By Joe Raelin Internationally recognized scholar in leadership development. Currently, the Asa Knowles Chair of Practice-Oriented Education at Northeastern University For more information go to http://www.leaderful.org/bookHome.html

1. nleblanc@nicholasbrealey.comwww.nicholasbrealey.comCONTACT: Nicole LeBlancNicholas Brealey PublishingT: 617.523.3801F: 617.523.3708nleblanc@nicholasbrealey.comwww.nicholasbrealey.comFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New book lays out numerous applications for exhibiting collective leadership at a time when we need to learn to rely on others!<br />We are a society fascinated by individual accomplishments—and the heroics associated with them. In many team sports, for example, we often single out the All-Stars and the MVPs. But what about those situations where a goal is achieved due to the collaborative efforts of a team in which the solutions and vision are co-created by everyone? The upcoming 2010 World Cup is a perfect display of the type of “leaderful” practice discussed in Joseph Raelin’s new book, The Leaderful Fieldbook. This year’s cup—being held in South Africa—will be played in the spirit of Ubuntu, the African philosophy that people don’t exist in isolation, but are instead interconnected with individual actions affecting each member of the group. In his trailblazing new book, Joe Raelin asserts that everyone is capable of participating in leadership, not just sequentially, but collectively and concurrently—that is, all together and at the same time. <br />Although initially foreshadowed in the author’s previous book, Creating Leaderful Organizations, the practical application of collective leadership remains a mystery to many practicing executives and managers. The Leaderful Fieldbook serves as a practical guide to apply change strategies at five levels: individual/ interpersonal, team, organization and network, each with its corresponding change agent (coach, facilitator, OD consultant, weaver). John Foster, head of talent and organization at renowned design firm IDEO [and the foreword writer for the Fieldbook], states, “More than a few times, I’ve found myself in embattled positions where I’d really like to grab control and ram a decision through so we can just move forward. Maybe that would be viewed as a courageous act of leadership, but that’s opposite of the leaderful thing to do.” Instead, Foster asserts, the long-term value of a leaderful practice is achieved when companies are able to identify and engage all interested or affected team members in the critical decisions and outcomes within the organization.<br />This fieldbook is designed for change agents wishing to embark with their clients on a leaderful journey across a range of levels—from individual to network—and adopting a style of collective engagement that matches the democratic processes that they are seeking to produce. It represents the most practical of recommendations in the form of an array of exercises and cases that can be adopted immediately across these multiple levels of experience.<br />Praise for The Leaderful Fieldbook<br />“Now that the heroic leader idea is dead, the search is on to find ways of engaging as many members of organizations as possible in collaborative forms of leadership practice. This book, whose author is passionate about the need to realize democratic principles in organizations, helps meet that need. With its focus on five integrated levels of change, Joe Raelin’s text is bursting with useful suggestions for adoption or adaptation by coaches, facilitators, developers, and network ‘weavers.’ The Leaderful Fieldbook provides a clearly articulated, highly accessible and useful exposition in which there are numerous practical activities for the improvement of personal performance and organizational betterment.”<br />—Peter Gronn, professor, University of Cambridge<br /> <br />“The Leaderful Fieldbook provides real-life, pragmatic approaches to practicing personal and organizational change through assessments, case study, team tools, organizational design practices, consultative and communication models, skill/competency building, and much more. This is a book that will be actively used by practitioners, consultants, executives, students, and managers from organizations of all sizes and geographies for many years to come.” <br />—Louis Carter, founder and CEO, Best Practice Institute<br />“This book will be a wonderful reference for the experienced practitioner or executive and an invaluable guide for the newcomer to the field of leadership development. In this highly actionable set of tools and stories, Joe Raelin and his colleagues have captured a lifetime of insights about what really makes a difference in leadership.”<br />—T.J. Elliott, chief learning officer, vice president, Strategic Workforce Solutions, Educational Testing Service<br />“Offered here is a model of how an inclusive and engaging process of leadership can happen.”<br />—Stephen Billett, professor, Griffith University, Australia<br />“Joe Raelin has long been the expert in understanding the theories and principles of the new leadership that incorporates concurrence, collectiveness, collaboration, and compassion. The Leaderful Fieldbook provides the insights and strategies that will allow each one of us to become a better leader as well as develop others to become great leaders.”<br />Michael Marquardt, president, World Institute for Action Learning<br />“Joe Raelin has artfully bundled centuries of combined experience by the world’s leadership experts into one accessible guidebook. This is a powerful book!”<br />—Don Haggerty, EdD, associate provost, graduate studies, Champlain College <br />“Just as Creating Leaderful Organizations set out the tapestry of modern leadership, The Leaderful Fieldbook provides the threads for weaving it into everyday practice. Here we have a wealth of practical interventions, from up-to-the-minute activities to classic inventories. Raelin creatively, almost playfully, juxtaposes the cognitive and the experiential, the serious and the fun, the graphic and the rational, the intuitive and the systematic. The overall feel of this book is energizing and engaging. Any change agent—whether coach, facilitator, networker, or consultant—will find here a rich resource for leaderful practice.”<br />—Chris Mabey, director, Centre for Leadership at University of Birmingham, UK<br />About the Author<br />JOSEPH A. RAELIN is an internationally-recognized scholar in the field of work-based learning and<br />leadership. He holds the Asa S. Knowles Chair of Practice-Oriented Education at Northeastern<br />University, where he is also Professor of Management and Organization Development in the College of<br />Business Administration. His research and consulting work has focused on the practices of management in such areas as managing professionals, collective leadership, and work-based learning. Raelin has<br />written seven books and continues to present and publish on the topic of “leaderful practice.”<br />- ### -<br />About Nicholas Brealey Publishing<br />Nicholas Brealey Publishing, an independent publishing company with offices in London and Boston, has an international reputation for publishing innovative, influential professional and trade books in such areas as coaching and leadership, business and economics, popular psychology, travel writing, and crossing cultures. Its aim is to provide readers across the globe with traditional print and digital resources to more effectively live and work in the world. Visit us at www.nicholasbrealey.com. <br />-- End --<br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />CONTACT:<br />Nicole LeBlanc<br />Nicholas Brealey Publishing<br />T: 617.523.3801<br />F: 617.523.3708<br />nleblanc@nicholasbrealey.com<br />www.nicholasbrealey.com<br /> <br />Please email nleblanc@nicholasbrealey.com for more information. Mr. Raelin will also be available for interviews – please call or email to discuss time slots.<br />