Reunion: Leadership and the Longing to Belong

Jerry Colonna's book "Reunion" encourages leaders to create welcoming environments in which themselves and others feel recognized and have a place, through radical self-inquiry and a broader connection with those most affected by systems of exclusion. It guides us on a journey of reunification with the disowned parts of ourselves, the myths and truths of our ancestors, and a deeper connection with those most affected by systems of exclusion.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 04 January 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Executive coach Jerry Colonna encourages leaders to consider the ways they have been complicit in, and benefitted from, the conditions in the world they say they'd like to change, and shows them the path to creating new systems of inclusion for everyone.

We all want to belong. For executives and managers, to be better leaders—and people—we must create welcoming environments in which ourselves and others feel recognized and have a place. But to do so, we must first face our own need for belonging and how that need is often thwarted. Colonna argues that only through radical self-inquiry can we come home to ourselves and others and, in doing so, create systemic belonging—homes—for everyone.

Many people in power fall into the trap of toxic leadership. But this toxicity can be overcome. Colonna guides us on a journey of reunification with the disowned parts of ourselves, the myths and truths of our ancestors, as well as a deeper connection with those most affected by systems of exclusion. He shows how to apply radical self-inquiry ("How have I been complicit in creating the conditions I say I don't want?") and broaden it to include "How have I been complicit in maintaining systems of oppression that I say I don't want?" And, more important, "What do I need to give up that I love in order to have the systems of belonging that I want?"

The necessary first step is for leaders and others who hold power to see themselves clearly. The vital second step is to see and alter the effects of one's untended, unhealed wounds and beliefs on those we are tasked to lead. Doing so, we are then able to reimagine businesses as collectives where a shared sense of belonging thrives. Doing so will cause a rec.

Weight: 386g
Dimension: 148 x 218 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780063142138