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THE MAP OF MEANING
A GUIDE TO SUSTAINING OUR HUMANITY IN THE WORLD OF WORK
Marjolein Lips-Wiersma and Lani Morris
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THE MAP OF MEANING
A GUIDE TO SUSTAINING OUR HUMANITY IN THE WORLD OF WORK
Marjolein Lips-Wiersma and Lani Morris
240 + x pp | 234 x 156 mm | September 2011
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"I read this book and did all the exercises in it. The book contains
an indispensable
tool to keep us whole. It will save us from burnout; it will save us
from cynicism.
It's totally non-judgemental. It's like a key that unlocks all that is
important
to us as human beings. As a consultant working in developed and
developing countries,
this framework gives me a simple way to profoundly engage with people
across cultures.
I can see for the first time not only myself but the context in which
I live my
life."
Kerry McGovern, Public Sector Asset, Governance and Financial
Management Specialist,
K McGovern & Associates, Australia
"I loved your book and am so glad to have been exposed to your model
and all the
ways it can be generative - what a gift! Lips-Wiersma and Morris
bring the meaning
we make of life to a whole new level of understanding in their book,
The Map of
Meaning. They offer their holistic developmental model as an
analytical and practical
tool for engaging different pathways of meaning-making in our work and
in our lives
more generally. The book is overflowing with useful advice and
examples of how to
engage the model as a means for fostering individual and collective
growth, learning
and re-becoming whole."
Jane E. Dutton, Robert L. Kahn University Professor of Business
Administration and
Psychology, University of Michigan
"We have been applying aspects of the Holistic Development Model here
in classes
in management and leadership at Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School
over the
last four years. Students have found this frame an invaluable tool
for orienting
themselves in the face of what they see as an insurmountable range of
paradoxes
presented by our modern world. They ask themselves: how can I effect
change ethically
and meaningfully when my needs and those of the world, my values and
the direction
of society seem so at odds? Working with this frame has brought
integration
and empowerment, clarity and personal commitment to these students.
It's great
to see it now in its published form."
Christian Penny, Director, Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School
"By providing a well-tested, comprehensive framework and language,
this book helps
managers to engage in a genuine dialogue on how daily tasks can be a
natural expression
of what truly matters, beyond profits and growth. Grounded and deep,
the authors
show us how to integrate inspiration and purpose into the reality of
business."
Lenette Schuijt, leadership trainer and author of several books on
management and
inspiration
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"The Map of Meaning" provides a clear, simple and profound framework
of the dimensions and process of living and working meaningfully.
Tested over 15 years in many countries, the ideas in this book show
you how to draw together the aspirations of individuals and the
organisations in which they work.
This book is for anyone who firmly believes that it is natural,
constructive and energising for people to align their deeper life
purposes with their daily actions in the workplace.
Full of stories and exercises from people who have used this work over
the years, you will finish this book with a new resourcefulness and a
refreshed heart and soul.
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CONTENTS
1. Introduction, overview and welcome
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2. Background and guide to the map of meaning
Part 1: Taking personal responsibility for meaningful work
3. Finding the words to talk about what matters
4. Wholeness and integration: the relationship between the elements of
meaning
5. Taking responsibility between Inspiration and Reality
Part 2: Where meaning meets organisation
6. Taking responsibility between Inspiration and Reality in
contemporary organisations
7. Creating practices and systems that have integrity and respond to
the whole human
being
8. Speaking to meaning within organisational systems
9. Meaningful work at the foundation of the responsibility revolution
Appendices
1. Joining us in creating more meaningful working lives
2. The Holistic Development Model(TM) with key elements
3. The Holistic Development Model(TM) blank version
4. Certified practitioners and their contact details
References
Index
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Marjolein Lips-Wiersma is Associate Professor of Management Studies at
the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She has spent the last 15
years understanding the theme of meaningful work in practical and
empirical ways. She has been a board director, chair of the
Management, Spirituality and Religion group of the Academy of
Management, and regularly works with individuals, groups and
organisations to diagnose and action how to create more meaningful
work and work practices. Her academic work has won several awards. She
has integrated the theme of meaningful work into a wide range of
teaching including undergraduate business ethics, post-graduate
responsible leadership and executive MBA organisational behaviour.
Marjolein is a Founding Director of the Holistic Development Group.
Lani Morris has over 20 years' experience of working as an independent
organisational behaviour practitioner with organisations and
individuals in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom and as a
contract lecturer at a number of universities and tertiary
institutions. She has an MBA and an MSc in Responsibility and Business
Practice from the University of Bath. She has studied the human search
for meaning all her life, through philosophy and comparative religion
in her undergraduate degree and through independent study since then.
The key focus of her work is to help people take responsibility for
and reclaim power over themselves, their lives and their work. Her
expertise includes: leadership, motivation, clear communication,
creativity and meaningful work. She has worked with the Holistic
Development Model since 2000. Lani is a Founding Director of the
Holistic Development Group.
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