We Are The Leaders We Have Been Looking For

Author : Eddie Glaude Jr.
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674296718

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We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For by Eddie Glaude Jr. Pdf

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Begin Again, a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary Black Americans can shake off their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and pursue self-cultivation and grassroots movements to achieve a more just and perfect democracy. We are more than the circumstances of our lives, and what we do matters. In We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For, one of the nation’s preeminent scholars and a New York Times bestselling author, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., makes the case that the hard work of becoming a better person should be a critical feature of Black politics. Through virtuoso interpretations of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Ella Baker, Glaude shows how ordinary people have the capacity to be the heroes that our democracy so desperately requires, rather than outsourcing their needs to leaders who purportedly represent them. Based on the Du Bois Lectures delivered at Harvard University, the book begins with Glaude’s unease with the Obama years. He felt then, and does even more urgently now, that the excitement around the Obama presidency had become a disciplining tool to narrow legitimate forms of Black political dissent. This narrowing continues to undermine the well-being of Black communities. In response, Glaude guides us away from the Scylla of enthusiastic reliance on elected leaders and the Charybdis of full surrender to a belief in unchanging political structures. Glaude weaves anecdotes about his own evolving views on Black politics together with the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Dewey, Sheldon Wolin, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, and Ralph Ellison. Narrated with passion and philosophical intensity, this book is a powerful reminder that if American democracy is to survive, we must build a better society that derives its strength from the pew, not the pulpit.

Author : Eddie Glaude, Jr.,Eddie Glaude
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674737600

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We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For by Eddie Glaude, Jr.,Eddie Glaude Pdf

"Based on the Du Bois Lectures delivered at Harvard in 2011, We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For argues for the importance of self-cultivation in pursuit of justice as a critical feature of Black politics, what Eddie S. Glaude Jr. calls Black democratic perfectionism. Building on the political scientist Adolph Reed's work on 'Black custodial politics' Glaude critiques our impulse to outsource political needs to a professional class of politicians that purportedly represent us. Instead, he affirms the capacities of ordinary people to cultivate a better self and a better world by locating the prophetic and the heroic not in the pulpit but in the pew"--

Author : Simon Sinek
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101623039

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Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek Pdf

The New York Times bestseller by the acclaimed, bestselling author of Start With Why and Together is Better. Now with an expanded chapter and appendix on leading millennials, based on Simon Sinek's viral video "Millenials in the workplace" (150+ million views). Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, in many successful organizations, great leaders create environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things. In his work with organizations around the world, Simon Sinek noticed that some teams trust each other so deeply that they would literally put their lives on the line for each other. Other teams, no matter what incentives are offered, are doomed to infighting, fragmentation and failure. Why? The answer became clear during a conversation with a Marine Corps general. "Officers eat last," he said. Sinek watched as the most junior Marines ate first while the most senior Marines took their place at the back of the line. What's symbolic in the chow hall is deadly serious on the battlefield: Great leaders sacrifice their own comfort--even their own survival--for the good of those in their care. Too many workplaces are driven by cynicism, paranoia, and self-interest. But the best ones foster trust and cooperation because their leaders build what Sinek calls a "Circle of Safety" that separates the security inside the team from the challenges outside. Sinek illustrates his ideas with fascinating true stories that range from the military to big business, from government to investment banking.

Author : Farid Arjan
Publisher : BalboaPress
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-17
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781452555515

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Our Leaders, Our Choices, Our Destiny by Farid Arjan Pdf

America is hurting, and so is the rest of the world. The agonizing financial events of the last decadeeconomic meltdown, rising unemployment rates, homes lost to foreclosurehave resulted in broken social systems, exhausted workers, and disconnected families. Environmental calamities, both natural and humancaused, are becoming more frequent and more devastating. Meanwhile, opposing political camps are mired in bickering and finger-pointing. No wonder the ominous predictions about a 2012 doomsday are a marketable notion in our society! But what is the real source of our economic, environmental, and social agony? Is it fate? Our leaders? Our political system? Or something else? In Our Leaders, Our Choices, Our Destiny, author Farid Arjan examines the root causes behind the traumatic events of the last decade. He shows that these crises, from economic to environmental, are not separate, but interrelated. They are not random accidents or ordained by fate, but spring from seeds that we have sown and nurtured for decades. And they are within our power to change. Our Leaders, Our Choices, Our Destiny offers a viable path to solving our societys serious challenges and achieving what we all want and deservethe pursuit of happiness as individuals and as a society.

