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TO FACE Giving Without Giving Ourselves Away: An interview with Dawna Markova |
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PEGASUS
CONFERENCE UPDATE |
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LEARNING
LINKS The Art of Facilitative Leadership: Maximizing Others’ Contributions |
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LP: In the verse that opens I Will Not Die an Unlived Life, you write, "I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom goes on as fruit." Is it possible to help people develop that kind of generative outlook, particularly when the turmoil gripping so much of the world right now – whether political, cultural, or climatological – seems to result in a general feeling of apathy or disengagement? DM: I think that the fragmentation and disengagement we're experiencing now comes, in large part, from the fact that we're living in a culture that doesn't cultivate wisdom. We don't know how to honor questions, and therefore we're not accessing the part of our minds that creates meaning and coherence out of our lives. If you don't cultivate a garden, you don't get fruit. It's primarily
in response to that need that my husband Andy Bryner and I have
returned to teaching the study groups we began twenty years ago.
We want to explore the question, "How do you risk your significance?"
In other words, how can we use the gifts we were given on behalf
of what we care deeply about? The format is based on the approach
we followed with several communities of commitment, as we called
them. They were made up of a mix of people from education, the healing
arts, social services, nonprofits, as well as artists from many
disciplines. It's a joy to return to them now because, after a decade
away, we're able to see how these relationships have endured and
resulted in sustained learning. We think it's a powerful model for
today. Suggested further
resources from Dawna: |
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PEGASUS
CONFERENCE UPDATE Low pre-summer rates still available! Register before June 30 to secure your place and save $400 off the standard conference price!
Weavers, Mappers, and Loopers Enhance the Conference Experience Creating
a rich container for learning requires that we engage all our faculties
and senses. We are happy to announce that the conference will once
again include the contributions of some special facilitators to
help you see and think differently.
For more information, check out the program highlights on the conference website. |
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LEARNING
LINKS Leadership traditionally has been thought of as “doing the right thing” while management has been defined as “doing things right.” Contemporary leadership combines these two distinctions with an emphasis on “doing the right thing . . . right.” No one individual, however talented or knowledgeable, can single-handedly lead an organization to success. To advance their organizations’ efforts, leaders must be able to actively engage others so their talents and contributions are fully leveraged. How can they do so? Using facilitation skills. Effective facilitation involves using processes and tools to maximize the collective intelligence of individuals in a group to determine the right course of action and to then build a template for acting on the choices they make. Facilitation
is a skill that almost all individuals can master and add to their
overall portfolio of leadership skills. The essence of facilitative
leadership can be summarized in six major
Professional
literature often draws rigid lines between leadership and management,
seeming to suggest that one is right and one is wrong. In reality,
organizations need individuals who both do the right thing and
are
capable of doing things right. They need people who can help individuals
and groups do the right things right—the very nature of
facilitative leadership. Read the complete article or see The Systems Thinker, V15N10 (December 2004/January 2005) Subscribe to The Systems Thinker |
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Many
of you know Dawna Markova through her
inspirational
bestselling books, including Random
Acts of Kindness and 
"This
new DVD captures Dennis Meadows at his best—informal,
articulate, insightful. He is an important
mentor for us all in facing some of the
most difficult problems humans have ever
had to face."
Save
That Frog
Dawna
Markova is the creator of 
16th
Annual Pegasus Conference
Linda
Booth Sweeney provides weaving and thematic integration
throughout the program, framing and contextualizing the sessions
to enable deeper learning and understanding.
Michelle
Boos-Stone captures the plenary sessions through mind-mapping
graphics, conveying the emotional and intellectual essence of the
presentations.
Dave
Packer and Kris Wile facilitate
an ongoing causal loop and stock & flow clinic, providing you
an opportunity to practice using these powerful systems thinking
tools to understand the dynamic relationships inherent in the questions
that are emerging for you at the conference and in your work back
home.