Working Together - Diversity as Opportunity

Informationen zum Autor Angeles Arrien is author of The Four-Fold Way, Signs of Life, and The New Bottom Line. An anthropologist, educator, and consultant, she is the founder of the Angeles Arrien Foundation for Cross-Cultural Research. She is an associate professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies and the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, and a Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. For more information, please visit her at Spirituality and Practice website. Klappentext A stellar list of contributors bring a variety of perspectives to establish one central theme: diversity is an advantage to be utilized, not a problem to be solved. Themselves representing a wide range of cultural, national, and vocational perspectives, the contributors examine how diversity creates new possibilities for working together in our projects, our organizations, and our lives. Working Together reveals diversity as a rich resource to meet the challenges of our changing times, an unparalleled opportunity to bring together a multiplicity of gifts for a common purpose.A stellar list of contributors bring a variety of perspectives to establish one central theme: diversity is an advantage to be utilized, not a problem to be solved. Themselves representing a wide range of cultural, national, and vocational perspectives, the contributors examine how diversity creates new possibilities for working together in our projects, our organizations, and our lives. Working Together reveals diversity as a rich resource to meet the challenges of our changing times, an unparalleled opportunity to bring together a multiplicity of gifts for a common purpose. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction by Angeles Arrien 1. On the Edge of a New Frontier, Mikhail Gorbachev, translated by Pavel Palazchenko 2. Honoring Diversity: Building the Partnership Foundation, Raine Eisler 3. The Social Koan: Through Diversity to Interdependence, David Goff 4. Getting to Know You, Gary W. Janka 5. Interdependence: A Matter of Practical Diversity, Dianne Loy Ferri 6. Bridging the Gap, Wendy Nomathemba Luhabe 7. Living and Loving in a Diverse World, Marilyn Hill Harper and Wendy S. Appel 8. Recipes for Synergy, Suzie Williams 9. The Treasures and Challenges of Diversity for White Males, Michael G. Welp 10. Unity Without Uniformity, Norman Lear 11. Being Different and Making a Difference, Perviz E. Randeria 12. The Sangoma's Gift: Building Inclusion Through Honor, Respect, and Generosity of Spirit, Patrick O'Neill 13. A Journey Toward Inclusion, Jacqueline Haessly 14. The Inside Our Project: Diversity and the Human Psyche, Sylvia Lafair 15. Ruffled Feathers in the Land of Penguins, Barbara "BJ" Hateley and Warren H. Schmidt, with illustrations by Sam Weiss 16. A Matter of Respect, Pat Carver 17. Leadership Diversity, James R. Calvin 18. A View from the Trenches, John O'Neil ...

List of contents

Introduction by Angeles Arrien
1. On the Edge of a New Frontier, Mikhail Gorbachev, translated by Pavel Palazchenko
2. Honoring Diversity: Building the Partnership Foundation, Raine Eisler
3. The Social Koan: Through Diversity to Interdependence, David Goff
4. Getting to Know You, Gary W. Janka
5. Interdependence: A Matter of Practical Diversity, Dianne Loy Ferri
6. Bridging the Gap, Wendy Nomathemba Luhabe
7. Living and Loving in a Diverse World, Marilyn Hill Harper and Wendy S. Appel
8. Recipes for Synergy, Suzie Williams
9. The Treasures and Challenges of Diversity for White Males, Michael G. Welp
10. Unity Without Uniformity, Norman Lear
11. Being Different and Making a Difference, Perviz E. Randeria
12. The Sangoma's Gift: Building Inclusion Through Honor, Respect, and Generosity of Spirit, Patrick O'Neill
13. A Journey Toward Inclusion, Jacqueline Haessly
14. The Inside Our Project: Diversity and the Human Psyche, Sylvia Lafair
15. Ruffled Feathers in the Land of Penguins, Barbara "BJ" Hateley and Warren H. Schmidt, with illustrations by Sam Weiss
16. A Matter of Respect, Pat Carver
17. Leadership Diversity, James R. Calvin
18. A View from the Trenches, John O'Neil

Product details

• Authors: Angeles Arrien
• Publisher: Berrett Koehler Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.2001
• EAN: 9781576751565
• ISBN: 978-1-57675-156-5
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Team, Teamarbeit