Women Courageous Leading Through the Labyrinth.
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
Description based upon print version of record. 7. Courageous Dreams and the Leadership Power to Build a Better World.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- WOMEN COURAGEOUS -- More acclaim for Women Courageous: Leading through the Labyrinth -- WOMEN COURAGEOUS: Leading through the Labyrinth -- Copyright -- Dedication -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- Why the Labyrinth? -- A New Definition of Courage -- How This Book Is Organized -- The Color of Courage -- The Depths of Courage -- The Boundarylessness of Courage -- The Mandate of Courage -- The Choice of Courage -- The Shaping of Courage -- References -- The Color of Courage 2. An American in Uganda: Sharing Power and Living to Learn -- Key Takeaways -- My Story -- From the Outside Looking In -- Well, This Is Hard -- Do I Stay or Do I Go? -- Theoretical Discussion -- Invisible Leadership -- Power-with -- Expatriate Transformation Process -- Whiteness and White Supremacy -- Collective Courage -- Reflective Questions -- Invisible Leader -- Common Purpose Team Exercise30 -- Power-with -- Race and Culture Learning Curves -- References -- 3. Leadership That Liberates: Cultivating Courage, Humility, and Identity -- Key Takeaways: Courageous, Humbled Excellence: Reckoning with My Gender -- Courageous, Humbled Excellence: Reckoning with My Race -- Organizational Leadership that Honors Race and Gender -- Conclusion -- Reflective Questions -- References -- 4. The Effects of Collective Trauma and Redefining My Relationship with Russia -- Key Takeaways -- My Story -- Bicultural Identity, Bond with the Native Land, and Collective Trauma -- Bicultural Identity of a Woman Leader -- My Connection with Biculturalism -- Courage to Be a Bicultural Woman Leader -- The Bond with the Native Land -- Collective Trauma Leaders and Collective Trauma of Their People -- Making My Experience Relevant -- Conclusion -- Reflective Leadership Exercises -- References -- The Depths of Courage -- 5. Dianne Bevelander: A Courageous Woman of Passion and Resilience -- Introduction1 -- Key Takeaways -- An Extreme Outlier -- Choosing to Control Her Own Destiny -- Courage to Keep Leading -- Passion + Resilience = Courage to Keep Changing Lives -- Passion, Resilience, Sisterhood, and Amplification -- Passion and Resilience in Pandemic Times -- Wisdom from Dianne's Experience and Intellect -- Women Do Not Need Fixing Pay It Forward -- Build a Tribe -- Reflection Activity -- Continually Reflect on Your Career and Life Choices -- Develop Your Resilience -- Reflect on Your Youth -- References -- 6. Leadership as Courageous Practice -- Key Takeaways -- Zimbabwe -- Linda Sibanyoni's Story -- Context and Leadership-as-practice -- Linda Continues: An Independent Win -- Courage, a Mindset and Embodiment of Daily Practice -- Conclusion -- Reflection -- Take Stock -- Leadership Is Practiced and Relational -- Leadership Requires Risk and Resilience -- Leadership Is Embodied and Authentic -- References
Women Courageous: Leading through the Labyrinthis a unique collection of stories of courage, integrated with scholarly analysis to deepen our understanding of courage - how it shows up, develops, and facilitates transformation.