Posted by Center for Purposeful Leadership on 12/26/2017 at 06:00 AM in Books | Permalink | Comments (0)
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by Rachel Harris
Once you have gained and practiced the skills from the Art of Convening, the learnings and processes don't stop! Leadership is an ongoing learning process full of new information every day. Convening skills support engaged, effective leadership. In order to see the most improvements in your convenings, how do you continually advance your skills? It's always about intent; sometimes it takes a little extra courage. Below, we provide insight to an encounter with one of our clients and how we helped them further their convening skills.
A client recently contacted CPL for a consultation on developing and conducting a meeting for 300 people.
Continue reading "Advancing Your Convening Skills: What's In It for You?" »
Posted by Center for Purposeful Leadership on 05/10/2017 at 07:00 AM in Books, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0)
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By Rachel Harris
One of the core practices of the Art of Convening is to gather groups of people, intentionally, in conversation. Dear friends and people of inspiration, Pele Rouge and Firehawk, practice an age-old tradition passed down from native ancestral teachers called Stringing the Beads. They share with us an expression of this practice in Life as Ceremony.
Posted by Center for Purposeful Leadership on 05/05/2017 at 10:00 AM in Books | Permalink | Comments (0)
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A quick search revealed dozens of articles from around the world declaring that culture trumps strategy. Legendary systems thinker Peter Drucker has written extensively on the topic. Given such qualitative evidence, how is it possible create lasting strategic results when a quick fix is wanted, yet a culture change is warranted?
Organizations, like people, are complex entities with competing priorities. We live with the paradox of needing to relieve immediate problems while engaging in slow-moving culture change one interaction at a time.
Posted by Center for Purposeful Leadership on 07/26/2016 at 06:15 AM in Books | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Today is a great time to get your practical business copy of The Art of Convening.
Whether you lead a team of managers or convene C-suite meetings, you can use The Art of Convening's easy 9-Step guide to collaboration and transformation in groups.
Friend Peter Block says this about the book: "Few people have refined the process of bringing people together [in meetings] as gracefully and elegantly as Craig and Patricia Neal. If this thinking and methodology were to become common practice, there would be more connectedness all around."
This sense of connectedness leads to trust, collaboration and dedicated staff. The annual sale is on now. Get 50% off through April 7, 2016!
https://www.bkconnection.com/books/title/the-art-of-convening
Posted by Center for Purposeful Leadership on 03/31/2016 at 12:49 PM in Books | Permalink | Comments (0)
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I recently read Larry Dressler's book, Standing in the Fire: Leading High-Heat Meetings with Clarity, Calm, and Courage (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2010). It is a great book, with a number of parallels to The Art of Convening, but with a focus on how to facilitate the kind of high heat meetings that conveners are likely to encounter - if not frequently, at least from time to time.
Posted by Cindy Wold on 12/28/2012 at 01:46 AM in Books | Permalink | Comments (0)
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"The art of convening operationalizes the dialogue principles and practices." Daniel Pesut, Director, Densford Center for International Nursing Leadership, University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Craig and Patricia are engaged in co-creating an annual Retreat with a leadership group at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. As we organize and plan around the 9 Aspects of the Convening Wheel, the value of the AoC book as a "roadmap" for authentic engagement emerges as we not only operationalizes, but internalize the practices and principles that inform convening.
"Convening was, and is, one of the most powerful, life-altering forces in the universe. The genesis of this book can be traced back to the art of convening to energize communities and stir us to survive and envision what might be possible." -Richard Leider, Foreword, The Art of Convening
Posted by Center for Purposeful Leadership on 08/23/2012 at 10:20 AM in Books | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Click on the image for the full size.
The Convening Wheel illustrating the 9 Aspects of convening, is at the heart of The Art of Convening book.
Posted by Center for Purposeful Leadership on 08/14/2012 at 07:24 AM in Books | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Check out Craig and Patricia talking about the Art of Convening book on a Fireside Chat with Lisa Haneberg on the Management Craft blog. Lively discussion and some interesting concepts from the book.
Use the link below to get the blog post. The podcast link is included in the post:
http://www.managementcraft.com/2011/05/fireside-chat-with-craig-and-patricia-neal-the-art-of-convening.html
OR Listen to the podcast now by clicking here.
Posted by Cindy Wold on 05/03/2011 at 03:10 AM in Books | Permalink | Comments (0)
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This review from the Qualitative Research Consultants Journal highlights the effectiveness of convening and authenti engagment within a very specific business applicaiton. click here for the entire review Download Book Review (02-Summer 2011) - The Art of ConveningTema-Lyn
The Art of Convening, by Craig and Patricia Neal with Cynthia Wold, is a jewel of a book, which should resonate well with research consultants interested in mastering both the inner and outer dimensions of convening meetings. The Neals bring an enlightened approach to preparing for and conducting meetings that are authentic engagements – a genuine expression of what is “true” for convener and participants. The Art of Convening provides a holistic, perhaps “spiritual,” perspective on meetings that can inspire qualitative research consultants in working with research participants and client teams.
By Laurie Tema-Lyn, Practical Imagination Enterprises,Ringoes, NJ[email protected]
Posted by Center for Purposeful Leadership on 04/28/2011 at 04:14 PM in Books | Permalink | Comments (1)
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