Stories of Transformative Leadership in the Human Services: Why the Glass Is Always Full / Edition 1

by Steve Burghardt, Willie Tolliver

Overview

Certain to excite and inspire both students entering the human services field and seasoned non-profit professionals, Stories of Transformative Leadership in the Human Services: Why the Glass Is Always Full is the first full-length leadership book to focus on the unique challenges of the public and non-profit executive, manager, and educator. Written in a lively story-telling style, the book develops a leadership model for those who inspire without bonuses and seek a powerful legacy through people's lives.

Using real-life vignettes drawn from actual experiences, the stories in this book distill important lessons and unfold in a powerful manner that will resonate with any professional asked to work harder . . . with a smaller budget. Questions woven through each story connect to the book's more theoretical material on leadership, personal mastery, and community-building.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412970174
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/07/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Steve Burghardt, Ph D, is professor of social work at the Hunter College School of Social Work and partner of the Leadership Transformation Group, is a recognized expert on community organizing, democratic leadership, and popular education. He has taught, trained, consulted, and organized with both grass roots community groups and large scale public agencies on new models of practice throughout his career. The author of seven other books and numerous articles, he has won numerous awards for his teaching on community organizing through popular education, political economy of social welfare, and theories of social change.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Part 1. The Depletion of Value
1. A Boring Assignment
2. Half-Empty? Half-Full?
3. Jack-of-All-Trades
4. Running to Catch Up
5. The Extra Mile
6. Clipping Coupons
7. The Assembly Line
8. Splashed Water
9. Good Grooming
10. Salt and Pepper in the Pot
11. Good News, Bad News
Part 2. Creating Abundance
12. Popsicle Sticks
13. Seeking Illumination
14. Casing a Lure
15. Mr. Trumbull's Motto
16. The Second Golden Rule
17. Clean As You Go
18. Carry Your Vision in Your Pocket
19. Politeness Doesn't Cost a Cent
20. Two Truths
21. Take the Cover off the Book
22. Build Your Community and They Will Come . . . Again
23. The Crossroads
Learning Guide: Reflective Questions for Discussion and Classroom Integration
Part 3. A Leadership Model of Personal and Organizational Transformation
Starting Before the Beginning
24. If the Work Is Sacred, Then So Are You
The Commitment to Being
Meditation Exercises
25. The Transformative Model
The Commitment to Doing
26. Carry Your Vision as a Tool
Carry Your Vision as a Tool Exercises
27. Practicing Patience and Politeness
Practicing Patience and Politeness Exercises
28. Embracing Diversity
Embracing Diversity Exercises
29. Clean As You Go
Clean As You Go Exercises
30. Building Community
Building Community Exercises
References and Books of Note
Index
About the Authors