Spirited Leading and Learning

PETER B. VAILL holds the Distinguished Chair in Management Education at St. Thomas University, Minneapolis. Cited by Training and Development Journal as one of the top ten organization development specialists in the United States, he has consulted with universities, health systems, professional associations, and multinational corporations around the world. He is the author of Learning as a Way of Being (Jossey-Bass, 1996) and Managing as a Performing Art (Jossey-Bass, 1991).

• Part One: Process Wisdom for a New Age. 1. An Invitation to the Dance. 2. Process Wisdom for a New Age Part Two: Leading. 3. The Purposing of High-Performing Systems. 4. Visionary Leadership. 5. Notes on "Running an Organization" Part Three: Learning. 6. The Learning Challenges of Leadership. 7. Adult Education as Paradigm Leadership. 8. Seven Process Frontiers for Organization Development Part Four: Spirit. 9. The Inherent Spirituality of Organizations. 10. Spirituality in the Age of the Leveraged Buyout. 11. Executive Development as Spiritual Development Afterward: Toward a Pushy Collegiality.