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by Ingrid Spronck and Thomas J. Beerepoot
Paraview Special Editions, 2003
ISBN: 1931044627
Responsible Business, 116 pages
Trade Paperback, $14.00 |
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Excerpts from The Power of Insight
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We frequently come up against boundaries in business, science,
politics, companies, religions, and leadership. The boundaries we
experience, however, are often within ourselves. We can only surpass
these boundaries when our reason and emotions come together and form
a new capacity we call seeing. This moment of seeing or insight can
be full of tension. The discomfort that’s created can lead us to
retreat to our comfort zone and rely on either reason or emotion. If
we feel more comfortable using reason, we may come up with some
great ideas but be unable to act on them. On the other hand, if we
rely on our emotions, we may respond impulsively and without much
thought.
But overcoming the tension between reason and emotions and using
these capacities simultaneously will lead to breakthrough insight.
In a moment of seeing we are able to embrace these tensions and
overcome them, suddenly knowing precisely what to do.
The power of seeing gives us the courage to find our way through the
discomfort, tensions, and barriers from the differences in life. In
this book we hope to help leaders steer through this exiting and
increasingly complex world and achieve insight and action in the
midst of differences, paradoxes, and complexity. It takes courage to
see the world as it is. It takes courage to use the power of seeing
and be a seeing-driven leader. This book shows how leaders can
develop the ability to see (insight) and use the tension of
differences to help others to see and overcome differences in their
own business units, companies, and lives.
A Unique Model
We are the first in the world to present this unique model. An
easy-in, easy-out tool, the Courage to Connect model describes how
to achieve insight by connecting reason and emotion and overcoming
the tension between them. It also looks at how individuals can
develop their own leading and seeing abilities. This is an easy, fun
way to develop leadership and transform workplaces, by seeing and
overcoming the tensions and boundaries of change within companies
and beyond. This book is full of real examples that show how other
leaders have used the power of seeing to transform their companies.
We recently realized that it was time to develop our Courage to
Connect model in greater detail and share it with the world so that
more people could benefit. Together we created the book that lies in
front of you. Our model is about being successful and making dreams
come true. In the end, it is about love.
A Tried and Tested Approach
The Courage to Connect is an approach with tools that has been used
by multinational companies in many countries, at all levels of the
organization, and in many different branches and situations. The
approach stimulates entrepreneurship and helps companies make major
transformations and achieve clear strategy and shared action,
thereby attaining great results. This book deals with applying the
Courage model. It is about finding the courage to connect with
ourselves, our surroundings, and the world around us. We hope to get
companies to reach beyond their current goals so that they will use
their leadership to positively impact world problems such as safety,
the environment, poverty, and discrimination.
The Courage model tackles negative forces and uses this energy for
positive growth. This book will help you to integrate this unique
approach into your surroundings or your organization.
© 2003 Ingrid Spronck and Thomas J. Beerepoot |
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