WELCOME

From the Four Directions began in late 2000. It is a global leadership initiative of the Berkana Institute, an organization founded by Dr. Margaret Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science (Berrett-Koehler, 1999) the Turning to One Another (Berrett-Koehler, 2002).

From the Four Directions serves the vision of Berkana -- a world where people experience themselves as whole, healthy, sacred and free. The particular way in which From the Four Directions accomplishes this is through creating and supporting local, on-going leadership circles focused on life-affirming leadership.

• We define a leader as anyone who wants to help at this time, who sees things that need to be changed in their local community.
  
  
• We work around the globe to organize local conversation circles among citizen leaders so that they might name their hopes and challenges, learn from colleagues, and act courageously to move their hopes into reality.

• We provide technical expertise, coaching, networking and resources for people to start circles and ensure their success.
  
  
• We connect local circles to one another to weave a global network that can emerge as a global force for change.
  
  
• Our circles provide support and clarity for individuals to step forward as leaders on behalf of those issues that most concern them.

Please wander around and learn who we are. We are a very diverse global group of dreamers and doers. We dream of a world where every organization, whether in business, government, or public benefit, knows how to bring out the best in us humans: our creativity, our caring, our desire for peace and health. We believe that these changes must come from citizens and leaders working in their communities across the planet.

We would love to have you join us in this work.