Schmitz Everyone Leads

Building Leadership from the Community Up
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-12072-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

Praise for Everyone Leads
"If America is going to continue to thrive in the twenty-firstcentury, we must strengthen our sense of community. In EveryoneLeads, Schmitz lays out the challenges for those of us who have apassion to make a difference and, more important, the strategies tospark lasting change from the grassroots up. His unique perspectiveand experience make this a must-read for communityactivists."--Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO, HarlemChildren's Zone
"This moment in history demands that we stop waiting forothers--especially others living in Washington, D.C.--tosolve the problems and right the wrongs of our times. Now, morethan ever, we must mine the most underutilized resource availableto us: We the People. Everyone Leads shows us how."--AriannaHuffington, president and executive editor, Huffington Post MediaGroup
"Social change has always come from the leadership of the many,not the few. Everyone Leads shows us how we can all step up andcontribute to social change."--Tavis Smiley, author,broadcaster, philanthropist
"Every nonprofit can learn from Public Allies' example that theleadership we need to solve problems exists within our communities.Everyone Leads is a guide to inclusion, collaboration, andcommunity building that will inspire readers to see leadership andopportunity in places we don't usually look."--Sterling Speirn,CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
"Schmitz has produced the road map we need for this 'all handson deck' moment when we need a new spirit of collaborativeleadership and action to face the problems of our day. Reading thisbook, we are not surprised that Michelle Obama learned from PublicAllies how to build leaders and build communities."--HarrisWofford, former United States Senator, and CEO of the Corporationfor National and Community Service under President Bill Clinton
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmitz, Paul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xv
Part One: About Public Allies and the Concept That EveryoneLeads 1
1. Coming to the Conviction That Everyone Leads 3
2. My Leadership Journey 35
3. The Tradition and Future of the Concept That Everyone Leads63
4. The Responsibility of Leadership 91
Part Two: The Five Core Public Allies Leadership Values121
5. Recognizing and Mobilizing All of a Community's Assets123
6. Connecting Across Cultures 155
7. Facilitating Collaborative Action 187
8. Continuously Learning and Improving 213
9. Being Accountable to Ourselves and Others 243
Afterword 269
Notes 271
The Author 289
Public Allies 291
Index 295

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Schmitz is the CEO of Public Allies, which advances leadership to strengthen communities, nonprofits, and civic participation across the country. He is recognized as one of America's most influential nonprofit leaders; writes and speaks frequently on social innovation, civic participation, diversity, and community building; and has served on President Obama's transition team and the White House Council on Community Solutions.