Can we design organizations in a way that creates a space where employees, the organization, and the larger community all thrive?
And if so, where can we go for inspiration to help us achieve this goal?
In a time of volatile and complex uncertainty, it is time to learn the lessons that nature has compiled from 3.8 billion years of research and development. Nature is an interdependent, dynamic and living system - just like today's organizations and communities. Kathleen Allen uses nature as a model, mentor, and muse to rethink how leadership is practiced today. Leading from the Roots takes nature as a source of inspiration to help organizations see a new way of leading and designing workplace structure, applying the generous framework found in mature ecologies to human organizations.
Kathleen Allen helps shift assumptions, practices, structures, and processes of organizations to become more resilient and nourishing for all, and, along the way, design the way out of workplace dysfunction and drama.
"Leading from the Roots provides a powerful new way of thinking about organizations as living systems and delivers practical leadership frameworks for individuals to learn how to unleash the energy and create innovative, effective teams.
-Anne Boneparte, CEO Appthority
This book is a must read for organizational leaders who are not only committed to their mission, but equally to creating a workplace that attracts and retains the brightest and the best professionals fully enabled to meet that mission. -Caryl Stern, President & CEO UNICEF USA
Can we design organizations in a way that creates a space where employees, the organization, and the larger community all thrive?
And if so, where can we go for inspiration to help us achieve this goal?
In a time of volatile and complex uncertainty, it is time to learn the lessons that nature has compiled from 3.8 billion years of research and development. Nature is an interdependent, dynamic and living system - just like today's organizations and communities. Kathleen Allen uses nature as a model, mentor, and muse to rethink how leadership is practiced today. Leading from the Roots takes nature as a source of inspiration to help organizations see a new way of leading and designing workplace structure, applying the generous framework found in mature ecologies to human organizations.
Kathleen Allen helps shift assumptions, practices, structures, and processes of organizations to become more resilient and nourishing for all, and, along the way, design the way out of workplace dysfunction and drama.
"Leading from the Roots provides a powerful new way of thinking about organizations as living systems and delivers practical leadership frameworks for individuals to learn how to unleash the energy and create innovative, effective teams.
-Anne Boneparte, CEO Appthority
This book is a must read for organizational leaders who are not only committed to their mission, but equally to creating a workplace that attracts and retains the brightest and the best professionals fully enabled to meet that mission. -Caryl Stern, President & CEO UNICEF USA
Dr. Kathleen Allen is President of her own consulting firm, Kathleen Allen and Associates. In her consulting practice, she specializes in leadership coaching and organizational change in human service non-profit organizations, foundations, higher educational institutions, businesses, health care and collaborative networks. Dr. Allen has written and presented widely on topics related to leadership, human development, and organizational development. Dr. Allen is a skilled facilitator of organizational change and organizational development. The earmarks of her work are long-term sustainable change and increased capacity in organizations. She has a Doctorate in Leadership from the University of San Diego, CA. Based in St. Cloud MN, Kathy has a strong network across North America in higher education as well as Internationally in the International Leadership Association.
I wholeheartedly recommend Leading from the Roots: Nature
Inspired Leadership Lessons for Today’s World. It’s valuable
to leaders recognizing that the “same old, same old” no longer
works. It's valuable to leaders attempting to rethink why and how
they operate. Finally, it's indispensable to leaders inspired by
the norms of nature to do something different and better for
themselves, their people, and their organizations.– Mitchell
Friedman, EdD, APR, Leadership & Communication Skills
Trainer,Professor In "Leading from the Roots," she offers
insights from the world of nature and ecology that serve as
metaphors and templates for sustainable ways in which organizations
and their leaders should function so that everyone benefits beyond
the bottom line.– Alan. L. Chase Dr. Kathleen E. Allen wrote
this book in hopes people will use inspirations found in nature to
help businesses design a way out of complex problems. All the
while, helping organizations to pursue a healthy understanding of
the role that leadership processes play in creating a sustainable
and fruitful future.
A compelling, well written and extensively researched guide on how
organizations can look to the natural systems for direction on
helping us overcome the short sighted and destructive practices
that have brought us to the brink of ecological disaster. The book
looks at organizations as a living organism that is interconnected
to all other systems. As part of an evolving systems, generous
organizations look to maximize the people that work within,
constantly challenging, experimenting and making use of all the
talent that their people have to offer.– Harvey Deutschendorf
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