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Many business executives are increasingly becoming workaholic
human-doings, longing to be full and integrated human-beings. They
aspire to live with integrity, where their thoughts, values, words
and deeds are in harmony. The problem is that they don't know how
to do so in a business world that is increasingly characterised by
complexity, turbulence and greed. Leading with Wisdom provides food
for thought for people dealing with these challenges. It contains
stories and reflections of 31 inspiring and compassionate business
leaders who care about what is truly important in life and who
integrate this awareness and sensitivity into their leadership.
Leaders who search for meaning, purpose and fulfilment both in the
external world of business and in the internal world of
consciousness and conscience. Leaders whose leadership is a natural
expression of their hearts, minds and souls. In other words,
leaders who lead from a spiritual basis. Such perspectives on
leadership are not yet mainstream. Greed, prestige and power appear
to still be prime motivating forces for leaders of the world's
larger corporations. In spite of 25 years of globalisation, poverty
is still devastatingly ubiquitous in many parts of the world. In
striking contrast, the compensation packages of top leaders in
business, particularly in the West, have skyrocketed, reaching
levels that would have been considered impossible only a decade
ago. What is clearly needed is a change in the mind-set, values and
principles of our leaders, as well as of those who finance our
enterprises, and of those who teach and mentor our future leaders.
At the very minimum, what is needed is an expansion of the concept
of 'success' so that it transcends the prevailing myopic focus on
short-term financial gains. It can be argued that this rampant
greed is gradually being tamed, not just by laws, but also by
social and ethical norms. In the last two decades there has been an
amazing and uplifting focus on such perspectives as business
ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability. But
when leaders are questioned as to why they and their organisations
should promote this new and expanded sensitivity to corporate
responsibility, their 'default' answer typically is that it is
profitable - an efficacious means to promote classical business
ends of increasing earnings and share prices. But how and why
should such an expanded concept of leadership develop? What should
provide the motivation for our leaders to find their way in an
increasingly complex business world by using a compass that points
not only to a pot of gold, but also to a path to deeper meaning and
purpose in business? This book does not provide answers in the form
of proposals as to new rules or laws or moral injunctions. Rather
it provides a collage of perspectives in the form of stories of
highly respected and successful executives who have integrated
their spiritual search into their leadership so as to be "whole"
people - leaders whose thoughts, words and deeds are in harmony
with their most fundamental truths and longings, both at work and
in their private lives. These stories tell of an emerging culture
where business becomes a primary domain for both individual and
organisational spiritual growth. Leading with Wisdom:
Spiritual-Based Leadership in Business portrays an emerging global
culture. This ground-breaking book offers the experiences and
perspectives of 31 top executives from 15 countries in 6
continents. It is based on extensive personal interviews. These are
business people who express from first-hand experience what it is
like to lead a business from a spiritual basis. They tell amazing,
down-to-earth, real-life stories about how spirituality and
rationality can go hand in hand in leadership and life. Their words
of wisdom demonstrate that executives who lead from a spiritual
basis can achieve success, recognition, peace of mind and
happiness, while at the same time serving the needs of all those
affected by their leadership. Written in an engaging style, where
the special "voice" of each leader is heard, this book will be
profoundly valuable to business leaders at every level and for all
people who want to lead with integrity from a spiritual basis.
A TALE OF LOVE, ROMANCE, TREACHERY AND TREASON Alicia Elizabeth
McAllister. Pretty but not beautiful, a freshly minted honors
graduate of Township College. Alicia moves from rural Connecticut
to Washington, D.C., to join James, her boyfriend of three years.
Cruelly abandoned by him on the day she arrives, a chance encounter
with a mysterious stranger changes her life forever. Thirteen years
her senior, Alexander Michael de Vris is handsome, charming, rich
and brilliant - and maddeningly enigmatic. A war hero, a former CIA
officer, and the head of Washington's most prestigious "think
tank," he's also the President's most trusted advisor. Sympathetic
- and impressed by her ability - Alex helps her win a position at
the Center for Strategic Studies. But not all is well in
Washington. Little by little, she slowly awakens to the fact that
she's stumbled into the midst of a sinister conspiracy to
assassinate the President, and that she'll join the growing list of
victims if anyone realizes she's uncovered the plot. Who can she
turn to? Who can she trust? Most importantly, is the mysterious
Alexander de Vris loyal to the President? Or is he too a traitor?
Her life, and her love, now hang in the balance.
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