Author : Peter Gronn
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781446238295

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The New Work of Educational Leaders by Peter Gronn Pdf

`If there in one word to describe the issues addressed by Peter Gronn in The New Work of Educational Leaders it′s "timely" And if there is one book that education policy makers, system CEOs and education ministers should find the time to read, this is it′ - Educare News `This book is essential reading fro those involved in educational leadership and policy development. This work is also valuable for those interested in the locally organized and interactionally achieved context of institutional work′ - Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics if Education `Though based in Australia, Peter Gronn shows familiarity with the British education system, and this boo is relevant to those in the compulsory and post-compulsory sectors interested in the themes of education leadership′ - Learning and Skills Research In The New Work of Educational Leaders, Peter Gronn provides a new framework for understanding leadership practice. The work of leaders will increasingly be shaped by three overriding but contradictory themes: design; distribution; and disengagement. These are the `architecture′ of school and educational leadership. Designer-leadership is the use of mandatory standards of assessment and accreditation for school leaders, such as the National Qualification for Headship (NPQH) in the United Kingdom and the (Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) standards in the United States. Distributed patterns of leadership have developed in response to the intensification of school leaders′ work under policy regimes of site-based and school self-management. Disengagement describes a culture of abstention, in which school systems anticipate leadership succession problems, such as projected shortages and recurring recruitment difficulties.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : 4-H clubs
ISBN : UIUC:30112106963454

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National 4-H Club News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kathleen Glavich
Publisher : Twenty-Third Publications
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1585957569

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Introducing Catholic Prayer for RCIA Leaders by Kathleen Glavich Pdf

This little book answers the prayers of many RCIA teams across the country. How in the world, they ask, do we offer catechumens and candidates a way to pray as Catholic adults? How do we hand on to them the many beautiful traditions of prayer embraced by our Church? Where can we find these all in one place? Your prayers are answered. Here Kathleen Glavich addresses these questions and more by focusing on the nature of prayer, what Jesus taught about it, when and how to pray, and difficulties in prayer. She offers a variety of prayer forms like praying with Scripture, the Eucharist, the Divine Office, Lectio Divina, meditation, praying with mantras, the rosary, the stations of the cross and much more. This is an essential and indispensable resource for all RCIA teamsa must have guide for your catechumenate program.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Presidents
ISBN : MINN:31951002482584V

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Official Report of the Proceedings of the ... Republican National Convention Held in by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tracy W. Smith,C. Kenneth McEwin
Publisher : IAP
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781617354748

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The Legacy of Middle School Leaders by Tracy W. Smith,C. Kenneth McEwin Pdf

Sponsored by the Middle Level Education Research SIG of AERA, this inaugural volume in the new IAP book series, The Handbook of Resources in Middle Level Education, focuses on the contributions and impact of the leaders of the modern middle school movement. Contained with this volume are the edited transcripts from 20 extensive interviews of the most influential leaders of the middle level movement, including such notable figures as William Alexander, Donald Eichhorn, John Lounsbury, Conrad Toepfer, and Gordon Vars. This historic volume will be an invaluable resource to proponents, advocates, and students of the middle school concept and developmentally appropriate education for young adolescents.

