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Book Virtuous Meetings

Download or read book Virtuous Meetings written by Karl Danskin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology + Design leads to breakthrough in large meeting productivity Virtuous Meetings: Technology + Design for High Engagement in Large Groups breaks out of the confines of the meeting room to show the reader what is possible when you need to get large groups of people talking and making decisions together. The book shows that it is possible to achieve effective outcomes in large, important meetings – the kind of meetings that most organizations rely upon for aligning their leaders with strategy or managing change, innovation, and crises. When it matters most what the participants are thinking—even thousands of them at once, who may be in the room, at satellite locations or on laptops at home—this book liberates meeting designers from traditional assumptions and business-as-usual Q&A and discussion tactics with an approach for hearing and working with the contributions of all participants, live. From the Introduction, "Virtuous Meetings is a simple notion—give participants back their voice, and enable them to generate ideas, solutions and understandings that move the whole group, no matter how large, forward together." The book shows how meetings can be virtuous in intent as well as design, and how technology can help in this work. The book shows the reader how to use Virtuous Meeting Cycles, in which all participants' voices are heard, and shared understanding is generated, which in turn is used by participants, as a group, to generate plans and solutions, over which all feel a sense of ownership. As participants and leaders see the value of the outcomes of their interactions, their trust in each other, in the process, and intent to do good increases. With an increase in trust, the engagement becomes fuller and more robust. And so each revolution of the cycle continues... The book shows how to choose, anchor, design, facilitate, and scale virtuous meetings. In each part, the authors speak from the front lines—from experiences with clients and their critically important large meetings. The "View from Inside the Meeting" and Case Story features of the book share important lessons from some of the authors' most memorable engagements. Author Karl Danskin is an authority on psychology and group energetics. Lenny Lind is a pioneer in the field of technology-assisted group process and is a co-author of Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, by Sam Kaner, et al. Together, they draw on the collected experiences of over two decades of consulting to multinational corporations, having supported thousands of top-level client meetings, to share a methodology proven to engage participants like never before. Topics include: A new model for thinking about large meetings: Two levels of participant experience – table group, and whole group Exploring the "meta-conversations" that virtuous meetings enable Introducing the Virtuous Engagement Cycle The heart of virtuous meeting design: The Design Team The critical roles in a virtuous meeting An expanded view of (and platform for) leadership Participant-centered meetings of the future Virtuous Meetings is a comprehensive guide to getting the best out of large, strategically important meetings.

Book Empowerment for Teaching Excellence Through Virtuous Agency

Download or read book Empowerment for Teaching Excellence Through Virtuous Agency written by Hennie Lötter and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This books offers new ways to think about teaching excellence in higher education and presents a definition of the concept of teaching excellence. It offers a fresh interpretation of Boyers famous account of scholarship as the foundation of university teaching. To fully understand the nature of teaching excellence in higher education, the book gives an account of the various dimensions of the domain of university teaching and the core drivers required to bring those domains to life. The idea of empowerment underlies the journey to excellence in teaching. The book argues that university lecturers aspiring to become excellent should be active agents, strongly pursuing the development of their perfectible abilities required for high quality teaching. The work draws on recent developments in virtue theory to set out the qualities of character requisite for guiding and driving university lecturers to grow and develop into excellent teachers.

Book A Virtuous Church

    Book Details:
  • Author : R. Kevin Seasoltz
  • Publisher : Orbis Books
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 1570759731
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book A Virtuous Church written by R. Kevin Seasoltz and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topics examined in this book include the development of 'virtue morality' and its practice in today's Catholic Church; tensions between local churches and the universal church; and the celebration of the liturgy and the sacraments.

Book Piety Promoted  in brief memorials of the virtuous lives  services  and dying sayings  of some of the people called Quakers  formerly published in eight parts  by J  Tomkins and others  J  Field  J  Bell  and T  Wagstaffe   now revised by J  Kendal  and placed in the order of time  A new edition   Piety Promoted     the ninth part     by T  Wagstaffe  Second edition  Piety Promoted     the tenth part     by J  G  Bevan

Download or read book Piety Promoted in brief memorials of the virtuous lives services and dying sayings of some of the people called Quakers formerly published in eight parts by J Tomkins and others J Field J Bell and T Wagstaffe now revised by J Kendal and placed in the order of time A new edition Piety Promoted the ninth part by T Wagstaffe Second edition Piety Promoted the tenth part by J G Bevan written by John TOMKINS (of the Society of Friends.) and published by . This book was released on 1798 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Virtuous Organization

