The Transforming Leader

Table Of Contents

Foreword by Deborah Higgins
Preface: The Leadership for Transformation Project by Judy Brown and Michael Jones
Introduction: The Transforming Leader: New Needs for New Times

PART ONE: Transformational Thinking for Twenty-First-Century Leaders
Setting the Context for Part One
Evolving Thinking about Transformational Leadership
Transactional and Transformational Leadership: Their Foundations in Power and Influence–Michael J. Lovaglia, Jeffrey W. Lucas, and Amy Baxter
Leadership in Action: Three Essential Energies–Betty Sue Flowers
Leadership and Organizational Networks: A Relational Perspective–Philip Willburn and Michael Campbell
Positive Power: Transforming Possibilities through Appreciative Leadership–Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom
Dancing on a Slippery Floor: Transforming Systems, Transforming Leadership–Kathleen Allen
On Mattering: Lessons from Ancient Wisdom, Literature, and the New Sciences–Barbara Mossberg

PART TWO: Being the Change: Inner Work for Transforming Leaders
Setting the Context for Part Two
Deepening and Expanding Inner Capacities for Becoming the Change
The New Basics: Inner Work for Adaptive Challenges–Katherine Tyler Scott
Integral Leadership: Opening Space by Leading through the Heart–Jonathan Reams
Mindful Leadership: Discovering Wisdom beyond Certainty–Susan Szpakowski
Leadership as a Spiritual Practice: Vocation and Journey–Matthew Fox
Transmuting Suffering: A Leadership and Advising Perspective–Arthur Colman and Éliane Ubalijoro
Shapeshifter Leadership: Responding Creatively to the Challenges of a Complex World–Carol Burbank

PART THREE: The Art of Working with and Transforming Groups
Setting the Context for Part Three
Shifting Perspectives on Inner/Outer Connectivity
Depth Entrepreneurship: Creating an Organization Out of Dream Space–Stephen Aizenstat
Deep Dialogue: Harvesting Collective Wisdom–Alan Briskin
New Approaches for Leadership: A Psychospiritual Model for Leadership Development–Karin Jironet and Murray Stein
It’s All a Dream: Depth Approaches to Understanding and Withdrawing Projection–Jeremy Taylor
Hearing the Music: Leadership and the Inner Work of Art–John J. Cimino and Robert B. Denhardt
Unleashing Possibilities: Leadership and the Third Space–Zachary Green, Omowale Elson, and Anjet van Linge
Conclusion: Reinforcing Change through Transformational Communication

Appendix A: Application Exercises
A: Applications for Thinking through What to Do
B: Applications for Becoming the Change You Wish to See
C: Applications for the Art of Transforming Groups
Conclusion: Creating a Connected Leadership Narrative and Plan

Appendix B: Additional Resources Organizations and Associations
Foundational Theory Sets
Leadership and Personal Development Instrumentation
Additional Communities of Practice
References
Leadership for Transformation
Bibliography
Gratitudes
Index
About the Editor
About the Fetzer Institute
About the International Leadership Association
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