Download or read book Creating a Vision written by Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to be an effective leader--at any level--you should pay attention to vision. Leaders who communicate a strong vision are seen by their bosses and coworkers as more effective in several important areas than those who do not. The content of your vision affects employees' perception of your organization. Your articulation of the vision affects their perception of your leadership effectiveness. Taken together, vision content and vision articulation give your employees, colleagues, and other stakeholders a powerful image of how good your organization is how skilled you are as a leader.
Download or read book For the Beauty of the Earth written by Steven Bouma-Prediger and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This substantially revised and updated edition provides the most thorough evangelical treatment available on a theology of creation care.
Download or read book From Nature to Creation The Church and Postmodern Culture written by Norman Wirzba and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does Christianity change the way we view the natural world? In this addition to a critically acclaimed series, renowned theologian Norman Wirzba engages philosophers, environmentalists, and cultural critics to show how the modern concept of nature has been deeply problematic. He explains that understanding the world as creation rather than as nature or the environment makes possible an imagination shaped by practices of responsibility and gratitude, which can help bring healing to our lands and communities. By learning to give thanks for creation as God's gift of life, Christians bear witness to the divine love that is reconciling all things to God. Named a "Best Theology Book of 2015," Englewood Review of Books "Best Example of Theology in Conversation with Urgent Contemporary Concerns" for 2015, Hearts & Minds Bookstore
Download or read book Shalom and the Community of Creation written by Randy Woodley and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Materialism. Greed. Loneliness. A manic pace. Abuse of the natural world. Inequality. Injustice. War. The endemic problems facing America today are staggering. We need change and restoration. But where to begin? In Shalom and the Community of Creation Randy Woodley offers an answer: learn more about the Native American 'Harmony Way,' a concept that closely parallels biblical shalom. Doing so can bring reconciliation between Euro-Westerners and indigenous peoples, a new connectedness with the Creator and creation, an end to imperial warfare, the ability to live in the moment, justice, restoration -- and a more biblically authentic spirituality. Rooted in redemptive correction, this book calls for true partnership through the co-creation of new theological systems that foster wholeness and peace.
Download or read book Entrepreneurial Vision written by Susan E. Reid and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many texts on entrepreneurship and biographies of great entrepreneurs and leaders talk about vision and its importance, few delve into what vision is, how it comes to be, and, how it can be more successfully developed. This book, built on evidence-based research, delves into the entire entrepreneurial visioning process. Starting with understanding the elements which characterize strong and sustainable vision, the authors detail proposed steps, supported by examples and worksheets, that students and entrepreneurs can take to build and implement their vision and, in turn, help put them on the path to build great businesses.
Download or read book The Art of Followership written by Ronald E. Riggio and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-01-07 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Followership puts dynamic leader-follower interaction at the forefront of discussion. It examines the multiple roles followers play and their often complex relationship to leaders. With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners from the burgeoning field of leadership/followership studies, this groundbreaking book outlines how followers contribute to effective leadership and to organizations overall. Drawing from various disciplines?from philosophy, to psychology and management, to education?the book defines followership and its myriad meanings. The Art of Followership explores the practice and research that promote positive followership and reveals the part that followers play in setting the standards and formulating the culture and policies of the group. The contributors include new models of followership and explore fresh perspectives on the contributions that followers make to groups, organizations, societies, and leaders. The book also explores the most current research on followership and includes insights and perspectives on the future of leader-follower relationships.
Download or read book Schools That Deliver written by John Edwards and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deliver real change and real results for your school This book focuses directly on what promotes delivery. It provides the practical tools and implementation guide for re-invigorating your school. Set against a solid blend of international research and international best practice, the narrative is carried by voices from schools that are currently delivering across six countries. They tell it how it is, in lived reality. Every process in the book has been tested and refined under the heat of practice, addressing the current realities in education. The book provides a carefully selected repertoire of skills, models, and processes that: deliver results for children, teachers, school leaders, families and their communities build trust through ensuring every voice is heard and respected develop a strong culture of leadership and alignment, while recognizing and embracing the complexities of school change address the frustrations currently felt by teachers in a positive, productive way Schools That Deliver fills the gap between intention and delivery. The book respects your voice, and your ability to create your own ways of delivering while remaining loyal to the unique personality of your school. When a school community delivers together what really matters for their children, they feel the true joy of education, that splendid feeling of professional satisfaction and achievement that we all deserve.
