Disregarded: Transforming the School and Workplace through Deep Respect and Courage

Disregarded is an adult Lord of the Flies set in the workplace. The author alternately experiences the relentless lows of organizational life and the renewal of being in community during a two-year retreat program. The tension between the two experiences fuels the search for understanding. Why do groups split? How can groups hang together? A rare mix of authoritative resources and personal experience in story form Disregarded explains how the personal and organizational intersect. This engaging account is nothing less than a story of hope amidst power plays, bureaucratic impediments and conflicted relationships.