ABSTRACT This article explores the connection between engagement and personal values and how reaching an optimal or flow state leads to thriving. It uses the process of a road trip to help leadership learners navigate involvement, energy, and identity. Moreover, the article provides strategies to navigate the journey from flow to thriving. Engagement is an ongoing journey of thriving, and when leaders reach the intersections among these key elements, they can thrive.
ABSTRACT Maya Angelou once said people forget what you do or say but not how you make them feel. In her eloquent ways, Angelou reminds her readers how emotions have deep and long‐lasting influence on others. Researchers and scholars in neuroscience, social science, and psychology have all identified ways in which emotions impact thoughts, decisions, and behaviors, mental and physical health, self‐conception, and interpersonal relationships. Thus, it is only natural (literally) to consider how emotionally intelligent leadership offers a model for thriving in leadership.
ABSTRACT This article explores how accomplishment, a key factor of thriving and leadership learning, is shaped through collective and adaptive processes within complex systems. Rather than viewing accomplishment as simply achieving individual goals, the authors argue that leadership involves continuously creating direction, alignment, and commitment together in uncertain and changing environments.
The Theory of Being: Practices for Transforming Self and Communities Across Difference is a book based on a 20‐year research study conducted by the Being Research Collaborative team, which researches process‐oriented approaches for disrupting dehumanizing practices in organizations, helping communities to thrive. The theory teaches ways to be with Differences and offers liberating strategies for engaging in constructive dialogue. Skillfully integrate existing literature, research, and reflections to take readers on a profound journey that centers on difficult dialogues among individuals with diverse perspectives. The book's primary audience is intended for higher education professionals, staff, business leaders, managers, and undergraduate and graduate students. The current book, with its emphasis on dialogue, signifies a commitment to actionable practices that have the potential to benefit organizations and educational institutions across the United States and worldwide. The current review begins with a summary of the book, outlining its contributions to higher education and highlighting its limitations.
