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Zusatztext “Carol Pearson and her colleagues are moving my work on transforming leadership forward in interdisciplinary and contemporary ways.” —James MacGregor Burns! Pulitzer Prize–winning presidential biographer and author of Transforming Leadership “A wonderful collection of diverse and wise perspectives! giving shared voice to the need to understand ourselves and leadership from a much deeper place! using intelligence! compassion! and wise action to meet the challenges looming ahead.” —Margaret J. Wheatley! author of Leadership and the New Science “By significantly addressing the essential impact of the inner condition of leaders! The Transforming Leader adds to the ongoing work of illuminating the blind spot that has plagued the field for so long.” —C. Otto Scharmer! author of Theory U and Senior Lecturer! MIT Sloan School of Management “Here is an important and timely resource for all who have the courage to lead! written by people who know what they are talking about. May the book be widely read! and may the inner and outer practices it recommends be widely adopted.” —Parker J. Palmer! author of Healing the Heart of Democracy ! The Courage to Teach ! and Let Your Life Speak Informationen zum Autor Carol S. Pearson, Editor Klappentext The Transforming Leader is written for people who strive to make a positive difference in the world. The book was conceived by the Fetzer Institute's Leadership for Transformation project in collaboration with the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership and the International Leadership Association. As part of the process that led to the book, the project's Stewardship Team held three retreats that brought together internationally known leaders, leadership educators, and theorists to sit in dialogue reflecting on three questions: How can we explore a variety of approaches to creating a bridge between our inner life and outer action for transformational effect? What is the commonality among these divergent approaches? And what of this can help you or me be an agent of transformation in a world on the edge of either destruction or renewal? The leaders and leadership experts contributing to the book, many of whom participated in the dialogues, consistently stress their own experience that it is not just what a leader does that matters, or what they know about human beings, their motivations and ways of behavior, but who that leader is inside: How alive they are, how balanced, how healthy, how passionate, how aware, how engaged, how compassionate, how energized - how they connect with their deeper and wiser selves. Based on cutting edge leadership thinking and practice, the 20 essays that make up the work explore the many paths and lessons leaders can take to access the best parts of themselves and meet the challenges of today's world.Introduction The Transforming Leader New Needs for New Times Everything changes. Everything is connected. Pay attention. —Classic Buddhist teaching Most of us want to make a difference, but doing so is not as simple as it sounds. Whether you hold a major leadership position or are just setting out to be a positive force for change, you likely know that good intentions are not enough. Many of us have had experiences where we meant well and tried hard, yet the changes we wished to see eluded us, were short-lived and unsustainable—or things actually got worse. This book is written for people like you, who care about the quality of your life and your impact on the world around you. In it, we present leadership thinking and practices that can help you meet the challenges of today’s world. You may be a practicing leader; an educator, coach, workshop leader, or consultant who develops leaders; a scholar who writes about leadership; or just begin...
