Stories of Transformative Leadership in the Human Services: Why the Glass Is Always Full (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781412970167)

Certain to excite and inspire both students entering the human services field and seasoned non-profit professionals, Stories of Transformative Leadership in the Human Services: Why the Glass Is Always Full is the first full-length leadership book to focus on the unique challenges of the public and non-profit executive, manager, and educator. Written in a lively story-telling style, the book develops a leadership model for those who inspire without bonuses and seek a powerful legacy through people′s lives.

Using real-life vignettes drawn from actual experiences, the stories in this book distill important lessons and unfold in a powerful manner that will resonate with any professional asked to work harder . . . with a smaller budget. Questions woven through each story connect to the book′s more theoretical material on leadership, personal mastery, and community-building.



Author: Steve Burghardt, Willie Tolliver
ISBN-10: 1412970164
ISBN-13: 9781412970167
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2009
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 133