Description
Book SynopsisFilled with stories of successful social change leadership in diverse contexts, this book demonstrates that the best change agents love the people involved most of all.
Many people have experienced change trauma under leaders whose agenda was more important than anythingor anyoneelse, so it is no wonder that change failure rates are often reported as 40% to 70%. There is another way: change leaders who work to solve some of the world's toughest problems realize that working with others is necessary to accomplishing a social change mission. This book shares the insights of those who lead social change in the non-profit sector, and shows how they catalyze the urgency for, connect people toward, and continue momentum for a desired change. Their stories reveal three interconnected dimensions of leading change: people (relationships for change), process (communicating for change), and purpose (the change mission). Ultimately, readers will learn that strengthening social capi
Table of Contents
Introduction: Change the Way We Lead Change 1. Context: The Who, Why, and Where of Change Leaders 2. Setting the Table: A Conversation with Change Scholars 3. Discernment: A Change Leader’s Superpower 4. A People-Centric Approach to Catalyzing Urgency for Change 5. A People-Centric Approach to Connecting Others to Change 6. A People-Centric Approach to Continuing Momentum for Change 7. The People, Process, and Purpose of Change 8. Co-Construct Relational Bridges 8. Practical Suggestions to Change the Way You Lead Change 9. Advice to Emerging Nonprofit Change Agent Leaders
