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This book is a must-read for organization development consultants, executive coaches, corporate leaders and managers, Human Resource professionals, community and institutional leaders, Gestalt practitioners in general and students who want to learn from renowned experts how to effectively bring about meaningful and sustainable change using Gestalt theory and methods. It will have appeal to those who wish to understand how to use Gestalt in their personal and professional lives. It includes a complete glossary of Gestalt terms that will be of significant value as a handy reference to students who study Gestalt in academic settings and OD students, professors, and practitioners. Chapters highlight tips for application and practice from one of the major categories: Roots of Gestalt Practice, Gestalt Practice at Multiple Levels of System, Gestalt Approach to Change Management, and, perhaps most notably, a section devoted to improving organizational performance. Authors are globally renowned consultants and coaches who are experts in organizational behavior and icons of gestalt practice. Authors examine Gestalt from various perspectives: spirituality, neuroscience, experiential learning, use-of-self, personal presence, coaching, change, technology, leadership, and in villages and communities. The book demonstrates the broad applicability of Gestalt.           

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"""Gestalt Practice: Living and Working in Pursuit of wHolism is a timely intervention, appropriate to the moment and just what those in leadership - and others inside organizations - need today."" Solomon Tsenoli Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Parliament of the Republic of South Africa ""Mary Ann Rainey and Brenda B. Jones and their talented colleagues give change agents, organizational development practitioners and coaches a tremendous gift: a deep and powerful look at Gestalt practice as it was in the past, and how it has evolved to meet the needs of people and organizations in the 21st century. The themes in this book are relevant for all of us: focus on awareness, never lose sight of the entire system, welcome resistance and move gracefully toward a future that is better than today."" Annie McKee, PhD Senior Fellow Director, PennCLO Executive Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania Author of How to be Happy at Work: The Power of Purpose, Hope and Friendship. Harvard Business Review"

Gestalt Practice: Living and Working in Pursuit of wHolism is a timely intervention, appropriate to the moment and just what those in leadership - and others inside organizations - need today. Solomon Tsenoli Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Parliament of the Republic of South Africa Mary Ann Rainey and Brenda B. Jones and their talented colleagues give change agents, organizational development practitioners and coaches a tremendous gift: a deep and powerful look at Gestalt practice as it was in the past, and how it has evolved to meet the needs of people and organizations in the 21st century. The themes in this book are relevant for all of us: focus on awareness, never lose sight of the entire system, welcome resistance and move gracefully toward a future that is better than today. Annie McKee, PhD Senior Fellow Director, PennCLO Executive Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania Author of How to be Happy at Work: The Power of Purpose, Hope and Friendship. Harvard Business Review

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Brenda B. Jones, MSc, is an Organizational Consultant based in the US, with consulting projects in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. She is president of The Lewin Center, on faculty of the American University Key Executive Leadership Development Program and past president of the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science and the AU/NTL Master’s Program in OD. Brenda received the OD Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. She is co-editor of The NTL Handbook for Organization Development and Change (2014, 2nd edition).

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