Standing in the Fire: Leading High-Heat Meetings with Clarity, Calm, and Courage
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (890 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1576759709 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Deserves a broad audience The rich examples Larry uses to illustrate his ideas are clearly based on thoughtful experience in organizational leadership. But I couldn't help thinking about other areas of life experiences where a fire-tending approach could be applied with positive effect. The techniques described in this book provide tools equally well suited for being present and open in the heat of our social and family encounters, or in the cultivation of our passions. (I found the recommendations for acknowledging and adjusting to triggers very relevant to music pract. "Group Fire as a Transformative Force" according to Ryan A. Richards. Standing in the Fire addresses an issue all too familiar to those of us in the profession of facilitating high stakes conversations. Group fire - when intense emotion surfaces within a group - is a frightening force that has left all of us seared at one point or another in our lives. In his book, Dressler invites us to reimagine group fire as a potential force for group transformation, arguing that it is the absence of group fire that almost always means apathy, suppression, and nonengagement. By equipping readers with techniques to maintain po. Authenticity abounds "Five stars? Really? But, Drew, you know Larry. You've worked with Larry for years. You've shared facilitation and coaching clients. Of course you'll give him five stars." That would be a reasonable concern, but let me tell you why this book deserves the best rating it can get. First, the advice just flat out works. Dealing with groups and people as Larry guides is the only way that makes for sustainable learning and change. Anything short of tending the fire will eventually disappoint and disengage others. Indeed, I have had the chance to see
What has a truly transformational impact is what he calls the facilitator’s presence. Standing in the Fire offers a set of self-directed principles and practices that enable facilitators to work on themselves—to keep their emotional balance no matter how overheated things threaten to become. It brings together profound teachings from diverse fields, including western psychology, eastern spiritual practices, the arts, social sciences and medical research. Dressler’s grounded, empathetic approach helps readers reawaken and discover an untapped capacity that comes from within and is expressed as a powerful presence standing in service to a group.. Cultivating an ability to access a compassionate presence that people experience as open, authentic, and clear in intention during the most difficult situations moves facilitators from being competent professionals to being on a path toward self-mastery. Many experienced facilitators, OD consultants, coaches, and organizational leaders increasingly find themselves “standing in the fire” -- working in situations where group and community members are polarized, angry, fearful, and confused. Facilitator Larry Dressler has come to believe that simply picking up yet another method or technique won’t help in situations like these
“In this wise and stimulating book, Dressler draws on his rich experience to show us how to bring our personal best to facilitating polarized group situations.”—William Ury, coauthor of Getting to Yes and author of The Power of a Positive No