Download or read book A New World System written by Donald G. Reid and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New World-System: From Chaos to Sustainability examines the present crisis in the social and ecological environment that is producing profound, potentially catastrophic challenges to the planet and humanity and outlines a process for moving forward to address these critical issues. This book is a cautionary interpretation of the present and vision for the future. Unlike other books on this or allied subjects that are focused singularly, Part 1 surveys the five major threats facing humanity today: climate change, inequality and poverty, new technologies, migration, and globalization. It approaches the challenge of integrating these phenomena into a global picture from a systems perspective rather than taking a purely reductionist approach to understanding what is occurring in the world today. Part 2 moves from identifying the problems to solving them, with chapters examining the ability of the present world-system to address these issues and outlining a process for action. The book concludes by discussing what could follow capitalism as a social organizing strategy and, perhaps more importantly, the consequences to the planet if we do not construct a new world-system. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of sustainable development, climate change, environmental studies, rural and urban planning, environmental psychology, political economy, sociology, social policy, leisure studies, and environmental politics. More broadly, it is a vital resource for all those interested in building a sustainable society.
Download or read book Creation and Christ written by Saint Hildegard and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hildegard was a noted German writer, mystic, musician and spiritual guide. Her conferences reverenced creation and the power of the natural world to transform human life.
Download or read book Summary of John P Kotter s Leading Change written by Milkyway Media and published by Milkyway Media. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Summary of John P. Kotter's Leading Change in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. John Kotter's "Leading Change" addresses the surge in organizational change over the past two decades, driven by macroeconomic forces demanding cost reductions, quality enhancements, and productivity gains. Despite some successes, many change initiatives fail, squandering resources and disheartening employees. Kotter identifies eight common errors that lead to failure: excessive complacency, lack of a powerful guiding coalition, underestimation of vision, insufficient communication, allowing obstacles to block the new vision, lack of short-term wins, declaring victory too soon, and failing to anchor changes in the corporate culture...
Download or read book Vision and Change in Institutional Entrepreneurship written by Israel Drori and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheltered for a long time within the public sector environment with high job security and professional research autonomy, defense R&D organizations faced unprecedented challenges when government support was being withdrawn and closure threatening. They needed to be led by a suitable vision in order to implement comprehensive changes to their operations and remain viable. This study explores this constitution of vision as a mechanism of intentional change, a strategic tool to reach the desired future for the organization. Going beyond the current literature, the authors ask to what extent, and how, organizational members reconstruct vision in a way that it can support or detain change, a question of importance for management scholars as well as professional managers in both public and private organizations.
Download or read book Enabling Knowledge Creation written by Georg von Krogh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When The Knowledge-Creating Company ( nearly 40,000 copies sold) appeared, it was hailed as a landmark work in the field of knowledge management. Now, Enabling Knowledge Creation ventures even further into this all-important territory, showing how firms can generate and nurture ideas by using the concepts introduced in the first book.Weaving together lessons from such international leaders as Siemens, Unilever, Skandia, and Sony, along with their own first-hand consulting experiences, the authors introduce knowledge enabling--the overall set of organizational activities that promote knowledge creation--and demonstrate its power to transform an organization's knowledge into value-creating actions. They describe the five key "knowledge enablers" and outline what it takes to instill a knowledge vision, manage conversations, mobilize knowledge activists, create the right context for knowledge creation, and globalize local knowledge.The authors stress that knowledge creation must be more than the exclusive purview of one individual--or designated "knowledge" officer. Indeed, it demands new roles and responsibilities for everyone in the organization--from the elite in the executive suite to the frontline workers on the shop floor. Whether an activist, a caring expert, or a corporate epistemologist who focuses on the theory of knowledge itself, everyone in an organization has a vital role to play in making "care" an integral part of the everyday experience; in supporting, nurturing, and encouraging microcommunities of innovation and fun; and in creating a shared space where knowledge is created, exchanged, and used for sustained, competitive advantage.This much-anticipated sequel puts practical tools into the hands of managers and executives who are struggling to unleash the power of knowledge in their organization.
Download or read book 42 Rules for Creating WE written by Judith E. Glaser and published by Happy About. This book was released on 2009 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, most organizations today operate in an "I" paradigm. In this arena, we keep score "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine." We are taught to control our needs and emotions because they are destructive---logic prevails. We are punished for making mistakes and we hide our thoughts for fear of losing our power or status. In a WE paradigm, things are different. '42 Rules for Creating WE' offers new insights from thought leaders in neuroscience, organizational development, and brand strategy, introducing groundbreaking practices for bringing the spirit of WE to any organization, team or cause.This book is written by The Creating WE Institute, an international group of critical thinkers with multi-disciplinary expertise, who have come together to harvest new forms of engagement and innovation in the workplace. The Creating WE Institute's mission is bring a spirit of WE to organizations currently operating as a group of I's.
Download or read book Schools Can Change written by Dale W. Lick and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2012-11-26 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genuine effective school improvement requires leaders and teachers to be part of a broad-based, creative change system that focuses on generating improved teacher practices for enhancing student learning. This guide provides a step-by-step, systemic approach.
