The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair
A Leader in Every Chair
Published on 8. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-60509-256-0 (ISBN)
Description
All modern group processes that are open to collaboration or to flattening the hierarchy are based in some way on circle practices. As organizations of all kinds move increasingly toward shared and rotating leadership, they are calling on the circle model to form sustainable teams and adopt circle driven group processes such as World Café, Open Space and Art of Hosting. Meetings in the round have become the preferred tool for moving individual commitment into group action.
This book lays out the structure of circle conversation, based on the original work of the co-authors who have studied and standardized the essential elements that constitute circle practice. It takes readers through a circle visual (the Components of Circle) and presents both structure and story so that readers understand how these elements come into play and how they interrelate and interact. It also embeds circle process experience in stories and examples drawing on the authors' 15 years of experience as global thought leaders and originators of this form, and it presents detailed instructions and suggestions for getting started, setting goals, and solving conflicts.
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Persons
Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea are the cofounders of PeerSpirit, Inc., an educational company that teaches circle practice. Baldwin is the author of five preceding books, including Calling the Circle and Storycatcher. Linnea is the author of Deep Water Passage and Keepers of the Trees.
Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea are the cofounders of PeerSpirit, Inc., an educational company that teaches circle practice. Baldwin is the author of five preceding books, including Calling the Circle and Storycatcher. Linnea is the author of Deep Water Passage and Keepers of the Trees.
Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea are the cofounders of PeerSpirit, Inc., an educational company that teaches circle practice. Baldwin is the author of five preceding books, including Calling the Circle and Storycatcher. Linnea is the author of Deep Water Passage and Keepers of the Trees.
Content
Foreword: Margaret Wheatley
Chapter 1: Circle Process: The Foundational Pattern of Cooperation
Chapter 2: Components of Circle: The PeerSpirit Model and How It Works
Chapter 3: The Power of Intention and Center
Chapter 4: Rotating Positions of Leadership
Chapter 5: Creating a Social Safety Net: Agreements, Practices and Principles
Chapter 6: Meeting in Motion: Start-Point, Check-in, Conversation, Action, & Check-out
Chapter 7: The Power of Story as the Core Communication in Circle
Chapter 8: Energetics - The Non-Verbal Aspects of the Social Container
Chapter 9: Healthy Conflict Resolution and Holding Diverse Perspectives
Chapter 10: How Circle Heals
Chapter 11: Circle as Cultural Shift Agent
Chapter 12: Circle as Personal Practice: the Incorporation of Collaboration as a Way of Life
Chapter 1: Circle Process: The Foundational Pattern of Cooperation
Chapter 2: Components of Circle: The PeerSpirit Model and How It Works
Chapter 3: The Power of Intention and Center
Chapter 4: Rotating Positions of Leadership
Chapter 5: Creating a Social Safety Net: Agreements, Practices and Principles
Chapter 6: Meeting in Motion: Start-Point, Check-in, Conversation, Action, & Check-out
Chapter 7: The Power of Story as the Core Communication in Circle
Chapter 8: Energetics - The Non-Verbal Aspects of the Social Container
Chapter 9: Healthy Conflict Resolution and Holding Diverse Perspectives
Chapter 10: How Circle Heals
Chapter 11: Circle as Cultural Shift Agent
Chapter 12: Circle as Personal Practice: the Incorporation of Collaboration as a Way of Life