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Leading from Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead
Sam M. Intrator
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Description for Leading from Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead
Hardcover. This beautiful collection of 92 poems -- including poems by Walt Whitman, Mary Oliver, Langston Hughes, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, Pablo Neruda, T.S. Eliot, and more -- will touch the minds and hearts of leaders and encourage and sustain them in their work. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DC; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
Leading from Within is a wonderful collection of ninety-three poems from well-loved poets, each of which is accompanied by a brief personal commentary from a leader explaining the significance and meaning of the poem in his or her life and work. The contributors represent a wide range of professions including Vanguard Group founder John Bogle, MoveOn.org cofounder Joan Blades, several members of Congress, Christian activist Brian McLaren, business guru Peter Senge, and many other leaders from business, medicine, education, nonprofits, law, politics and government, and religion. In their reflections, these leaders explore how they have been inspired by poets such ... Read more
Leading from Within is a wonderful collection of ninety-three poems from well-loved poets, each of which is accompanied by a brief personal commentary from a leader explaining the significance and meaning of the poem in his or her life and work. The contributors represent a wide range of professions including Vanguard Group founder John Bogle, MoveOn.org cofounder Joan Blades, several members of Congress, Christian activist Brian McLaren, business guru Peter Senge, and many other leaders from business, medicine, education, nonprofits, law, politics and government, and religion. In their reflections, these leaders explore how they have been inspired by poets such ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787988692
SKU
V9780787988692
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About Sam M. Intrator
Sam M. Intrator is a professor at Smith College and founder of the Smith College Urban Education Initiative. A Kellogg National Leadership Fellow, he is the author/editor of five books, including Tuned In and Fired Up, Teaching with Fire, and Stories of the Courage to Teach. Megan Scribner is an editor who also documents and evaluates programs for ... Read more
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