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1 online resource (x, 296 pages) : illustrations |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Provocative, challenging, at times poetic, and often deeply moving, Finding Our Way touches on all the topics Wheatley has addressed throughout her illustrious career, showing how she has applied the ideas in her books in many different situations. |
| Contents |
[Pt. 1]. Opening : ancient Thera, modern teacher -- [pt. 2]. Organizing : there is a simpler way -- The new story is ours to tell -- The irresistible future of organizing -- The promise and paradox of community -- Relying on human goodness -- The best in art and life -- [pt. 3]. Leadership : we make the road by walking -- Goodbye, command and control -- Relying on everyone's creativity -- Bringing life to organizational change -- Working with life's dynamics in school systems -- When change is out of our control -- Leadership in turbulent times is spiritual -- The true professional -- [pt. 4]. Obstacles : where the road gets hard -- The real work of knowledge management -- The uses and abuses of measurement -- Name, connect, nourish, illuminate -- Transforming aggression into creativity -- Seven hundred years to go -- [pt. 5]. Personal : attending to our footsteps -- Living our interconnectedness -- Willing to be disturbed -- Reclaiming time to think -- Listening -- Raising our children -- Ending our silence -- Everything has a deep dream -- [pt. 6]. My own footsteps -- Consumed by either fire or fire -- Maybe you will be the ones -- America's dark night -- Beyond hope or fear -- Dreaming world -- A parting blessing -- Notes -- Where these essays were first published -- Bibliography -- Permissions and photo credits -- Index -- About the author. |
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Leadership.
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Organizational change.
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Social values.
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Attitude change.
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Cooperativeness.
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Quality of life.
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Leadership. |
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Changement organisationnel. |
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Valeurs sociales. |
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Changement d'attitude. |
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Coopération (Psychologie) |
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Qualité de la vie. |
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quality of life. |
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Attitude change |
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Cooperativeness |
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Leadership |
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Organizational change |
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Quality of life |
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Social values |
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Leadership for an uncertain time |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Wheatley, Margaret J. Finding our way. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©2005 1576753174 (DLC) 2004057359 (OCoLC)56510284 |
| ISBN |
9781605098791 (electronic bk.) |
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1605098795 (electronic bk.) |
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9781605091464 (e-book) |
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1605091464 |
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(pbk.) |
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