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Leading with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit, Revised Third Edition
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Leading with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit, Revised Third Edition

by Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal
August 2011
Beginner
304 pages
3h 43m
English
Jossey-Bass
Content preview from Leading with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit, Revised Third Edition

INTERLUDE 3

Community and the Cycle of Giving

Find the real world, give it endlessly away

Grow rich, fling gold to all who ask

Live at the empty heart of Paradox

I’ll dance there with you, cheek to cheek.

—Rumi1

Leading is giving. It is an ethic, a gift of oneself to a common cause. It is easy to miss the message’s depth and power. The dialogues between Steve and Maria are intended to encourage you to deepen your internal journey in search of gifts you can offer others. Without giving there can be no real leadership.

The essence of leadership is not giving tangible things or even inspirational visions. It is offering oneself and one’s spirit. Material gifts are not unimportant. We need both bread and roses. Soul and spirit are not substitutes ...

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