Download or read book The Virtuous Organization written by Charles C. Manz and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2008 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout her life, Gabrielle Chanel was close to the greatest artists of her time, including poets Jean Cocteau and Pierre Reverdy, painters Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí, and composer Igor Stravinsky. The creative heritage of the House of CHANEL has continued throughout the decades, from Gabrielle Chanel to Karl Lagerfeld, in the form of a dialogue established between artists and authors. The impact of these individuals and others on Chanel’s designs is explored in detail throughout the book. Paintings, sketches, letters, documents, and rare archival photographs illustrate the influence of different eras and inspirations on the clothing, jewelry, and perfumes that have shaped fashion throughout the decades. Moving from the little black dress to the women’s suit to CHANEL No5, CULTURE CHANEL explores the bold path of a brand that has always known how to express the essence of its times, a fashion house that continues to be an enduring symbol of modernity.

Book Virtuous Educational Leadership

Download or read book Virtuous Educational Leadership written by Viviane Robinson and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excellent leadership matters Without excellent leadership, school improvement is impossible, or at least impossible to sustain. But what are the characteristics of an excellent leader? This integrated, holistic resource explores the virtues that are integral to achieving excellence in educational leadership, while offering practical guidance on how to do the right work the right way—no matter what challenges you face or student inequities you’re trying to overcome. Features include: Practical, research-based applications of virtue theory Examples of school leaders’ thinking and actions In-depth yet accessible theoretical analysis Detailed analysis showing theoretical concepts in practice Summaries and reflection questions

Book The Character of a Virtuous and Good Woman  a Discourse  on Prov  Xxxi  20

Download or read book The Character of a Virtuous and Good Woman a Discourse on Prov Xxxi 20 written by Nathan STRONG (the Younger, Pastor of the North Presbyterian Church in Hartford, Connecticut.) and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Virtuous and Vicious Expressions of Partiality

Download or read book Virtuous and Vicious Expressions of Partiality written by Eric J. Silverman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gathers essays from leading scholars to discuss partiality in ethics. The chapters examine the virtuous and vicious ways in which we relate to those close to us. There has long been a puzzle in ethics concerning the balance between our general moral obligations to everyone and our specific moral obligations to a smaller subset of people: our family, our nation, and our friends. There has been longstanding tension between the moral intuition that equality entails that we have the same moral duties to everyone and the moral intuition that special obligations entail that we have much greater duties to those close to us. The chapters in this volume discuss varying perspectives on partiality within a wide range of relationships. Section 1 offers overarching visions of partiality. Section 2 examines how roles and relationships might shape partiality. Section 3 focuses on the potential moral dangers and pitfalls of partiality. Finally, Section 4 looks at specific applications of partiality expressed as our loyalty to country, religion, sports teams, and employers. Virtuous and Vicious Expressions of Partiality will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in ethics, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of religion.

Book Towards the Virtuous University

Download or read book Towards the Virtuous University written by Jon Nixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for higher education academics, staff developers, policy makers and leaders, this book aims to tackle a subject that is at the heart of higher education today: the nature of a "good university".

Book Virtuous Minds

    Book Details:
  • Author : Philip E. Dow
  • Publisher : InterVarsity Press
  • Release : 2013-04-08
  • ISBN : 0830827145
  • Pages : 209 pages

Download or read book Virtuous Minds written by Philip E. Dow and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher-administrator Philip Dow explores the implications of setting intellectual character (rather than intellectual content) at the heart of our educational programs. With ample stories and practical suggestions, Dow shows how intellectual virtues like tenacity, carefulness and curiosity are teachable traits that can produce good lives.

Book The Virtuous Psychiatrist

Download or read book The Virtuous Psychiatrist written by Jennifer Radden and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of psychiatric care for those with severe mental disorders is the focus of this interdisciplinary work by a philosopher and a clinician. In elucidating the moral psychology and character called for by that setting, The Virtuous Psychiatrist offers a sustained application of virtue theory to the particular practice of psychiatry.

