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The Circle Way

Author Christina Baldwin , Ann Linnea
Release Date: 2010/03/01
ISBN: 9781605092584
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Book Description

Collaboration and group cohesion are vital to any healthy enterprise. In collaborative environments, good ideas can come from everywhere. Today's thoughtful leaders support interpersonal experiences that ensure clear speaking, open-minded listening, and well-grounded decision making. Reintroducing our most ancient social process, the circle, welcomes everyone to equal participation. Here, two international leaders of circle as a modern methodology offer a comprehensive guide to this foundational human interaction.

The Circle Way lays out the basics of circle conversation based on the authors' nearly two decades of experience implementing circle practice in organizations. Through illustrative stories that show the circle in action and delve into its deepest aspects, Baldwin and Linnea provide detailed instructions for getting started, setting intention, and resolving conflicts. Their work illuminates the profound impact of circle on people who participate in it.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Foreword When Did We Forget This?
  7. Preface The Origin of the PeerSpirit Circle Process
  8. Part I The Circle Way
    1. Chapter 1 Where Circle Comes From and Where It Can Take Us
    2. Chapter 2 The Components of Circle
  9. Part II Circles at Work in the World
    1. Chapter 3 The Power of Preparation, Invitation, Intention, and Center
    2. Chapter 4 Rotating Positions ofLeadership in the Circle
    3. Chapter 5 Accountability Through Agreements, Practices, and Principles
    4. Chapter 6 Circle, Step by Step
  10. Part III The Art of Presence in Circle
    1. Chapter 7 Story as Core Communication
    2. Chapter 8 Activating and Responding in a Social Container
    3. Chapter 9 Why Circle Takes Us to the Shadow
    4. Chapter 10 Circle as Support for Collective Healing
  11. Part IV Circle as Paradigm Shift
    1. Chapter 11 Organizational Experiments in Circle Governance
    2. Chapter 12 Circle as a Way of Life
  12. Afterword Circle in the Heart ofStone Christina Baldwin
  13. Glossary
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography and Resources
  16. Acknowledgments
  17. About the Authors
  18. Index
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