Book Review

The Wisdom of Servant Leadership by Isabel Lopez

Posted May 14, 2013 by AMCA & filed under Book Review, Duane Trammell, From the Treehouse, International Greenleaf Conference.

A book review by Duane Trammell The other night, my partner and I had Chinese food delivered. Like a little kid, I always look forward to opening my fortune cookie after the final bite of moo shu chicken. When I opened my cookie, it read: “In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips.” … Read more »

Recommending a Powerful, Inspiring and Insightful New Book

Posted August 15, 2012 by AMCA & filed under Ann McGee-Cooper, Book Review, From the Treehouse, Healing.

Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit by Parker Palmer Review By Ann McGee-Cooper Parker Palmer has been a special friend and mentor for many years, coming to Dallas frequently to speak and lead study groups as part of the Center for Courage and Renewal. Parker… Read more »

Forgiveness at Work: Stories of the Power, Possibilities and Practices of Forgiveness in the Workplace

Posted March 26, 2012 by AMCA & filed under Ann McGee-Cooper, Book Review, Deborah Welch, Forgiveness, From the Treehouse.

by Deborah Welch, PhD Book Review by Ann McGee-Cooper How much of your life and mine has been wasted due to the drain of fear, unhealthy judgment and the emotional grid lock this causes? Teacher, executive coach, author and counselor, Deborah Welch unlocks this destructive puzzle in a powerful and inspiring new E-book, Forgiveness at… Read more »

A TRUE STORY OF PROBLEMS BECOMING OPPORTUNITIES: Stones into Schools

Posted August 4, 2010 by AMCA & filed under Book Review, From the Treehouse.

Several Saturdays ago, my husband, Larry, and I went to hear Greg Mortenson, the mountaineer who wrote Three Cups of Team and Stones in Schools. Greg told his story of losing his way in the mountains and being rescued by his Sherpa and a remote village in the Himalayas. And then promising to find a… Read more »

Outliers: The Story of Success filled with insights for Servant Leadership

Posted March 16, 2010 by AMCA & filed under Book Review, From the Treehouse.

All of us want to succeed, want our children to succeed and enjoy being a part of the greatest possible successes…winning the Super Bowl, working at one of the Best Places to Work in America, winning a Nobel Pulitzer Prize or a gold medal in the Olympics. We are thrilled to be the best, individually… Read more »

Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, a new book by Al Gore

Posted March 8, 2010 by AMCA & filed under Book Review, From the Treehouse.

Anybody besides me feeling a bit overwhelmed by news about our planetary crisis and the impact of pollution on air, land & water and the many other issues being reported on? If so, I strongly encourage you to buy a new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis and withhold judgment until… Read more »

The Living Classroom: Teaching and Collective Consciousness

Posted October 30, 2009 by AMCA & filed under Book Review, From the Treehouse.

I recently read a fascinating book, The Living Classroom: Teaching and Collective Consciousness by Christopher M. Bache. For those of you interested in work on generative dialogue and ways to bring a group of people into synergistic ways to think, learn and create together, this book is well worth the read. In business leaders often… Read more »