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LEADING FROM WITHIN
POETRY THAT SUSTAINS THE COURAGE TO LEAD |
| By: |
Sam M. Intrator, Megan Scribner |
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Hardback |
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£19.00 |
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£13.87 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0787988693 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780787988692 |
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| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2007 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
This beautiful collection of 92 poems -- including poems by Walt Whitman, Mary Oliver, Langston Hughes, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, Pablo Neruda, T.S. Eliot, and more -- will touch the minds and hearts of leaders and encourage and sustain them in their work. |
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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. The contributors represent a wide range of professions including Vanguard Group founder John Bogle, MoveOn.org cofounder Joan Blades, several members of Congress, Christian activist Brian McLaren, business guru Peter Senge, and many other leaders from business, medicine, education, nonprofits, law, politics and government, and religion. In their reflections, these leaders explore how they have been inspired by poets such as T.S. Eliot, Mary Oliver, William Stafford, Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda, Robert Frost, Rumi, May Sarton, Wallace Stevens, Wendell Berry, and Rainer Maria Rilke. "Leading from Within is perhaps the most soulful treatment of leadership ever composed. 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. This is an evocative work of art; do yourself an immense favor, and engage with these amazing and diverse leaders and their poems."-Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge and A Leader's Legacy "Leading from Within makes brilliant use of the world's great poets to inspire us to lead with our hearts as well as our heads. It calls to the deeper purpose and meaning within all of us to use our gifts to serve others."-Bill George, author, True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership "This is a superb collection of poems and deeply personal reflections from a wide range of real leaders. It is a gift to all of us who believe in bringing our hearts to our work."-Rep. 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 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.The poems and commentaries remind us that leadership is always deeply personal and chock-full of dilemmas that must be addressed by creativity, passion, imagination, and courage."-Jeff Swartz, president and CEO, Timberland |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S. |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Nautilus Award (Poetry) 2009 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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