The Renewal Coaching Fieldbook outlines the seven practicesthat leaders can learn and develop in order to sustain their energyto do meaningful work. These practices enable leaders to bounceforward in the face of loss, create networks of support, make wiseand timely decisions, and engage in personal renewal daily.Throughout are compelling stories of leaders who have overcome thechallenges that seek to diminish and overwhelm them, and succeededin doing meaningful work for a greater good.
Praise for Renewal Coaching Fieldbook
‘Elle and Douglas have written an important book that couldchange the way business is done by changing the lives of peopledoing it. In our fantastically connected planet, worldwide commerceimpacts all of us immediately, making almost nothing more importantfor our long term success than committing to meaningful work livesaimed at the ‘greater good.’ As Elle and Douglas suggest, individual happiness and global happiness will be the outcomes. Ifthis is what you want in your own life–and I hope youdo–read this book!’–Rick Foster, co-author, How We Choose to Be Happy and Happiness & Health;publisher, Sustainable Happiness Course.com
‘The questions in this book will help you generate new ideas andways of thinking about your predicaments. They will provide youwith the way forward to hope, excitement, and satisfaction inservice of a greater good.’–Daniel J. Pesut, Ph D, RN, professor of nursing, Certified Hudson Institute Coach, Indiana University, Indianapolis
‘This is not a fairytale approach to leadership where all isgood and everyone is happy. It is a skillfully written manual thataddresses the challenges and hard times leaders experience andmakes resiliency visible and sustained happinessattainable.’–Dr. Kristine Servais, former principal andprofessor of leadership, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgments ix
About the Authors xi
List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits xiii
Preface xv
1 The Heart of Leadership for Sustainable Change:Meaningful Work to Serve a Greater Good 1
2 The Renewal Coaching Leadership Framework: Seven Choices of Leaders of Sustainable Change 11
3 Renewal: Choose to Take Care of Yourself 19
4 Resilience: Choose to Bounce Forward from Challengesand Loss 39
5 Resonance: Choose to Create Force Fields of Positive Energy 65
6 Relationship: Choose to Create and Sustain Networks of People 85
7 Reciprocity: Choose to Initiate Learning and Give More Than You Take 111
8 Reality: Choose to Be Optimistic and a Little Naive inthe Face of Harsh Realities 131
9 Recognition: Choose to Use Patterns to Make Wise and Timely Decisions 153
10 Greater Good from the Next Generation 179
References 187
Index 193
Over de auteur
Elle Allison, co-founder and president of Renewal Coaching, reaches diverse audiences in education, heatlh care and businessthrough engaging and informative keynote addresses and workshops onleadership coaching, wisdom, and leadership.
Douglas B. Reeves is co-founder of Renewal Coachingand co-author of Renewal Coaching Sustainable Change for Individuals and Organizations.