Strategies for leading bravely, making big, impactful promises, and al
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Section I Abundance Leadership
1 My Journey to Abundance Leadership 3
2 How Abundance Leaders Think 19
Looking for Explanations 19
Optimism 25
Three Other Fields That Inform Abundance Leadership 30
3 Four Meta-Competencies 43
Visioning for the Greater Good 48
Visibility 56
Self-Awareness 58
Managing Well 60
Section II Organizational Health and Abundance Leadership
4 Improving Your Organization’s Health 65
5 Macrolevers 69
Charrettes 69
Four-Day Workweek 73
Workspace Design 75
Managing by Circadian Rhythm 77
6 Microlevers: Small Tools for Big Change 87
The Gong 88
The Annual Donation: Collective Competition for the Greater Good 89
Public Agenda: Speak Up and Get Heard 90
Community Wall: Life Outside of Work 90
Snow Globes and Collective Memory 91
Facilitation Rotation 92
Dream List: Imagining Our Ideal World 92
Section III the How-to Manual
7 Visioning 99
Visioning 100
Creativity 107
8 Visibility 113
9 Self-Awareness 117
Reflection and Affect 121
Interpersonal Adeptness 135
Morality 140
Ego Control 141
10 Managing Well 145
Team Building 146
Communication 153
Protection 157
Decision-Making 163
Epilogue 169
Appendix A: Additional Resources 171
Appendix B: Organizational Development Bibliography 173
References 181
Acknowledgments 187
About the Author 189
Index 191
