Leading Through Conflict: How Successful Leaders Transform Differences into Opportunities9 reviews Mark Gerzon Harvard Business School Press, 2006 Building Community through Leadership + A discussion of the leader as mediator + Good For Managing Differences + Mark's book is consistent with the man himself + Accessible, practical and wise             The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy17 reviews William Greider Simon & Schuster, 2004 Encouraging a little impudence + The Hobo Philosopher + Capitalism's soul needs a touch up + How to Fix Capitalism's Flaws (without replacing it)             Beyond Machiavelli : Tools for Coping With Conflict7 reviews Roger Fisher, Elizabeth Kopelman, ... Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996 Conquering Conflict + Focusing on Conflict Resolution as a Process + Help for us in everyday conflict + The negotiaton explained + If You Liked Getting to Yes....             Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future14 reviews Margaret J. Wheatley Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002 If there is one book on changing relationships you must read, this is it! + Turning to One Another - Review + Read it and talk about it with a group of friends. + Heart blowing! + One of the most important books I've read             Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die218 reviews Chip Heath, Dan Heath Random House, 2007 Made to Stick + Glued to Made to Stick + Made to Stick + Fantastic job!             The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right44 reviews Michael Lerner HarperOne, 2006 A Must Read Book + empty secular society and overly absolute religious attitudes are shared problems + Mercy to balance Severity Every couple of pages I found myself enlightened. "Oh, that makes sense" or "Yeah, I can see that." This book answers questions about our lives in America, what went wrong, and what we can do about it, on both a macro and a personal level. Why we (all of us) feel so overwhelmed and beaten down, ...             The Politics of Hope: Reviving the Dream of Democracy7 reviews Donna Zajonc Synergy Books, 2004 A Must Read for Those Who Care About Leaders + Applies to Canadian Politics as Well + Politics of Hope: Reviving the Dream of Democracy + Politics is no longer a dirty word             Waging Peace: The Art of War for the Antiwar Movement7 reviews Scott Ritter Nation Books, 2007 The peace movement needs help - Here it is + No fan of Hierarchy, but Ritter has a point! + A Pop in the Eye for the PW Pigs + "America will become a nation of war, for war, and defined by war, and as such a nation that will ultimately be consumed by war"             Who Will Tell The People? : The Betrayal Of American Democracy16 reviews William Greider Simon & Schuster, 1993 History Proved Him Right + The Hobo Philosopher + North America and Western Europe Free at Last + Thing Haven't Changed Much             A House Divided2 reviews Mark Gerzon Tarcher, 1997 Profound and enjoyable, too. Great combination! + Required reading for those interested in our society. Mark Gerzon, in A House Divided : Six Belief Systems Struggling for America's Soul, provides insight into the major dynamics of American politics and culture and the internal struggles which will shape our nation for generations to come. If the reader will put himself in the place of each of the ...             A Simpler Way20 reviews Margaret J Wheatley, Myron Kellner-Rogers Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1998 Simpler way to absorb ideas from Leadership and the New Science + A very interesting book + Symbiosis is the norm + Simply wonderful             Transforming Leadership1 review James MacGregor Burns Grove Press, 2004 A Walk Down Memory Lane Burns has a unique way of weaving the events of History and Leadership Theory by presenting a logical praxis. It is in this unique capability that the reader will find him or herself finding not only a fair and balanced articulation of the events as they occurred but the leadership ramifications ...             The Change Handbook: The Definitive Resource on Today's Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems6 reviews Peggy Holman, Tom Devane, ... Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007 Utterly Phenomenal: *The* Book for Living Life to the Fullest + Makes Change Possible + Better than expected + The Change Handbook: The Definitive Resource on Today's Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems + A Book We All Must Have             The Collaborative Leadership Fieldbook3 reviews David D. Chrislip Jossey-Bass, 2002 The best book on collaboration + Foundation Work for Our Future + Building a coalition? Read this book first This book will be the standard for all other books about collaboration to measure themselves. Mr. Chrislip is among the best facilitators of collaborative processes anywhere. The author is also a skilled teacher and is able to convey both his knowledge and lessons of experience in this book. ...             Improper behavior1 review Elizabeth Janeway Morrow, 1987 When Misbehavior Can Be Good for Society I entitled this review with the sub-title of Elizabeth Janeway's brilliant book. This is a book that is long overdue for a reprint and perhaps an update. I read it in the 1980's and used it in the 1990's on more than one occasion, with the line, inspired by this book: "It used to be legal to ...             God Laughs & Plays; Churchless Sermons in Response to the Preachments of the Fundamentalist Right19 reviews David James Duncan Triad Books, 2007 Critical Thinking in Religion + Too Powerful to Express in Words + Gore Tex Mystic + thought provoking + A David Duncan Appetizer Sampler             Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad16 reviews Frances Moore Lappe Small Planet Media, 2007 Yes We Can + making a difference + We need to listen + Getting a Grip + Getting a Grip             Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age6 reviews Allison Fine Jossey-Bass, 2006 A Must-Read--This Book Will Start Your Wheels Turning + One of Two MUST READS For Any Social Activist + Inspiring and Insightful....A Must Read! Wow! This book is relevant, not only for existing activist organizations (all of which should run out and buy a copy immediately), but also for any "Joe Citizen" like me who has pet issues on various local levels and who wants to effect change expeditiously. Sprinkled with wry humor, this ...             The Nine Nations of North America19 reviews Joel Garreau Avon Books (P), 1989 North America as You Really Know It + Some predictions in this book are prescient, others are still futuristic + Merits Reprinting and Slight Updating + Dated, but still excellent             Leadership and the New Science: Learning About Organization from an Orderly Universe16 reviews Margaret J. Wheatley Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1994 World class philosophy but light on specifics + "Tipping Point" Book, Vital for Achieving Sustainable Peace and Prosperity + Wheatley provokes the mind to rethink organizations + Excellent resource for principals!