Transformational Leadership: Conversations with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious

A critical Vatican assessment of the leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)?an organization represent - more than 300 orders of sisters in the United States-drew widespread attention to this organization. Many become Interested in the way the LCWR and its members exercised leadership-a style one of its members described as "transformational … a way of being in the world." To better understand this way of leadership, LCWR regularly conducts interviews with some of the most engaging and passionate of contemporary thinkers. In this volume interviews with eighteen theologians, psychologists, educators, and religious leaders from various fields and disciplines share their wisdom about a way of leadership able to meet the deep challenges of today's world. Now, in light of the successful resolution of relations between the LCWR and the Vatican, the lessons in these interviews are all the more significant. Though initially addressed to Catholic sisters, the practical suggestions for living a Gospel-centered life make this collection of interest to all men and women seeking to live with purpose and depth.