True North Groups, 1st Edition

by Bill George; Douglas M. Baker

• ISBN13: 9781609940089
• ISBN10: 1609940083
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-09-01
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

All too often, we find ourselves forced to confront life's challenges on our own. What we need is an intimate group with whom we can examine our beliefs and share our lives. For the past thirty-five years, Bill George and Doug Baker have found the answer in True North Groups-small groups that gather regularly to explore members' greatest challenges. These groups provide opportunities for the honest conversations essential to develop the self-awareness, compassion, emotional intelligence, and authenticity required to be inspired human beings and inspiring leaders.At various times, George and Baker write, a True North Group will function as a nurturer, a grounding rod, a truth teller, and a mirror. At other times the group functions as a challenger or an inspirer. When people are wracked with self-doubts, it helps build their courage and ability to cope.Drawing on recent research in psychology and sociology, George and Baker explain why these groups are so critical to our personal and professional success. They cover every detail from choosing members, establishing norms, and dealing with conflicts to evaluating progress and deciding when it's time to restructure. True North Groups provides a wealth of practical resources, including suggested topics for the first twelve meetings advice on facilitating groups, techniques to evaluate group satisfaction, and much more.For the millions of people who are searching for greater meaning and intimacy in their lives, this book will help them to grow as leaders and as people-and to stay on course to their True North.