"Leaders are needed to articulate a vision and help an organization galvanize the resources to create a preferred future, one that both inspires and motivates. Leaders bring the right people together to generate new resources, human and financial. New opportunities can then open up" (from the book). A leader is like an orchestra conductor, setting the tempo but knowing that real music will arise only when each member is playing the appropriate instrument and the right part. This book is for leaders and administrators in Waldorf schools, Camphill communities, farms, clinics, and other not-for-profit initiatives. The themes are broad--personal, interpersonal, and organizational--and intended to stimulate discussion and awareness in a way that promotes self-reflection that leads to both inner and professional growth. In the end, we are servant-leaders, doing what needs to be done for the sake of real human beings in our care. We need the tools and insights vital to accomplishing our highest ideals.
Leadership is not just a job but also a calling. C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments PART ONE: HOW TO BECOME THE LEADER YOUR ORGANIZATION NEEDS 1. Introduction 2. Breathing 3. Management and Leadership 4. Facilitation 5. Decision-making: A Litmus Test for Leaders 6. Agreements 7.
Role Clarity 8. Strategic vs. Tactical Leadership 9. Taking a Break 10. Authority, Influence and Power Dynamics in Waldorf Schools 11. Peter Drucker 12. The Double: The Shadow Side of Groups 13. Organizational Trauma 14.
Reframing 15. Humor 16. A Number Exercise 17. Our Karmic Companions 18. Role-Plays and Adult Learning 19. Human Resource Management 20. Time 21. Your Deficit Can Become Your Abundance 22.
Email and Time Management 23. Leaders as Speakers 24. Betrayal and Forgiveness 25. Working with a Board 26. Seek and You Will Find 27. Administrators as Knights Templar of the Twenty-first Century PART TWO: VOICES FROM THE FIELD 1. The Artistic Meeting: Creating Space for Spirit by Holly Koteen-Soule 2. Eurythmy in the Workplace Based on Conversations with Barbara Richardson 3.
Pausing by Claire M. Stanley, PhD 4. The Birth of the First Waldorf School by Milan Daler 5. Implementing Threefold Structure in a High School Community by Rea Gill 6. Public Waldorf by Rainbow Rosenbloom 7. Dialogue and Restorative Circles by John Cunningham 8. Sleep by Lynn Jericho 9. The Role of Teacher-Artists in the Sevenfold Waldorf School by Reg Down 10.
The Wisdom of Geese by Angeles Arrien 11. Wellsprings of the Art of Education by Christof Wiechert 12. Advice for Administrators by Siegfried E. Finser 13. Poems and Verses for Leaders Epilogue: Social Architecture as a Foundation for Collaborative Leadership Appendices.