Author : Doris Kearns Goodwin
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780241987711

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Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin Pdf

'A marvellous banquet with four leaders whose lives provide lessons for all. Pull up a chair' Warren Buffett 'It is a safe bet that Leadership will soon sit on the nightstand of every chief executive officer in the land and will be avidly read by the legion of ambitious young people who want their jobs' Niall Ferguson, Sunday Times In this culmination of five decades of work, Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the origin, growth and exercise of leadership through the lives of four US presidents Are leaders born or made? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership, acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin looks at four presidents - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized as leaders by others. By looking at their entry into public life and how they confronted the dilemmas of their times, we can follow their development into leaders of their time. These stories of leadership in fractured times take on a singular urgency in today's polarized world and provide a much-needed roadmap for aspiring and established leaders. 'Colourful, fun and illuminating . . . a master storyteller' Daniel Finkelstein, The Times

Author : Charlotte Alter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780525561514

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The Ones We've Been Waiting For by Charlotte Alter Pdf

An optimistic look at the future of American leadership by a brilliant young reporter A new generation is stepping up. There are now twenty-six millennials in Congress--a fivefold increase gained in the 2018 midterms alone. They are governing Midwestern cities and college towns, running for city councils, and serving in state legislatures. They are acting urgently on climate change (because they are going to live it); they care deeply about student debt (because they have it); they are utilizing big tech but still want to regulate it (because they understand how it works). In The Ones We've Been Waiting For, TIME correspondent Charlotte Alter defines the class of young leaders who are remaking the nation--how grappling with 9/11 as teens, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, occupying Wall Street and protesting with Black Lives Matter, and shouldering their way into a financially rigged political system has shaped the people who will govern the future. Through the experiences of millennial leaders--from progressive firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg to Republican up-and-comer Elise Stefanik--Charlotte Alter gives the big-picture look at how this generation governs differently than their elders, and how they may drag us out of our current political despair. Millennials have already revolutionized technology, commerce, and media and have powered the major social movements of our time. Now government is ripe for disruption. The Ones We've Been Waiting For is a hopeful glimpse into a bright new generation of political leaders, and what America might look like when they are in charge.

Author : National Conference on Social Welfare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Charities
ISBN : STANFORD:36105216916127

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The Social Welfare Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare Pdf

Author : Carol S. Lidz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030435431

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Women Leaders in School Psychology by Carol S. Lidz Pdf

This book offers the autobiographical reflections of prominent women school psychologists who are at or near completion of their careers. It demonstrates the varied and diverse journeys of these women in their own words. The volume examines the ways in which leading women in the field have evolved from primarily frontline service providers to full contributors at all levels of the profession. Chapters offer insights into school psychology movers and shakers and explores how many found a home in academia, where they became trainers of the next generation. In addition, chapters examine the opportunities and restraints that these women leaders confronted across the years. The book celebrates the success of these women and encourages both women and men to pursue roles in the profession. Women Leaders in School Psychology is an informative read for graduate students and scientist-practitioners as well as researchers, professors and other professionals in child and school psychology, educational policy and politics, family studies, social work, public health, clinical and developmental psychology and all related psychology, mental health, and education disciplines.

Author : Leon F. Litwack,August Meier
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0252062132

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Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century by Leon F. Litwack,August Meier Pdf

Biographical studies of Richard Allen, Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Mary Ann Shadd, John Mercer Langston, Henry Highland Garnet, Martin Robison Delany, Peter Humphries Clark, Blanche Kelso Bruce, Robert Brown Elliott, Holland Thompson, Alexander Crummell, Henry McNeal Turner, William Henry Steward, Isaiah T. Montgomery, and Mary Church Terrell.

Author : Claudia Währisch-Oblau
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004175082

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The Missionary Self-Perception of Pentecostal/Charismatic Church Leaders from the Global South in Europe by Claudia Währisch-Oblau Pdf

Building on long-time research and extensive interviews, this ground-breaking study offers a portrait of pentecostal / charismatic immigrants from the global South who do not define themselves as victims but as expatriate agents with a calling to change Europe.