Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationship—the ability of all people of all kinds to live together, to work together in the same world, at peace. ~President Franklin Roosevelt
 

Readings

ONLINE ARTICLES

Ethics

"Leadership Within Ethical Decision-Making Skills" (pdf.file) by Trish Hatfield
http://www.wvexecutive.com/archive_spring_04/leadership.asp

How Good People Make Tough Choices by Rushworth Kidder
First chapter available to read online at
http://www.globalethics.org/pub/toughchoices.html

Moral Courage by Rushworth Kidder
First chapter available to read online at 
http://www.moral-courage.org/mc_chapter_one.html

 

Appreciative Inquiry

"What is Appreciative Inquiry?" by Joe Hall and Sue Hammond
http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/thinbook/whatisai.pdf

Learning Space Mailings by Trish Hatfield, Chet Bowling, and Skip Lineberg


Conversations

"The Art of Listening" by Brenda Ueland
http://traubman.igc.org/listenof.htm

"The Magic of Dialogue" by Daniel Yankelovich

http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/section/82.html

 

Five Conversations by poet consultant David Whyte.

An excerpt from his audio lecture, “Through the Eye of the Needle: Life, Work, and the Poetic Imagination.” www.davidwhyte.com
 

"Six Conversations that Create Accountability and Commitment" by Peter Block

www.designedlearning.com/sixconver.htm