Spiritlinking Leadership: Working Through Resistance to Organizational Change

by Markham, Donna J.

• ISBN13: 9780809138401
• ISBN10: 0809138409
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

An approach to leadership that affirms each individual as an expression of organizational energy, wisdom, spirit, and culture, and encourages trust in the collective inner wisdom of the members of the group. This work is non-denominational. High hopes that this will be picked up by corporations. An academic catalog selection.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Foreword	viii
Theo Theodosiou
Preface	xi
Spiritlinking... An Introduction	1	(22)
Spiritlinking: The Need	2	(2)
The Challenge	4	(7)
Bridging Disunity and Promoting Community	4	(6)
Deepening a Sense of Meaning	10	(1)
The skills	11	(7)
Managing Vision	11	(2)
Creating Synergy through Sustaining Creative Conflict	13	(3)
Working through Grief and Resistance	16	(2)
Your Turn....	18	(5)
Working Through Resistance	23	(27)
Stataic vs. Agitated Resistance	27	(2)
Manifestations of Resistance	29	(11)
Signs and Symptoms of Resistance at Work	40	(1)
Process of Working through Resistance	41	(5)
Your Turn....	46	(4)
Spiritlinking, Truth Telling and Increasing The Pain	50	(17)
Truth Telling and Disequilibrium	52	(3)
Cave Keeping	55	(4)
Attempting to Keep Balance	59	(3)
Exploring a Spiritlinking Alternative	62	(2)
Wonder in the Midst of the Mess	64	(2)
Your Turn...	66	(1)
Leading For The Common Good	67	(25)
Perspectives on the common Good	73	(3)
Becoming Comfortable with and Adept at Handling Conflict	76	(4)
Guarding against Groupthink	80	(4)
Promoting Efficacious Communal Action	84	(1)
Working through Resistance--a Case Example	85	(4)
Your Turn....	89	(3)
Fostering Community, Interpreting, Metaphors	92	(21)
Listening to the Metaphor	93	(2)
The Corporate Community as Metaphor	95	(3)
Resistance to Collaboration	98	(6)
The Collaborative Work Community	104	(2)
The Promise of a Corporate Community Realized	106	(3)
Your Turn....	109	(4)
Providing Healthy Leadership	113	(17)
The Unrecovering Addict	115	(2)
The Narcissist as Leader	117	(3)
The ``As-If'' Leader in the Empty Suit	120	(2)
The Talking Head as Leader	122	(1)
The Spiritlinking Leader	123	(2)
Staying Healthy	125	(1)
Your Turn....	126	(4)
Putting It All Together	130	(10)
Linking	131	(2)
Grounding	133	(3)
Illuminating Energy	136	(2)
You've Got the Last World...	138	(2)
Notes	140	(1)
Recommended Reading	141