{"title":"A World in Balance","authors":"Bernard Lietaer","doi":"10.1162/152417303322004157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/152417303322004157","url":null,"abstract":"The theme of this issue of Reflections “the feminine approach to leadership” – will be addressed in this paper through the question: what would be different in a society in which the feminine was really honored? Honoring the feminine encompasses not only equal rights to women, but also runs a lot broader and deeper. Indeed, it translates into an entirely different worldview, one where an equal balance is achieved between the masculine and the feminine.","PeriodicalId":220561,"journal":{"name":"Reflections: The Sol Journal","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121064501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ubuntu: Reflections of a South African on Our Common Humanity","authors":"B. Nussbaum","doi":"10.1162/152417303322004175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/152417303322004175","url":null,"abstract":"A frican values could contribute much to world consciousness, but people in the West misunderstand Africa for many reasons. First, Africa’s traditional culture is inaccessible because most of it is oral rather than written and lived rather than formally communicated in books or journals; it is difcult to learn about from a distance. Second, many African political leaders betrayed the philosophical and humanitarianprinciples onwhich African culture is based, and political failures in African countries tend to tarnish the views of many Westerners. Third, people in the West, for whatever reason, receive negative, limited information through themedia; images of ethnic wars, dictatorships, famine, and AIDS predominate, so the potential contribution of African values is often lost. I have chosen to write about the inspiring dimensions of African values that rarely make their way into mainstream US news media. I write because of a strengthening conviction that Africa has something important to contribute to a change of heart needed in the world. This need for change has become clearer in my own mind since September 11; there is no doubt that our world must embrace a sense of interconnectedness as a global community if we are to survive. I share here some personal reections about Africa.1 I seek to articulate some of the beauty and power of ubuntu, an underlying social philosophy of African culture. Ubuntu is the capacity in African culture to express compassion, reciprocity, dignity, harmony, and humanity in the interests of building and maintaining community. Ubuntu calls on us to believe and feel that:","PeriodicalId":220561,"journal":{"name":"Reflections: The Sol Journal","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114883350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Welcoming the Feminine Dimensions of Leadership","authors":"Judy Brown","doi":"10.1162/152417303322004201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/152417303322004201","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":220561,"journal":{"name":"Reflections: The Sol Journal","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115035904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflective Dialogue, Life Stories, and Leadership Development","authors":"P. Mirvis, K. Ayas","doi":"10.1162/152417303322004193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/152417303322004193","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":220561,"journal":{"name":"Reflections: The Sol Journal","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125762351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Looking Back, Leaping Forward","authors":"Mieko Nishimizu","doi":"10.1162/152417303322004166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/152417303322004166","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":220561,"journal":{"name":"Reflections: The Sol Journal","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117135984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building a Cross-Organizational Learning Community: Reflections on SoL's Greenhouse III","authors":"Carol Gorelick, B. Sugarman","doi":"10.1162/152417303322004247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/152417303322004247","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":220561,"journal":{"name":"Reflections: The Sol Journal","volume":"199 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123754889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Webs, not Kevlar: Designing Sustainable Organizations","authors":"H. Bradbury","doi":"10.1162/152417303322004229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/152417303322004229","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":220561,"journal":{"name":"Reflections: The Sol Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124183608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Essence of Leadership and the Power of Networks: An Interview with Margaret Wheatley","authors":"Alexander Schieffer","doi":"10.1162/152417303322004238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/152417303322004238","url":null,"abstract":"Margaret Wheatley (MW): I would refer to the word essence, which in French alsomeans fuel. The question could be asked as, ‘‘What is the fuel in leadership?’’ The real fuel in leadership is understanding and believing in other people. I dene a good leader as someone who has great faith in people’s ability and who uses every opportunity to create the means for them to offer their creativity to the organization. The essence of leadership is to inspire people about their own competence and to create an atmosphere of ‘‘we can do that.’’ A good leader is foremost a good teacher—someone who believes in his or her students and helps them to realize their own potential. I do not believe that leaders can be heroes; it is an impossible task for anyone to gure out these days.","PeriodicalId":220561,"journal":{"name":"Reflections: The Sol Journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134217665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Story, Poetry, and Metaphor: Subjective Solutions for Subjective Problems","authors":"Annette Simmons","doi":"10.1162/15241730360580195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/15241730360580195","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":220561,"journal":{"name":"Reflections: The Sol Journal","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125499319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning to Anneal: An Interview with Vic Leo","authors":"G. Roth","doi":"10.1162/15241730360580221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/15241730360580221","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":220561,"journal":{"name":"Reflections: The Sol Journal","volume":"94 11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127982003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}