Seeking to help readers clarify what leadership means to them, Christian warns that this book isn\u2019t intended for passive reading\u2014the editor is inviting readers to engage in the \u201cpersonal, professional, soul, spiritual\u201d work outlined in this motivational work (the first volume in a series) that she describes as \u201ca space for truth-telling, for authenticity at its core. A place to honor the messy, magical process of becoming.\u201d Her exhortations include \u201cEngage Authentically,\u201d \u201cExercise Your Discomfort Muscle\u201d (\u201cLet go of the need to agree with everything\u201d), and \u201cPersonalize Your Experience.\u201d In these pages, Christian has assembled testimonials from various businesspeople and motivational figures, all evincing what contributor Jacquelyn Bsharah calls \u201cThoughtful Leadership,\u201d which she describes as \u201ca values-based approach to leadership that prioritizes self-awareness, authenticity, and aligning decisions with purpose, not just performance.\u201d The pieces vary in tone and content. Executive James Harris, for example, reflects on the tough love he received from his father, which taught him that leadership is \u201cabout showing up, doing the work, and carrying others with you.\u201d Journalist-turned-consultant Bsharah looks back on being rejected for a job as a special assignment reporter and how she used the setback as motivation to work harder (\u201cLess than a year later, I was tapped for a major story, and eventually was promoted to running the division\u201d). The decision to include a range of distinctive narrative voices was a wise one; the different perspectives liven up the pace and keep the flow interesting. Readers will find some contributors more engaging than others, depending on whether they want their leadership advice to be practical or spiritual (some contributors talk about real-world workplace challenges, while others quote Rumi). Despite these differences, the concept of \u201cThoughtful Leadership\u201d tends to unify the whole.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Seeking to help readers clarify what leadership means to them, Christian warns that this book isn\u2019t intended for passive reading\u2014the editor is inviting readers to engage in the \u201cpersonal, professional, soul, spiritual\u201d work outlined in this motivational work (the first volume in a series) that she describes as \u201ca space for truth-telling, for authenticity at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}