We’ve been conditioned to think that the CEO is the visionary who provides clear direction, but hero-leaders who make the headlines and become celebrities don’t always have the skills to awaken the passion of those they lead. Attacking the myth that visions should come from the lone leader, Courageous Visions provides tools and resources that inspire employees at all levels to contribute and expand on the vision. The author, Martha Lasley, bases her book on the premise that personal visions are the spark for larger organizational visions. 
From her experience with executive coaching, leadership development and team building, she shares anecdotes and practical activities for awakening passionate energy in the work place. Since all change begins with the individual, she offers unconventional ways to explore personal visions and turn them into reality. 
Lasley envisions a "world full of people who love their work, love the people in their lives, and passionately work to create a better future." Her personal philosophy is that people who support each other’s hopes and dreams create synergy and unleash the power of an organization. 
Although full of anecdotes about famous leaders, Lasley also shares inspirational stories about ordinary people with colorful visions, from ten-year-old Caylin who sells sunflowers to help the homeless, to Dominick, a plant manager whose team surprises him with gag gifts. She’s at her best when she’s telling personal stories about leaders who’ve stepped out of their comfort zone and experimented with new ways to build high-functioning teams of visionaries.

Courageous Visions: How to Unleash Passionate Energy in Your Life and Your Organization

Business & Money

Lasley, Martha

Management & Leadership

Discover! Press

Facilitating with Heart: Awakening Personal Transformation and Social Change is a book that integrates best practices in the field of facilitation. You'll find resources and inspirational stories from facilitators, coaches and social change activists from around the world.

Facilitating with Heart: Awakening Personal Transformation and Social Change

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Coaching for Transformation: Pathways to Ignite Personal & Social Change

Brown, Sharon

Kellogg, Virginia

Michaels, Richard

Coaching for Transformation puts a new spin on coaching. The authors explore not only how the coach empowers clients to support personal growth but also social change. The self-awareness tools awaken passion that helps clients identify their deepest yearning and make a difference in the world. Rather than a mere “how-to” manual, this book presents a model of coaching from the inside out, examining the relationship of mind, heart, body and spirit in both the coach and the client. The authors present five pathways to transformation: • exploring needs and values • experiencing the moment • envisioning the future • expanding the view • embracing the shadow Each pathway reinvigorates passion and supports commitment to new actions based on self-alignment. The book is filled with ways to develop empathic presence and empower people to take action based on self-intimacy. Coaching for Transformation presents simple, profound tools for calling out the power of the people we coach. By developing your “coach’s stand” (a courageous, empowered set of physical, mental and spiritual qualities that inspire clients) you create a unique style that includes both compassionate and fierce coaching. The real value of this book lies in the authors’ commitment to take coaching out into the world beyond people with power and privilege. As you step into the Coaching for Transformation process, you create sacred relationships with your clients that take them to the core of their being. These relationships are the foundation for their discovery of who they are, what they want and how they contribute to their family, workplace, community and the world. This holistic approach includes 24 coaching skills that help clients identify and stretch toward goals that create a better world. The coaching process results in empowerment and lasting change. The authors are successful coaches who offer a transformative 9-month coaching certification program through their organization, Leadership that Works. They are pioneers in bringing coaching to nonprofits and social activists. Among their clients are leaders in the social sector, philanthropists, corporate executives, universities and individuals from all walks of life. Chapters include: Section I: Getting Started 1. Welcome to Coaching 2. Cultivating Presence 3. Core Skills –The Coach's Palette 4. Calling out the Power Section II: Pathways to Alignment 5. Exploring Needs and Values 6. Experiencing the Moment 7. Envisioning the Future 8. Expanding the View 9. Embracing the Shadow Section III: Making Visions Real 10. Strategy in Action 11. The Business of Coaching Section IV: Evolution of Coaching 12. Contributions to Coaching 13. Cross Cultural Coaching 14. Power, Privilege and Coaching 15. Coaching in Organizations 16. Coaching for Social Change 17. Soul and Spirit Most valuable of all are the examples of coaching dialogues that demonstrate the skills and processes that lead to transformation. These real examples make it easy to start using the skills right away

Unlocking Your Child's Genius Series is designed to help parents and students understand the unique gifts and abilities as well as the potential struggles associated with each learning style. 101+ Ways to Maximize the Potential of Your Auditory Learner, provides insights as well as tips and ideas to help kids succeed. Filled with concrete strategies that appeal to the strengths of the auditory learning style, this book is a must for every parent and teacher who has a passion for kids.

Unlocking Your Child's Genius 101+ Ways to Maximize the Potential of Your Auditory Learner

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Courageous Visions: How to Unleash Passionate Energy in Your Life and Your Organization

Facilitating with Heart: Awakening Personal Transformation and Social Change

Coaching for Transformation: Pathways to Ignite Personal & Social Change

Coaching for Transformation: Pathways to Ignite Personal & Social Change

Unlocking Your Child's Genius 101+ Ways to Maximize the Potential of Your Auditory Learner