Book Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership

Download or read book Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership written by Craig E. Johnson and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2011-02-28 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourth Edition retains the elements of the text that have contributed to its success while also broadening its appeal. Written in an informal, accessible style, author Craig E. Johnson takes an interdisciplinary approach to leadership ethics while blending research and theory with practical application. This unique text promotes ethical decision-making and action through skill development, self-assessment, and application exercises. In the Fourth Edition: - A new chapter, Ethical Crisis Leadership, explains five ethical principles and strategies that are essential to fulfilling moral duties during times of crisis. - 'Leadership Ethics at the Movies' features present short summaries of feature films that portray ethical dilemmas. Discussion starters are included to prompt readers to draw ethical implications and applications from the films. - 'Self-Assessment' features measure the reader's performance on an important behaviour, skill, or concept discussed in the chapter - 'Implications and Applications' review key ideas and their ramifications for the reader as a leader - 'For Further Exploration, Challenge, and Assessment' encourages readers to engage in extended reflection and self-analysis - 'Focus on Follower Ethics' boxes that broaden coverage of the text and introduce concepts students can apply to their role as followers - Three cases per chapter offer real-world examples for anlaysis and reflection - A lengthy reference section at the end of the book serves as a starting point for further research and exploration Instructors Resources include teaching strategies, a test bank, sample syllabi, assignment descriptions, and more.

Book Virtuous Leadership

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alexandre Havard
  • Publisher : Scepter Publishers
  • Release : 2017-03-31
  • ISBN : 1594171114
  • Pages : 174 pages

Download or read book Virtuous Leadership written by Alexandre Havard and published by Scepter Publishers. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the lives of some of the greatest political, intellectual and religious leaders of modern times, and the author’s personal experience, Virtuous Leadership demonstrates that leadership and virtue are not only compatible, they are actually synonymous. Virtuous Leadership defines each of the classical human virtues most essential to leadership – magnanimity, humility, prudence, courage, self-control and justice. It demonstrates how these virtues promote personal transformation and the attainment of self-fulfillment. It also considers the Christian supernatural virtues of faith, hope and charity without which no study of leadership can be complete. The book’s final section, Towards Victory, offers a methodology for the achievement of interior growth tailored to the needs of busy, professional people intent on imbuing their lives with a transcendent purpose. Thus, the aim of Virtuous Leadership is ultimately practical. It is meant to be your guidebook in the quest for excellence.

Book The Spiritual Conferences

Download or read book The Spiritual Conferences written by Saint Francis de Sales and published by Aeterna Press. This book was released on 1943 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first sight it, may appear unreasonable to say that conferences, or spiritual lectures, delivered within the walls of a single convent, having its own special character, not written by their author, but from memory by his devout hearers, can promise much usefulness beyond the order to which that house belonged, or at most, beyond the sphere of religious life. Now, so far from this being, in our judgment, the case, we consider them practically calculated to do much good beyond the cloister and the chapter-house of monastery or convent. They will be read, we trust with pleasure, and we are sure with profit, by devout persons living in the world, by clergy and laity; the former of whom will find in them invaluable principles and advice for the guidance of consciences, while the latter cannot fail to derive from their study, consolation, encouragement, and direction. Aeterna Press

Book Papers from the Fourth and Fifth Annual Meetings  Gypsy Lore Society  North American Chapter

Download or read book Papers from the Fourth and Fifth Annual Meetings Gypsy Lore Society North American Chapter written by Gypsy Lore Society. North American Chapter. Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Self Transcendence and Virtue

Download or read book Self Transcendence and Virtue written by Jennifer A. Frey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research in the humanities and social sciences suggests that individuals who understand themselves as belonging to something greater than the self—a family, community, or religious or spiritual group—often feel happier, have a deeper sense of purpose or meaning in their lives, and have overall better life outcomes than those who do not. Some positive and personality psychologists have labeled this location of the self within a broader perspective "self-transcendence." This book presents and integrates new, interdisciplinary research into virtue, happiness, and the meaning of life by re-orienting these discussions around the concept of self-transcendence. The essays are organized around three broad themes connected to self-transcendence. First, they investigate how self-transcendence helps us to understand aspects of the moral life as it is studied within psychology, including the development of wisdom, the practice of moral praise, and psychological well-being. Second, they explore how self-transcendence is linked to virtue in different religious and spiritual traditions including Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Confucianism. Finally, they ask how self-transcendence can help us theorize about Aristotelean and Thomist conceptions of virtue, like hope and piety, and how this helps us to re-conceptualize happiness and meaning in life.

Book Proceedings at the     Annual Meeting of the Free Religious Association

Download or read book Proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the Free Religious Association written by Free Religious Association (Boston, Mass.). Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: