A Transition Town group involved in preparations for peak oil and climate change; an intentional community, founded with the highest ideals; a nonprofit dedicated to social change ? millions of such voluntary groups exist around the world. These collaborative organizations have the unique potential to harness their members? ideals, passions, skills, and knowledge ? if they can succeed in getting along together.
The Empowerment Manual is a comprehensive guide for groups seeking to organize with shared power and bottom-up leadership to foster vision, trust, accountability and responsibility. This desperately needed toolkit provides keys to:
- understanding group dynamics
- facilitating communication and collective decision-making
- dealing effectively with difficult people.
Drawing on four decades of experience, Starhawk shows how collaborative groups can generate the cooperation, efficacy and commitment critical to success. Her extensive exploration of group process is woven together with the story of RootBound ? a fictional ecovillage mired in conflict ? and roundedout with a series of real-life case studies. The included exercises and facilitator?s toolbox show how to establish the necessary structures, ground rules and healthy norms. The Empowerment Manual is required reading for anyone who wants to help their group avoid disagreement and disillusionment and become a wellspring of creativity and innovation.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 302.3
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9780865716971 9781550924848
- LCCN
- HM716
- LCCN Item number
- S73 2011eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 285 p.)
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00227445 (OCoLC)758984122 (CaOOCEL)439363
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Front Page 1
- Advance Praise 3
- Title Page 7
- Rights Page 8
- Dedication 9
- Join the Conversation 10
- Contents 11
- Table of Questions and Exercises 13
- Acknowledgments 17
- Chapter 1: A New Era of Empowerment 19
- Chapter 2: RootBound Ecovillage and the Talisman of Healthy Community 33
- Chapter 3: The Circle of Vision 43
- Chapter 4: The Axis of Action — Power and Responsibility 61
- Chapter 5: The Axis of Learning — Communication and Trust 95
- Chapter 6: Leadership Roles for Leaderless Groups 141
- Chapter 7: Group Conflict 171
- Chapter 8: Dealing with Difficult People 215
- Chapter 9: Groups that Work 259
- Endnotes 285
- Bibliography and References 291
- Index 297
- It’s not over yet … 304
- About the Author 305