Download or read book Resilient and Responsible Smart Cities written by Norsidah Ujang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-18 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the ways in which resiliency can foster the transformation of cities. There is a growing need for our cities to be transformed into “smart” cities; in this regard, tremendous efforts are called for in order to face the environmental challenges that play a major role in the creation or transformation of cities and environments. This book covers a broad range of applications and approaches that are “smart” and “resilient,” which, when combined, offer much more flexibility concerning the future of our cities. Consequently, this simple combination, which is producing sweeping changes around the globe, has attracted considerable attention from scholars and decision-makers alike.
Download or read book Visions of the King written by Timothy Raymond and published by TEACH Services, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timothy Raymond stresses that the last book in Scripture is not a revelation of beasts, horns, and other symbols; it is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the One who willingly placed Himself on the altar to save us from our sins, thoroughly defeated the devil and loosened his mortal grip on our race, and promises to culminate this victory by coming back to take His faithful followers home. Many avid students of Bible prophecy will consider Visions of the King a fascinating contribution to this literary genre. The intricate manner in which he highlights scriptural parallels that may be new to even seasoned Adventist laypeople and scholars will prompt readers to put on their thinking caps and prayerfully evaluate these intriguing connections. Raymond's premise is Jesus Christ's heavenly coronation as King, which must occur before He returns to earth to culminate His victory over the father of evil. The author often emphasizes the biblical pattern of celestial events instigating terrestrial counterparts, with our Lord's inauguration as High Priest and Pentecost being a prime example. One of the more exciting studies within these pages is the parable of the ten virgins, which Raymond found to be significantly rooted in the Old Testament. The author hopes that those who invest some of their time into studying these themes will achieve optimal alertness and fullness of the Holy Spirit, thus being thoroughly prepared to attend the wedding feast of the Groom.
Download or read book The Forgotten Choice written by Brenda Bence and published by Global Insight Communications, LLC. This book was released on 2021-01-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Enlightening, inspirational, and self-empowering advice... riveting..." -Kirkus Reviews "One of the best mindset books around for redirecting your perspective on life, creating what you want, and being happy with what you have. Brenda Bence's warm, comforting writing style is crisp, trustworthy and spot-on, resulting in a rapid, easy read." -BlueInk Starred Review "The Forgotten Choice is more than a self-help book. It will help the reader live life on their own terms, craft their present and future, and make sure their life is what they want it to be." -Reader's Favorite 5-star Review ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What if remembering one simple choice is all it takes to lead the life you want? In The Forgotten Choice: Shift Your Inner Mindset, Shape Your Outer World, global leadership coach and motivational author Brenda Bence reminds you of a little-known decision you make every moment that either holds you back or opens doors to unlimited possibility. In this groundbreaking mindset book, Brenda opens up about how her life transformed dramatically once she started remembering this choice. She then shared her discovery with friends, family, employees, and eventually with coaching clients and thousands of audience members around the world--resulting in incredible outcomes for people from all walks of life. Now, she makes this same, proven wisdom available to you in this powerful, step-by-step book that will change your mindset and motivate you to change your life. Using Brenda's simple and practical approach, you will learn how to... shift yourself easily out of a negative mindset face the unknown with a sense of excitement and adventure get over self-limiting beliefs, reframe your mindset, and feel more in charge of your future master a simple mindset shift to get what you want in relationships, work, finances, health, and beyond Packed with real-life examples, The Forgotten Choice provides a practical yet inspiring approach to understanding how one simple choice can help you make positive and sustainable changes in your life and work. You'll learn how you really can have a more fulfilling life--and it's far easier than you might imagine. Here are just a couple of case studies of how The Forgotten Choice has made a positive impact on readers: "As I read this great mindset book, I began to notice the truth of its message in just about every one of my thoughts and actions. I found myself not only reading The Forgotten Choice but practicing it on a daily basis. Out of the blue one evening, using the mindset development tools from this book, I discovered I was able to dramatically break a negative thinking cycle and transform my state of mind--in an instant! Since then, to my profound delight, I have felt in control of areas of my life that I have always felt were out of my control. As a result, I now act more bravely, live more authentically and am carving out the path that finally feels right!"-- M. P. "Reading The Forgotten Choice and realizing the power we hold within has been a transformational experience for me, with significant positive impact in my life. First, I've seen phenomenal outcomes from my new team at work, thanks to my belief that they are experts at their jobs. Second, I've been battling a chronic physical condition and have been addressing it through lifestyle changes rather than relying on medication. Some months are great but during stressful months, I do see a relapse of symptoms. Thanks to The Forgotten Choice, I started to see that the relapses are related to the conversations I have with myself. I stopped negative thinking patterns and changed negative core beliefs about myself. Now, I see my condition improving every month!"-- D. J.
