Managing the Twenty-first Century: Transforming Toward Mutual Growth

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
To the Reader: The How and Why of This Book......Page 12
Brief History and Definitions......Page 16
Authentic Leadership in Practice......Page 18
Becoming an Authentic Leader......Page 21
The Self-Reflection Exercise: Finding Meaning......Page 22
Death Awareness Exercise......Page 27
Whole-Body Learning: A Path to Authenticity and Integrity......Page 33
Using Creative Drawings to Visualize Leadership......Page 40
Survey of Managerial Style......Page 44
Leadership and Changing Work Environments: Using Role-Play Exercises......Page 59
Understanding Stress and Developing Resiliency to Stress......Page 64
Introduction......Page 94
Contemplating Meaningful Work......Page 101
Making Meaningfulness Visible to Oneself......Page 102
Collective Conversations About Meaningful Work......Page 105
Organizational Values Integration Reflection......Page 110
Meditation on Work as a Calling......Page 116
Spiritual Lifeline: An Integrative Exercise......Page 120
Role Plays of Conflicts Commonly Faced by Undergraduate Students......Page 125
Introduction......Page 134
Behaviors Leading to Self-Actualization......Page 137
Motivations Behind Appreciative Inquiry......Page 138
Main Principles of Appreciative Inquiry......Page 140
The 4-D Model......Page 141
Conversations of Mutual Understanding: Deconstructing Silos......Page 143
Dialogue Circle: An Exercise in Gendered Introspection and Reflection......Page 150
Dialogue Circle: An Exercise in Embracing Racial/Ethnic Diversity......Page 161
Traffic Light Exercise......Page 169
\"The Preferred Classroom\" Exercise......Page 172
Stepping Outside the Comfort Zone......Page 183
Ethics: Definitions......Page 192
Emotional Intelligence: Definitions......Page 195
The Connection: Ethics and EI......Page 197
Personal Values Reflection......Page 198
Perspective is Everything!......Page 203
Guided Visualizations......Page 206
What Motivates Me?......Page 210
Life Game......Page 215
Contributors......Page 226
Index......Page 236