Renewal Coaching Fieldbook

The Renewal Coaching Fieldbook outlines the seven practicesthat leaders can learn and develop in order to sustain their energyto do meaningful work. These practices enable leaders to bounceforward in the face of loss, create networks of support, make wiseand timely decisions, and engage in personal renewal daily.Throughout are compelling stories of leaders who have overcome thechallenges that seek to diminish and overwhelm them, and succeededin doing meaningful work for a greater good.Praise for Renewal Coaching Fieldbook"Elle and Douglas have written an important book that couldchange the way business is done by changing the lives of peopledoing it. In our fantastically connected planet, worldwide commerceimpacts all of us immediately, making almost nothing more importantfor our long term success than committing to meaningful work livesaimed at the 'greater good.' As Elle and Douglas suggest,individual happiness and global happiness will be the outcomes. Ifthis is what you want in your own life--and I hope youdo--read this book!"--Rick Foster, co-author, How WeChoose to Be Happy and Happiness & Health;publisher, SustainableHappinessCourse.com"The questions in this book will help you generate new ideas andways of thinking about your predicaments. They will provide youwith the way forward to hope, excitement, and satisfaction inservice of a greater good."--Daniel J. Pesut, PhD, RN,professor of nursing, Certified Hudson Institute Coach, IndianaUniversity, Indianapolis"This is not a fairytale approach to leadership where all isgood and everyone is happy. It is a skillfully written manual thataddresses the challenges and hard times leaders experience andmakes resiliency visible and sustained happinessattainable."--Dr. Kristine Servais, former principal andprofessor of leadership, North Central College, Naperville,Illinois

Acknowledgments ixAbout the Authors xiList of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits xiiiPreface xv1 The Heart of Leadership for Sustainable Change:Meaningful Work to Serve a Greater Good 12 The Renewal Coaching Leadership Framework: SevenChoices of Leaders of Sustainable Change 113 Renewal: Choose to Take Care of Yourself 194 Resilience: Choose to Bounce Forward from Challengesand Loss 395 Resonance: Choose to Create Force Fields of PositiveEnergy 656 Relationship: Choose to Create and Sustain Networks ofPeople 857 Reciprocity: Choose to Initiate Learning and Give MoreThan You Take 1118 Reality: Choose to Be Optimistic and a Little Naive inthe Face of Harsh Realities 1319 Recognition: Choose to Use Patterns to MakeWise andTimely Decisions 15310 Greater Good from the Next Generation 179References 187Index 193