Being Human at Work Bringing Somatic Intelligence Into Your Professional Life

by STROZZI-HECKLER, RICHARD

• ISBN13: 9781556434471
• ISBN10: 1556434472
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781583944103
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
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Summary

This anthology of interdisciplinary writings looks at the integration of mind, body, and spirit as it plays out in the workplacewhether in birth coaching, teaching parents, assisting the terminally ill, or working in the military, the classroom, or the corporation. These essays reveal what gets in the way of our humanity in the work world and how to rediscover that humanity. Written by leading professionals in business, education, medicine, technology, finance, psychology, and the military, this collection of essays exploring how reconnecting with one's humanity can result in true leadership in any field.

Author Biography

Richard Strozzi-Heckler is President of the Strozzi Institute, The Center for Leadership and Mastery. He has a sixth-degree black belt in aikido and a doctorate in psychology. Dr. Strozzi-Heckler has taught the principles of embodied leadership and mastery to businesses, the government, the military, non-profits, health care professionals, and educators for the last thirty years. He is the author of The Anatomy of Change and In Search of the Warrior Spirit. He is the editor of Aikido and the New Warrior and Holding the Center.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(7)
Part One: Career as Calling	7	(10)
For the Sake of What	9	(8)
Richard Leider
Part Two: Leading the Way	17	(38)
The Leadership Dojo: Leadership as a Path of Awakening	19	(16)
Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Embodied Leaders Changing Low-Income Communities	35	(12)
Judith Rosenberg
Leading by Listening	47	(8)
Ariana Strozzi
Part Three: Taking It to the Organization	55	(50)
The Body of Management	57	(10)
Robert Dunham
The Fundamentals of Practice	67	(8)
Woody Allen
Wringing out an Old Sponge: Where Personal Dysfunction Meets the Pretense of Corporate Caring	75	(14)
Tom Lutes
Leadership Development and Increased Productivity at Work	89	(8)
Peter Luzmore
Listening to Bodies Long-Distance: The Power and Possibility of Telephone Coaching	97	(8)
Suzanne Zeman
Part Four: Taking It to Education	105	(52)
When the Classroom Door Swings Inward	107	(10)
Peter Reilly
The Embodied Writer: The Flesh into Word	117	(16)
Mary Wagner
The Somatic Engineer	133	(12)
Peter Denning
Somatics and Parenting	145	(12)
Karen Short
Part Five: The Healing Path	157	(78)
Building a Better Deathbed	159	(8)
Patrick Clary
Coming Home to the Body: A Journey for Adolescents	167	(8)
Denise Benson
Fighting for Dignity	175	(10)
Rich Poccia
From Deadly Dance to Dance of Delight	185	(6)
Paula Love
From Surviving to Thriving	191	(8)
Jennifer Cohen
The Power of Somatics in Sobriety	199	(12)
J. Clare Bowen-Davies
Conquering Chronic Headaches: Somatic Self-Care for Transforming Pain	211	(14)
Jan Mundo
Something Happened	225	(10)
Michael Moran
Part Six: The Military	235	(28)
A Model for Decision Making for the Military Leader	237	(16)
Lt. Colonel Fred Krawchuk
A Lesson in Fear	253	(10)
Capt. John Duvall
Contributors	263