Inspiring practice
Publications/Books
Working with Stakeholder Dialogues: Key Concepts and Competencies for Achieving Common Goals - a practical guide for change agents from public sector, private sector and civil society By Petra Kuenkel, Silvine Gerlach, Vera Frieg (April 2011)
Working towards a more sustainable world requires bringing together differing world-views and balancing conflicts of interests for responsible business, people-oriented public service and a strong civil society. Stakeholder Dialogues are a methodology for the design and implementation of consultation and cooperation processes that are built on the inclusion and integration of different interest groups. Such a collaborative approach requires new competencies for globally and locally responsible leaders. It calls for conscious leadership in integrating differences in cultures, interests and goals. With a well-structured approach Stakeholder Dialogues lead to practical outcomes that could not have been achieved otherwise and that can be implemented more easily because all stakeholders involved experience a higher degree of ownership. High-quality Stakeholder Dialogues create a climate of trust, commitment and collective intelligence. Based on the Collective Leadership Institute’s 5 years of experience in process support and capacity building, the practical guide Working with Stakeholder Dialogues supports you in planning, implementing and evaluating successful and result-oriented consultation and cooperation between different stakeholders.
Available on amazon.de; amazon.com
Mind and Heart. Mapping Your Personal Journey Towards Leadership for Sustainability by Petra Kuenkel (March 2008)
This book shows how leaders can use life and leadership experience to make a more meaningful contribution to the world It leads us into the inner world of leadership that we often tend to deny: the intuitive insight that at the core of our leadership journey is our contribution to the collective evolutionary process. What if we all knew the place within that is at home with the universe? What if we all knew how it feels to tend the common, the very force that nurtures all of us? Building on her own leadership journey and intensive conversations with 14 leaders from eight different countries around the world, Petra Kuenkel shows us how we can reconnect with the deeper theme of our journey and develop our own humanity as a gateway to leadership for sustainability.
"It is refreshing to find such an accessible integration of complex theory, diverse leadership voices and practically probing, reflective questions. This book is an excellent resource for anybody who is serious about personal leadership development and sustainability."
Dave Bond, Executive Development Faculty - Ashridge Business School, UK
"Mind and Heart is an energetic account of key ingredients for personal and professional development. It is an invitation to reflect and dialogue as a way to achieve significant fulfilment!"
(Lechesa Tsenoli, Member of Parliament, South Africa)
Start your Leadership Journey and watch the introduction to Mind and Heart on youtube!
Available on all major online bookstores such as
Amazon.de; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com
