Drucker Foundation

FRANCES HESSELBEIN is chairman of the board of governors of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and editor in chief of its journal, Leader to Leader. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1998. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH is a founding director of Keilty, Goldsmith and Company, one of America's key providers of customized leadership development. He is a cofounder of the Learning Network, an association of the world's top consultants. RICHARD BECKHARD is an organization development consultant, author of six books, and former professor at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. RICHARD F. SCHUBERT is the former chairman of the International Youth Foundation and founding president of the Points of Light Foundation.

"This book of essays is full of rampant idealism. Its authors--educators, think-tankers, corporate executives, consultants, book authors, nonprofit association executives, and a German politician--share a desire to better the world through their ideas and actions. Many qualify as do-gooders in the best sense of the phrase." -Christian Science Monitor

• Introduction: Civilizing the City Peter DruckerPart I: Trends Shaping the Evolution of Community1. The Paradox and Promise of Community Margaret J. Wheatley, Myron Kellner-Rogers2. Economic Community and Social Investment Lester C. Thurow3. The Future-Capability of Society Rita Sussmuth4. How Boomers, Churches, and Entrepreneurs Can Transform Society Bob BufordPart II: The Values of Community5. The Ideal Community Stephen R. Covey6. Wisdom as Capital in Prosperous Communities Claire L. Gaudiani7. Diversity in Community R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr.8. Lessons from Sevagram Ashram Arun GandhiPart III: The Impact of New Communications Technology9. Communications Technology in Dynamic Organizational Communities James L. Barksdale10. Global Communications and Communities of Choice Marshall Goldsmith11. Virtual Communities Howard RheingoldPart IV: Creating Communities in Organizations12. Building Community in the Workplace Gifford Pinchot13. Managing for Results in the Community of the Future James L. Heskett14. Six Practices for Creating Communities of Value, Not Proximity Dave Ulrich15. Opportunities in the Global Economy Maria Livanos CattauiPart V: Strengthening the Social Fabric16. The Dream That Lies Before Us Frances Hesselbein17. High-Tech Inner-City Community Development Noel M. Tichy, Andrew R. McGill, Lynda St. Clair18. Twenty-First-Century Leadership in the African American Community Bobby William Austin, Andrew J. Young19. Gaining Equal Access to Economic Power Hugh B. Price20. The New American Identity Raul Yzaguirre21. Five Building Blocks for Successful Communities Suzanne W. MorsePart VI: Global Dimensions of Community22. Our Children Are the Community of the Future Richard F. Schubert, Rick R. Little23. Community in the Third and Fourth Worlds Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika24. Anticipating the Community of the Future Jaime A. Zobel de Ayala IIAfterword Elie Wiesel