leadership behaviors on a 5-point scale. Completed by an individual Student Leader, it takes approximately 10-15 minutes.
STUDENT LPI OBSERVER
A 30-item assessment instrument that provides 360-degree feedback on the frequency of specific leadership behaviors on a 5-point frequency scale. Completed by individuals selected by the Student Leader or the assignment Administrator to participate in the process and takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.
While the Student LPI assessment provides for self-measurement, the Student LPI Observer collects valuable 360-degree feedback from teachers, coaches, student advisors, teammates, fellow club members, co-workers, or others who have direct experience of the individual Student Leader in a leadership role.
How does the Student LPI work?
Using the LPI Online web-based system, a Student LPI Administrator creates a Student LPI assignment, establishing due dates, as appropriate, and designating to an individual Student Leader the task of completing the assignment. Once an assignment is created, Administrators may retain responsibility for all administrative duties related to the assignment, may temporarily share some or all of the administrative responsibilities of this assignment with another administrator, or may permanently transfer all future administration of this assignment to another Administrator.
Through the use of electronic tokens—either purchased from a Wiley sales representative, directly online, or from an authorized LPI Reseller—Student Leaders can take the Student LPI Self assessment, and ask others to participate in this process by completing the Student LPI Observer assessment. Observers typically include teachers, coaches, student advisors, teammates, fellow club members, co-workers, or fellow members of a church group or other community or civic organization with direct experience of the individual in a leadership role. Each assessment contains 30 statements describing specific leadership behaviors, rated on a 1 to 5 point frequency scale, and takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.
Are sample reports and questions available to view?
Experience for yourself the intuitive and fully interactive design of the Student LPI Online system that streamlines the process of participating in the Student LPI—as a Student Leader, Observer, and Administrator.
Leader Assessment Questions | Managing Assignments | LPI Individual Report
How much does the Student LPI cost?
One (1) Student LPI token is $20.00 and includes access to one (1) Student LPI Self assessment (to be completed by the Student Leader) and an unlimited number of Student LPI Observer assessments. This token is valid for up to 12 months and will expire one year after the date of purchase.
Discounts are available when purchasing 10 or more Student LPI tokens:
| Qty Purchased | % Discount | Price Pre Token |
| 1-9 | 0% | $20 |
| 10-24 | 10% | $18 |
| 25-49 | 15% | $17 |
| 50-99 | 20% | $16 |
| 100-249 | 25% | $15 |
| 250-499 | 30% | $14 |
This discount schedule applies only to the Student LPI Online. Opportunities to become an Authorized Distributor or to secure additional discounts on bulk orders of 500 or more Student LPI tokens are available through an LPI Leadership Consultant at 1-866-888-5159.
Get Started Now.
Purchase your Student LPI token(s) and get started today. Or send us an email to request a free trial, or contact an LPI Leadership Consultant at 1-866-888-5159.
What are the system requirements for LPI Online?
We support Win XP, Win Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X, and Linux, with support for Firefox 3.0 and IE 6.0 and above. Javascript must be enabled.
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