Who Do We Choose to Be? : Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity

This book is born of my desire to summon us to be leaders for this time as things fall apart, to reclaim leadership as a noble profession that creates possibility and humaneness in the midst of increasing fear and turmoil. I know it is possible for leaders to use their power and influence, their insight and compassion, to lead people back to an understanding of who we are as human beings, to create the conditions for our basic human qualities of generosity, contribution, community and love to be evoked no matter what. I know it is possible to experience grace and joy in the midst of tragedy and loss. I know it is possible to create islands of sanity in the midst of wildly disruptive seas. I know it is possible because I have worked with leaders over many years in places that knew chaos and breakdown long before this moment. And I have studied enough history to know that such leaders always arise when they are most needed. Now it's our turn.

The bestselling author "calls on all of us to claim leadership and do all we can to make our pockets of the world kinder, more open, more agile" ( Philosophy of Coaching ). Margaret Wheatley, author of the classic Leadership and the New Science, once again turns to the new science of living systems to help leaders persevere in a time of great turmoil. It is possible to have leaders who use their power and influence, their insight and compassion, to lead people back to an understanding of who we are as human beings, to create the conditions for our basic human qualities of generosity, contribution, community and love to be evoked no matter what. Grace and joy can be experienced in the midst of tragedy and loss. Islands of sanity can be created in the midst of wildly disruptive seas. Wheatley knows these things are possible because she has worked with leaders over many years in places that knew chaos and breakdown long before this moment. And she has studied enough history to know that such leaders always arise when they are most needed. Now it's our turn... "At the heart of Who Do We Choose to Be? is an uplifting call for leaders who will be able to deal with the overwhelming problems of our times and work for the common good." — Spirituality & Practice

Written from the author’s desire to summon us to be leaders for this time as things fall apart, this book explains the need to reclaim leadership as a noble profession that creates possibility and humaneness in the midst of increasing fear and turmoil. -- Résumé abrégé tiré de l'ouvrage Written from the author's desire to summon us to be leaders for this time as things fall apart, this book explains the need to reclaim leadership as a noble profession that creates possibility and humaneness in the midst of increasing fear and turmoil. -- Edited summary from book Margaret J. Wheatley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.