Author : J. Biberman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 42,85 MB
Release : 2008-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0230611885
An innovative look at some of the latest research on the intersection of spirituality and business.
Author : James Dennis LoRusso
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 18,19 MB
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1350006262
By the early twenty-first century, Americans had embraced a holistic vision of work, that one's job should be imbued with meaning and purpose, that business should serve not only stockholders but also the common good, and that, for many, should attend to the “spiritual” health of individuals and society alike. While many voices celebrate efforts to introduce “spirituality in the workplace” as a recent innovation that holds the potential to positively transform business and the American workplace, James Dennis LoRusso argues that workplace spirituality is in fact more closely aligned with neoliberal ideologies that serve the interests of private wealth and undermine the power of working people. LoRusso traces how this new moral language of business emerged as part of the larger shift away from the post-New Deal welfare state towards today's global market-oriented social order. Building on other studies that emphasize the link between American religious conservatism and the rise of global capitalism, LoRusso shows how progressive “spirituality” remains a vital part of this story as well. Drawing on cultural history as well as case studies from New York City and San Francisco of businesses and leading advocates of workplace spirituality, this book argues that religion reveals much about work, corporate culture, and business in contemporary America.
Author : Sharda S. Nandram
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 35,80 MB
Release : 2009-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3642026613
We, Sharda and Margot, feel very honored to be able to write and edit such a book. Our spiritual journey has led to the passion of bringing together and sharing the thoughts we ourselves have come across in our lives by meeting gurus, swamis, like-minded seekers, managers, teachers, entrepreneurs, academics, students, and by reading books and practicing spiritual techniques. We also have gained much spiritual inspiration from the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother to whom we are grateful. The thoughts presented in this book already exist in the East and West. Integrating them into the way we do business, can help us to regain trust and respect in business even in the current economic crisis. We aim to convince others of our deep belief that spiritual practices and a spiritual orientation help make life more enjoyable and makes us better human beings through helping us to live in line with our karma in every context of life, in our roles as employees, entrepreneurs, managers, leaders, mothers, or fathers, etc.
Author : Michael Stephen (Insurance executive.)
Publisher : Inspired Productions Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,44 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business
ISBN : 9780970714022
The remarkable spiritual discoveries of a results-driven CEO, these incredible spiritual lessons were learned in the minefield of making international multi-million dollar deals. Real stories, Real people. Real Honest.
Author : Paul Gibbons
Publisher : Phronesis Media
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 22,45 MB
Release : 2020-10-24
Category :
ISBN : 9780997651270
This is a book for people who want to understand how spiritual ideas can help humanize business. Within, Paul Gibbons, a founder of the workplace spirituality movement twenty years ago, suggests that spirituality touches on every aspect of the human experience at work, on every aspect of human capital, and on the purpose of business and the capitalist economic system.In Meaning, Joy, and Purpose he explores how we can recruit spiritual ideas to help humans find greater meaning and purpose in their work and to improve business practices - that is, to make business more human.The first volume covers individual-level topics only: meaning, work, workaholism, vocation and purpose, happiness, mindfulness, altruism, motivation, engagement, and leadership. The second volume (tentatively called Culture, Capitalism, Sustainability) turns first to talent, employer brand, ethics, service, culture, values, and profitability. Then it turns to 21st century capitalism with its great triumphs and some of its limitations, exploring how spirituality might help us create a more human-centered version of capitalism more fit for the 21st century.To that discussion, Gibbons brings two decades of scholarship in philosophy, psychology, and spirituality and four decades in business from the perspective of an investment banker, consultant and adjunct professor of business. I also bring my perspective as (former) CEO of a start-up founded to bring spiritual principles to development of senior business leaders and their teams.Here are the questions Gibbons tackles in Volume I:?What do we mean by "spirituality"? How is it different from religion??What is the relationship between religion and science??Is the world becoming more or less spiritual??What is the historical relationship between spirituality and work? Where does that leave us today??Can we prove workplace spirituality is of value? What is the evidence??What are the benefits of private prayer or meditation at work??What insight does spirituality give us into human motivation??What is the purpose of purpose??How do we create purposeful lives and organizations??What is the link between leadership and spirituality??Can spiritual experiences at work be cultivated??What would a spiritual consulting firm look like?
Author : Kristen Kalp
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 30,95 MB
Release : 2016-12-19
Category :
ISBN : 9781537573823
This book is lovingly peppered with questions and fill-in-the-blanks to keep you moving, keep you thinking, and keep you calling forth your best and brightest talents. It's every trick and tip and bit of purpose-finding magic I know to help you find the courage to embrace and then rock the shit out of your biggest gifts. Fair warning: it's subtitled 'Business as a Spiritual Practice, ' because the act of making the stuff and then selling the stuff can be a brutal one. I don't want to gloss over the process in any way. There's hard work and deep work to be done as you bring the things you're best at into the world, and many of them aren't as simple as following a 7-step formula or making a 23-point plan. There are messy, tricky things to sort out, and this book helps you deal with 'em. Head on, directly, practically and with as much humor as possible.
Author : Annie Ridout
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 11,94 MB
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 000840187X
Society tells that us that being shy is a fault, but Annie Ridout says it’s a gift. Shy: How being quiet can lead to success teaches us how to embrace this misjudged attribute, instead of trying to fix it.
Author : Nancy R. Smith
Publisher : Axial Age Pub
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 16,32 MB
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780977804733
Workplace Spirituality: A Complete Guide for Business Leaders explains the ins and outs of workplace spirituality to business executives, managers, educators and students who are on the cutting edge of business leadership, and to all workers who want to bring their spiritual selves to work along with their bodies and minds. The book includes basic definitions, an overview of the workplace spirituality movement, specific spiritual traits and resulting on-the-job behaviors, the changing understanding of business in the 21st century, issues of ethics and corporate social responsibility, principles for a spiritual workplace, and tasks involved in incorporating spirituality into leadership and management practice. Included are relfection questions and exercises, four appendixes and an index.
Author : Naval Garg
Publisher : Business Science Reference
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,26 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Employees
ISBN : 9781668425336
"This book provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area of workplace spirituality, presented as a single source of valuable and latest information and statistics on spirit at work"--
Author : Laszlo Zsolnai
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 47,58 MB
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9400711530
The book - which was originally published by Kluwer in 2004 - is a collection of scholarly papers focusing on the role of spirituality and ethics in renewing the contemporary management praxis. The basic argument is that a more inclusive, holistic and peaceful approach to management is needed if business and political leaders are to uplift the environmentally degrading and socially disintegrating world of our age. The book uses diverse value-perspectives (Hindu, Catholic, Buddhist, and Humanist) and a variety of disciplines (philosophy, ethics, management studies, psychology, and organizational sciences) to extend traditional reflections on corporate purpose and focuses on a self-referential organizational-existential search for meaning, identity and success.
