Who do we choose to be? : facing reality, claiming leadership, restoring sanity / Margaret J. Wheatley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wheatley, Margaret J., author.

Series:

BK life book.

BK life book

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

This book is born of my desire to summon us to be leaders for this time as things fall apart, to reclaim leadership as a noble profession that creates possibility and humaneness in the midst of increasing fear and turmoil. I know it is possible for leaders to use their power and influence, their insight and compassion, to lead people back to an understanding of who we are as human beings, to create the conditions for our basic human qualities of generosity, contribution, community and love to be evoked no matter what. I know it is possible to experience grace and joy in the midst of tragedy and loss. I know it is possible to create islands of sanity in the midst of wildly disruptive seas. I know it is possible because I have worked with leaders over many years in places that knew chaos and breakdown long before this moment. And I have studied enough history to know that such leaders always arise when they are most needed. Now it's our turn.

Contents:

1. The arrow of time : everything has a beginning, a middle, and an end

2. Identity : living systems change in order to preserve themselves

3. Information : it's better to learn than be dead

4 Self-organization : order for free

5. Perception : what you see is all you get

6. Interconnectedness : nothing living lives alone

7. Who do we choose to be?

8. No matter what.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 26, 2018).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781523083657

1523083654

9781523083640

1523083646

OCLC:

989167013