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The following links may be helpful in exploring other programs, materials, and resources for spirituality and leadership, and spirit at work. The James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland fosters principled leadership through scholarship, education, and training, with special attention to advancing the leadership of groups historically underrepresented in public life. Working from the belief that there is leadership in every person, the Academy studies, trains, and teaches emerging and experienced leaders to cross boundaries - between theory and practice, business and government, majority and minority groups, and among nations. At the Academy, it's all about changing the face of leadership. http://www.academy.umd.edu/aboutus/index.htm
The Association for Spirit at Work is a non-profit association of people and organizations who are interested in the study and/or practice of spirituality in the workplace. The mission of the Association for Spirit at Work is to provide community, information, and education, for those who are integrating their work and their spirituality and for those who are called to support societal transformation through organizational development and change. http://www.spiritatwork.org/index.shtml
Beliefnet:
The Source for Spirituality, Religion & Morality A multi-faith e-community designed to help meet religious and spiritual needs. To achieve the mission of Beliefnet, the site provides the following: information & inspiration, experts & scholars, prayer circles, kits to celebrate births, weddings, etc., and online discussions & group dialogue.
Center
for Creative Leadership: Leadership, Learning, Life The mission of the Center for
Creative Leadership is to advance the understanding, practice and development of
leadership for the benefit of society worldwide.
The Center is a nonprofit educational institution that is internationally
recognized resource for understanding and expanding the leadership capabilities
of individuals and organizations. At the Center, we believe leadership
development is the cornerstone of organizational effectiveness. Our role is to
help address the leadership component of both business and organizational
challenges.
Core Wisdom is designed for people who want a dynamic and practical way to apply the Wisdom principles to all areas of their lives. It is intended for individuals who are self-generative, independent thinkers; innately inquisitive, and committed to looking at themselves and their world beyond the frame of accepted assumptions and inherited knowledge. If you tend to focus on possibilities rather than on limitations, if you are interested in putting your insights into action, if you consider life an opportunity for creating, then Core Wisdom may be for you. Core Wisdom participants include entrepreneurs, executives, contractors, salespeople, management consultants, authors, chiropractors, administrators, artists, engineers, scientists, lawyers, dentists, homemakers, psychologists, students and teachers.
DeepPlanet:
Co-creating Conscious, Ecologically Sustainable and Creative Living Deepplanet is a website for consciousness, ecologically sustainable, culturally sustainable and creative living. Deepplanet attempts to create dialogue between the different and often disparate movements for consciousness, ecological sustainability and cultural sustainability. Its reason for existence is to inspire, assist and support people across cultures to bring to fruition their most cherished visions for a sustainable and soulful world. Explore, share your own articles, your visions and projects. Connect with like minds in the forums. Read interviews and articles by, and about, many of the people on the planet today whose inspired and fascinating work is making a difference.
Global
Renaissance Alliance: Re-Envisioning the World The Global Renaissance Alliance is a citizen-based, international network of spiritual activists. Our mission is to make a stand in our local, national and global communities for the role of spiritual principle in solving the problems of the world. We call this work the New Activism. We believe that a holistic conversation - one which honors the power of both mind and spirit to heal the world- is emerging throughout the global community. http://renaissancealliance.org
Greenleaf
Center for Servant-Leadership The Greenleaf Center is an international, not-for-profit institution headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our goal is to help people understand the principles and practices of servant-leadership; to nurture colleagues and institutions by providing a focal point and opportunities to share thoughts and ideas on servant-leadership; to produce and publish new resources by others on servant-leadership; and to connect servant-leaders in a network of learning.
Journal
of College and Character The special focus of this
website is character development in college...how colleges and universities
influence, both intentionally and unintentionally, the moral and civic learning
and behaviors of college students. This site includes resources and information
designed to encourage discussion, research, and educational strategies on
character development in college.
Society
for Organizational Learning SoL is a global learning community dedicated to building knowledge about fundamental institutional change. We aim to help build organizations worthy of people's fullest commitment, and are committed to any institution and individual that is committed to SoL's purpose and principles. To meet this goal, we discover, integrate, and implement theories and practices for the interdependent development of people and their institutions.
Team Spirit is a team development process that infuses both new and mature teams with exactly this sense of meaning and purpose. No longer merely functional -- or dysfunctional -- these "spirited" teams operate with visibly greater energy, enthusiasm optimism, persistence, pride and joy. They produce more. They display greater ingenuity. In many cases, they provide a level of service to customers that actually astonishes and delights. In a workshop format, Team Spirit presents a simple, intuitive model of how teams actually function and thrive. It then provides stimulating exercises and a practical diagnostic tool that teams can use to keep themselves primed for peak performance. Most importantly, Team Spirit provides a safe, nurturing environment in which relationships can be strengthened, deepened and enjoyed, and powerful creative intentions unified.
The Academy of Management is a professional society primarily composed of professors who conduct research and teach management in colleges, universities, or research institutes and doctoral students who are pursuing PhD's in management. Members also include management consultants and managers from a variety of business settings. The purpose of the Academy is to foster the general advancement of research, learning, teaching, and practice in the management field. The Academy publishes scholarly papers, conducts forums for the exchange of management knowledge, and provides services that enhance the science and practice of management.
The Aspen Institute is a global forum that convenes leaders from diverse disciplines to address critical issues that confront societies, organizations, and individuals. Utilizing the rigorous discipline of informed dialogue and inquiry, the Institute's seminar and policy programs enhance the participants' ability to think clearly about such issues, mindful of the primacy of the moral perspective and the importance of differing viewpoints.
The Berkana Institute is a 501-C3 charitable educational and research foundation that seeks to create communities of support and inquiry to explore new thinking and practice about the organizing of human endeavor. The Institute supports collaborative research in many forms and forums, all of which seek to discover the conditions that support the liberation of our collective capacity in organizations worthy of our humanity.
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences The mission of CTNS is to promote the creative mutual interaction between theology and the natural sciences. It strives to bridge these two disciplines. CTNS is a non-profit international membership organization dedicated to research, teaching and public service. It focuses primarily on the relation between contemporary physics, cosmology, technology, environmental studies, evolutionary and molecular biology and Christian theology and ethics.
Institute for Transformative Leadership The mission of the
Institute for
Transformative Leadership (ITL) is to create and hold space for the authentic pursuit
of both the inner discipline and outer practice of leadership through the
development, practice, and dissemination of transformative leadership
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