All modern group processes that are open to collaboration or to flattening the hierarchy are based in some way on circle practices‎.‎ As organizations of all kinds move increasingly toward shared and rotating leadership‎,‎ they are calling on the circle model to form sustainable teams and adopt circle‎-driven group processes such as World Cafeacute‎;‎ ‎,‎ Open Space ‎,‎ and Art of Hosting ‎.‎ Meetings in the round have become the preferred tool for moving individual commitment into group action‎.‎ This book lays out the structure of circle conversation‎,‎ based on the original work of the co‎-authors who have studied and standardized the essential elements that constitute circle practice‎.‎ It takes readers through a circle visual ‎(‎the Components of Circle‎)‎ and presents both structure and story so that readers understand how these elements come into play and how they interrelate and interact‎.‎ It also embeds circle process experience in stories and examples drawing on the authors‎'‎ 15 years of experience as global thought leaders and originators of this form‎,‎ and it presents detailed instructions and suggestions for getting started‎,‎ setting goals‎,‎ and solving conflicts‎.‎