From the authors of the best-selling books ′Team Work′ and ′When Teams Work Best′.
Frank La Fasto, Susie Scott Krabacher and other contributors to the book in conversation at the World of Children awards, hosted by UNICEF, November 1st, 2011 in New York.
‘This short book gives me hope that giants continue to walk the earth, lending a hand to those in need of extraordinary help.’—Dr. Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor, City University of New York
‘So many of us want to help, but don′t know where to begin. The deeply moving stories of the remarkable people profiled in this book help point the way.’ —United States Senator Mark Udall
‘A powerful, moving, and substantive book that puts leadership in the hands of everyday people.’—Peter G. Northouse, Western Michigan University, author of Leadership: Theory and Practice
Susie Scott Krabacher, a former Playboy centerfold, devotes her life to helping women and children in the desperate slums of Haiti. Ryan Hreljac, at age 6, launches an organization to build wells in countries where water is scarce. Larry Bradley, a U.S. army major in Iraq, mobilizes an international effort to save the life of one local boy. Victor Dukay, himself orphaned at a young age, builds a center in Tanzania for children who have lost parents to AIDS. Inderjit Khurana, a teacher in India, creates a network of train ‘platform schools’ to educate impoverished street children.
How do seemingly ordinary people come to take such extraordinary action? Best-selling authors Frank La Fasto and Carl Larson embarked on a 5-year quest to find out. In this book, they offer a fascinating look into the origins of humanitarian leadership in the lives of 31 individuals.
Based on their groundbreaking research, La Fasto and Larson trace a path of 7 pivotal choices. The path begins with connecting deeply and personally with the needs of others and culminates in leading the way for more people to get involved. The first 7 chapters of this book tell the stories of this remarkable group of leaders and describe their choices. The final 3 chapters explore the impact of 31 people on the world′s problems, the relationship between helping and personal happiness, and practical advice for getting started in a helping effort.
In this inspiring book, La Fasto and Larson show how each of us can translate our own good intentions into good deeds–and enrich our own lives along the way.
Cuprins
Introduction – The Moment: The Same Look I Saw in the Mirror
PART ONE: MAKING A CONNECTION
Chapter I Leveraging Life’s Experiences: A Generation of Orphans
Chapter II A Sense of Fairness: Bags of Magic
PART TWO: MAKING A COMMITMENT
Chapter III Believe We Can Matter: It’s a Gift That I Have, and I Use It
Chapter IV Open to an Opportunity: Busy in Baghdad
PART THREE: MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Chapter V Taking the First Small Step: A Seventh Grade Speech
Chapter VI Perseverance: These Are the Cards That Were Dealt Me
Chapter VII Leading the Way: Shame Hung Over the Sanctuary
Chapter VIII A Positive Force: The Accumulation of Good
Chapter IX A Larger Life: No Gravestone Has a Job Title or Salary on It
Chapter X Getting Started: A Spectrum of Involvement
Epilogue Beyond Our Research
Despre autor
Carl Larson, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of Human Communication and past dean of Social Sciences at the University of Denver. His most recent work includes When Teams Work Best (Sage 2001), Successful Communication and Negotiation, and Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference. Larson consults in both the public and private sector. He received the Driscoll Master Educator Award given by the students at the University of Denver to the university’s outstanding professor.
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