Throughout the novel, The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Exemplary Leaders, authors James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner share with young student leaders the skills they have found to effective leadership. The authors wrote The Student Leadership Challenge hoping to strengthen the skills and elevate the spirit of leaders by introducing the five principles: model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, empower others to act, and encourage the heart (Kouzes and Posner 3). Modeling the way is described as a leader who practices what he preaches (Kouzes and Posner 29). A leader should set an example of what he expects from those who follow him. When a leader inspires a shared vision, they “imagine the future by imagining exciting and ennobling possibilities” and ask others to join them by appealing to shared aspirations (22). Leaders know that to be successful they must experiment and take risks to challenge the process, build trust to empower others to act, and “create a spirit of community” to encourage the heart (17, 22). In addition to reading The Student Leadership Challenge, student leaders can also find role models in various leaders throughout history, such as Queen Elizabeth I, who exemplified the five practices of exemplary leadership because she was inspirational, took great risks, and he encouraged his nation. Queen Elizabeth was a great example for the English people in the 1500s and for the people today, more than 400 years later. BiographyElizabeth Tudor was born on 7 September 1533, at Greenwich Palace, to the disappointed King Henry VIII and his family. second wife Anne Boleyn (Eakins 1). Both of Elizabeth's parents were grown... middle-aged people and learn from her example: It is just a myth that only a lucky few can understand the intricacies of leadership. Leadership is not a gene and it is not a secret code that cannot be deciphered by ordinary people. The truth is that leadership is an observable set of skills and abilities that are useful on any campus, community, or work setting. And any skill can be strengthened, refined and improved, given motivation and desire, along with practice and feedback, role models and coaching. (Kouzes and Posner 145) It is easy for leaders to want to give up when their plans do not come to fruition as a result. In the case of Queen Elizabeth, if she had surrendered, she would not be considered one of the greatest monarchs in history. The most important lesson that I think every leader can learn, not just from Elizabeth I, but from all leaders throughout history and in our community, is to not give up.