"Leadership-The Heart Matters" is for anyone in a leadership position, whether in a volunteer organization, scout troop, governmental entity, or even a multi-national business. Wherever, whoever or whatever you're leading, the guiding principles are the same. Every group or organization has leaders...good, bad, or indifferent. Leadership style affects those who are "led" and the leaders as well. You've experienced born leaders-the child who gets everyone to play a certain game or the boss you would do anything for. You've also, no doubt, experienced people who think they're leaders, but in fact, are just dictators. Maybe you've had opportunities to lead and wondered how to go about it. This book offers a new approach-leading with, and from, the heart. It is an approach developed by Laurie Hinzman based on her years in the education field and incorporates proven methods for building heart-healthy teams of people who embrace their work with passion, enthusiasm, creativity, and excitement. Leading from the heart means building on learning, experience, and knowledge with compassion, intuition, and reflection. Leading from the heart takes work. It means empowering and trusting a team and giving them the freedom to do the job creatively, to explore new solutions and to make mistakes and learn from them. Consider this book a resource for developing your own leadership style, and for growing as an individual as well as a leader. Chapters include Empowerment, Character, Integrity, Voice Model, Guide, and Confidence. Each chapter includes "gentle reminders" - quick tips that allow you to stop, reflect, and think about the concept and how it relates to your leadership practice. A workbook component called "Reflections" offers points to consider relating to the chapter and how you approach your work, helping enhance your own leadership practice and experiences.