Leading from Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (507 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0787988693 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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The poems include works by well-loved poets such as T.S. The contributors represent a wide range of professions including Vanguard Group founder John Bogle, MoveOn cofounder Joan Blades, several members of Congress, Christian activist Brian McLaren, business guru Peter Senge, and leaders from business, medicine, education, nonprofits, law, politics, and religion. Intrator and Megan Scribner inspire and nourish the hearts and souls of leaders of all kinds in Leading from Within.. From the Inside Flap"Like fraternal twins, each pair of facing pages introduces you to magically close companions—an inspired practitioner and a poet who lit the leader's fuse or touched his or her soul. You may realize t
James Quay said A Double Treat. This wonderful anthology gives pleasure two ways: first, as a source of a wide variety of new and interesting poets and poems you may not have encountered before, always an important service for an anthology to perform. Second, however, the brief introductions that each contributor offers to his or her poem are a revelation and often as powerful as the poem itself. Who would have guessed that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group, would both find inspiration in Tennyson's "Ulysses"? Or that a Congresswoman would be touched by Naomi Shihab Nye's "Kindness".If you ar. "A unique devotional resource" according to Paul Kottke. There are many devotional resources, most of which serve us well in our faith formation. This book however has been a unique resource for me as a United Methodist pastor. It is a book filled with poems that have been selected by various individuals, some well known, others not. The individual gives a reflection on the meaning of the poem for her/him and then the poem following.For me, I turn to this book at the end of the day, sitting in my easy chair I flip through the book in no particular order. I find myself reading the reflection by an individual. I then read the poem, allowing the person'. Ann B. Graham said A Book to Savor. In Leadership from Within I am discovering one poem and essay at a time what leadership means to all kinds of people from college students to college professors, from social advocates to corporate executives, lawyers and journalists and more. It is fascinating to see the poems that inspire them and the reasons why. This is a book not just to read but to savor.
A Kellogg National Leadership Fellow, he is the author/editor of five books, including Tuned In and Fired Up, Teaching with Fire, and Stories of the Courage to Teach.Megan Scribner is an editor who also documents and evaluates programs for nonprofits. Sam M. Intrator is a professor at Smith College and founder of the Smith College Urban Education Initiative. Palmer of The Courage to Teach Guide for Refle
It is a book that every nonprofit leader should place among those they draw upon for inspiration every day."—Diana Aviv, president and CEO, Independent Sector"Leading from Within offers a candid view straight into the heart and soul of leaders striving to do good and effective work in the world. Leading from Within is a wonderful collection of ninety-three poems from well-loved poets, each of which is accompanied by a brief personal commentary from a leader explaining the significance and meaning of the poem in his or her life and work. John Lewis (D-Ga.)"The entries in this wonderful anthology are a joy to read and all the more interesting because of their special meaning to the leaders who recommended them. It is a gift to all of us who believe in bringing our hearts to our work." —Rep. Leadership is first an inner quest, and there is absolutely no better place to explore your inner territory than in the pages of this book. Eliot, Mary