Author Publications

Below is a listing of articles, book chapters, and reports written by the co-authors of Life Entrepreneurs that are related to the book.

• "Entrepreneurship 3.0: Creating an Extraordinary Life through the Entrepreneurial Mindset." Leading Effectively e-Newsletter, Center for Creative Leadership, January 2010.
• “Impact Key to Partnerships.” Washington Times, December 30, 2009.
• “Nonprofits Plan for the Worst.” Washington Times, December 16, 2009.
• “Rating Social Investments.” Washington Times, November 18, 2009.
• “Urban Farms a Fertile Idea.” Washington Times, November 4, 2009.
• “Finding the Proper Scale.” Washington Times, October 21, 2009.
• “Katrina, Rita Victims Housed.” Washington Times, October 7, 2009.
• “Dropout Crisis in Focus.” Washington Times, September 23, 2009.
• “Healthy Habits Promote Happiness.” Washington Times, September 9, 2009.
• “College, Community Connect.” Washington Times, August 26, 2009.
• “Quality vs. Quantity in Work, Life.” Washington Times, August 12, 2009.
• “Persevering in New Orleans.” Washington Times, July 29, 2009.
• “Predicting ‘Healthy Aging.’” Washington Times, July 15, 2009.
• "Ex-felons Rebuild Lives." Washington Times, July 1, 2009
• “Era of Soccer Diplomacy,” Washington Times, June 17, 2009.
• Bob Vanourek and Gregg Vanourek, "The False Search for Great Leaders,"
  Leader to Leader, Number 53, Summer 2009, 8-14.
• “Jump-Starting Stalled Economy.” Washington Times, June 2, 2009.
• “Seek Meaning, Service in Life.” The Washington Times. May 20, 2009.
• “Talent Proven in Adversity.” The Washington Times. May 6, 2009.
• “Greenest City in America.” The Washington Times. April 22, 2009.
• “Out of Uniform, Still Serving.” The Washington Times. April 8, 2009.
• “Fending Off the Recession with ‘Adaptive Persistence.’” Harvard Business Publishing. April 7, 2009.
• “Search Institute – A Beacon for Youth.” The Washington Times. March 25, 2009.
• “Entrepreneurs – Key to the Future.” The Washington Times. March 11, 2009.
• “The Problem of Youth Without Purpose.” The Washington Times. February 25, 2009.
• “Public Service Pays Dividend.” The Washington Times. February 11, 2009.
• “Properly Set Goals Aid Success.” The Washington Times, January 14, 2009.
• “Rewards of Service Plentiful,” The Washington Times, December 31, 2008.
• “Infusing Service into Our Work, or the Case of the Singing Orderly,” Harvard Business Publishing, December 30, 2008.
• “The Triple Bottom Line – One Book at a Time,” Harvard Business Publishing, December 19, 2008.
• “Fitness Center Develops into Much More.” The Washington Times, December 17, 2009.
• “The ‘pay as you can’ café,” The Washington Times, December 3, 2008.
• “Three Ways to Beat Burnout,” Harvard Business Publishing, December 1, 208.
• “Starting up in a downturn,” The Washington Times, November 18, 2008.
• “Raising Courageous Women," Washington Times, October 8, 2008.
• “The Value of Failure,” Harvard Business Publishing, October 2, 2008.
• "Classic Mistakes, Part 3: Opportunity Recognition," Start-Up Blog (Inc.com), September 10, 2008.
• "Bold School Reform Missing," Washington Times, September 10, 2008.
• "Classic Mistakes, Part 2: Ignoring Your Company's Culture," Start-Up Blog (Inc.com), September 3, 2008.
• "Classic Mistakes, Part 1: The Over-the-Top Entrepreneur," Start-Up Blog (Inc.com), August 29, 2008.
• "Lives of Adventure, Fulfillment, and Service," Provocations (The Trinity Forum), August 28, 2008.
• "Newman's Own Way of Giving," Washington Times, August 27, 2008.
• "Why Entrepreneurs Love a Downturn," Harvard Business Publishing, August 26, 2008.
• "What's Your Vision of the Good Life?" Harvard Business Publishing, August 18, 2008.
• "Leading and Living, Colorado-Style," ColoradoBiz, July 1, 2008.
• "How to Become a 'Life Entrepreneur'," HR Specialist, June 16, 2008.
• "Making Good on a Promise," Washington Times, June 7, 2008.
• "The Positive Network Effect," Creations magazine, June/July 2008.
• "More Than Licking Envelopes," Washington Times, June 7, 2008.

Book Chapters

• Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek, "Dynamic Organizations for an Entrepreneurial Age," Organization of the Future 2: Visions, Strategies, and Insights on Managing in a New Era (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Leader to Leader Institute/Drucker Foundation, 2009).
• Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek, "Talent Development: Looking Outside the Education Sector," The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship, American Enterprise Institute (Cambridge: Harvard Education Press, 2009).

Reports

• Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek, CSO Service Offering Manual: Tools for Evaluating Your Service Portfolio. (Washington, D.C.: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2009).
• Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek, Growing the Movement: The National Charter School Support Grid (Washington, D.C.: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2009).