The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair - Softcover

Baldwin, Christina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605092568 ISBN 13: 9781605092560

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

Collaboration and group cohesion are vital to any healthy enterprise. In collaborative environments, good ideas can come from everywhere. Today’s thoughtful leaders support interpersonal experiences that ensure clear speaking, open-minded listening, and well-grounded decision making. Reintroducing our most ancient social process, the circle, welcomes everyone to equal participation. Here, two international leaders of circle as a modern methodology offer a comprehensive guide to this foundational human interaction.

The Circle Way lays out the basics of circle conversation based on the authors’ nearly two decades of experience implementing circle practice in organizations. Through illustrative stories that show the circle in action and delve into its deepest aspects, Baldwin and Linnea provide detailed instructions for getting started, setting intention, and resolving conflicts. Their work illuminates the profound impact of circle on people who participate in it.

About this title

Book Description:

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. Meetings in the round have become the preferred tool for moving individual commitment into group action.
 

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1605092568
• ISBN 13: 9781605092560
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240