Skip to Content
The Circle Way
book

The Circle Way

by Christina Baldwin, Ann Linnea
March 2010
Intermediate to advanced
218 pages
6h 51m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Content preview from The Circle Way

CHAPTER3The Power of Preparation, Invitation, Intention, and Center

Meetings of all kinds function better when the right people are in the room and they know why they have gathered and how they might contribute: this is the power of invitation and intention. Placing a visual representation of shared purpose in the center creates a focus for the group.

A leader in the human resources department, PJ, was enjoying circle process in her women’s group and wanted to bring her experience of careful listening and cohesive purpose from her monthly gathering to her meetings at work. She entered the process of preparation. “I knew something good was happening in the rounds of check-in in the women’s group that could translate to team building within the ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

The Four Mindsets

The Four Mindsets

Anna-Lucia Mackay
Turning to One Another

Turning to One Another

Margaret J. Wheatley
Impromptu

Impromptu

Judith Humphrey

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781605092584