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Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer (Sanders Spiritual Growth Series)
by J. Oswald SandersOver 1 million copies soldWhat every church will always needThe need for talented, vigorous leaders in the church cannot be overemphasized. Such times demand active service of men and women who are guided by and devoted to Jesus Christ.With more than 1 million copies sold, Spiritual Leadership stands as a proven classic for developing such leadership. J. Oswald Sanders, a Christian leader for nearly seventy years and author of more than forty books, presents the key principles of leadership in both the temporal and spiritual realms. He illustrates his points with examples from Scripture and biographies of eminent men of God, such as Moses, Nehemiah, the apostle Paul, David Livingstone, Charles Spurgeon, and others. Featured topics include:The cost of leadership The responsibility of leadership Tests of leadership The qualities and criteria of leadership The art of reproducing leaders The one indispensable requirement of leadershipSanders holds that even natural leadership qualities are God-given, and their true effectiveness can only be reached when they are used to the glory of God. Let this classic be your guide for leadership, and watch how God works through you to do great things for His glory.
Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer (Sanders Spiritual Growth Series)
by J. Oswald SandersOver 1 million copies soldWhat every church will always needThe need for talented, vigorous leaders in the church cannot be overemphasized. Such times demand active service of men and women who are guided by and devoted to Jesus Christ.With more than 1 million copies sold, Spiritual Leadership stands as a proven classic for developing such leadership. J. Oswald Sanders, a Christian leader for nearly seventy years and author of more than forty books, presents the key principles of leadership in both the temporal and spiritual realms. He illustrates his points with examples from Scripture and biographies of eminent men of God, such as Moses, Nehemiah, the apostle Paul, David Livingstone, Charles Spurgeon, and others. Featured topics include:The cost of leadership The responsibility of leadership Tests of leadership The qualities and criteria of leadership The art of reproducing leaders The one indispensable requirement of leadershipSanders holds that even natural leadership qualities are God-given, and their true effectiveness can only be reached when they are used to the glory of God. Let this classic be your guide for leadership, and watch how God works through you to do great things for His glory.
Spiritual Leadership: Mit Fokus und Achtsamkeit zum Kern wirksamer Selbst-Führung
by Thomas H. UlrichSpiritual Leadership fokussiert auf das, was man über sein Selbst erfahren kann, und wie man an seinem Selbst arbeiten kann. Das Buch stellt ein dynamisches Schichtenmodell des Selbst vor, mit innerer Centricity als Kern. Führungskräfte erfahren, wie sie an den verschiedenen Ebenen ihrer Persönlichkeit arbeiten können, um Centricity zu erreichen – das am eigenen Wesenskern ausgerichtete innere Gleichgewicht, das Grundlage wirksamer Führung in der VUCA-Welt sowie Basis persönlicher Authentizität und natürlicher Autorität ist.Spiritual Leadership verbindet klassische Leadership-Theorien und Modelle der Authentic Leadership mit Konzepten der Philosophie und der von kontemplativen Bewusstseinstechniken inspirierten Achtsamkeits- und Mindfulness-Bewegung.Praktische Übungsaufgaben und anschauliche Anwendungsbeispiele unterstützen die Anwendung des Konzepts im beruflichen und privaten Alltag.
Spiritual Leadership: A Guide to Focus, Awareness, and Mindfulness
by Thomas H. UlrichSpiritual leadership focuses on what you can experience and how you can work on your 'self.' Taking a non-religious stance, this book introduces readers to a dynamic layer model of the self, with inner centricity at its core. Leaders will learn how to work at different levels of their personality in order to achieve this inner centricity – the inner-core balance, the foundation of effective leadership in the VUCA world, and the foundation of personal authenticity and natural authority. Spiritual leadership combines classic leadership theories and models of authentic leadership with philosophical concepts and consciousness and awareness techniques inspired by the contemplative mindfulness movement. Practical exercises and illustrative examples support the application of the concept in professional leadership and private everyday life.
Spirituality and Business
by Margot Esther Borden Sharda S. NandramThe effects of globalization influence corporate life and entrepreneurial culture and the implications are felt, directly or indirectly, by every world citizen. This book examines our inevitable relationship with business and the drives behind the way we do business. In a nutshell: 'me and mine' or 'thee and thine'. The former ends up in a cul-de-sac of individual and collective emptiness, alienation and self-destruction. The latter involves a transformation in the way we do business and leads to such benefits as collaboration, mutual enrichment and our livelihood being an integral part of our quest for a meaningful and fulfilling life. Spirituality is presented in this book as a possibility for providing a non-denominational inspiration and framework - both in theory and practice - for bringing about an inner transformation resulting in a new paradigm for business and management.
Spirituality and Business: An Open Letter to Christian Leaders in Times of Urgency
by Philippe de WootAre the demands placed on 21st-century business leaders compatible with Christian values? Is it possible to act ethically and be socially responsible within a global system driven by economic demands? This important book explores the current conflict between spirituality and corporate leadership and asks challenging questions of business leaders and decision-makers.
Spirituality and Corporate Social Responsibility: Interpenetrating Worlds (Corporate Social Responsibility)
by David Bubna-LiticReligion and spirituality have often been treated with a secular disdain by management theorists. Recently, the tide has begun to turn and there is a growing openness to cite spirituality in academic analysis and debate, and when considering issues of practical concern to those engaged in the actual business of management. This provocative book brings together a range of leading thinkers to consider the relationship between spirituality and corporate social responsibility. The book's contributors examine spirituality as an inherent dimension of corporate life even if it is only known through its absence - and through the negative consequences of this absence on people and the planet. With contributors from four continents, David Bubna-Litic has assembled a range of fascinating perspectives having their origins in traditions that include Christianity, Process Theology, Hinduism, Contemporary Buddhism, Deep Ecology, Humanism, Post-Modern and Post-Romantic Spirituality. Spirituality and Corporate Social Responsibility is a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in ways in which spirituality relates to what is or what should be driving businesses and organizations to more responsible behaviour.
Spirituality and Emotional Intelligence: Wisdom from the World’s Spiritual Sources Applied to EQ for Leadership and Professional Development
by Gilmore CrosbyThis book weaves together spirituality and a systemic version of emotional intelligence that incorporates Kurt Lewin’s social science and other sources. Emotional intelligence calls on us to be fully present “to the moment.” It calls on us to be appreciative of ourselves and our relationships. Likewise, a calm and compassionate presence is almost universally recognized as a spiritual way of being. In other words, the overwhelming majority of the world’s spiritual sources call on us to be emotionally intelligent and that link is explored with unique clarity in this simple yet powerful text. We are all reactive at times. Becoming more objective and less attached allows us to feel our feelings without being a prisoner to acting on them in habitual ways. From a more detached perspective, feelings are neither good nor bad, but simply clues as to how we are perceiving our environment, especially our social environment. This is especially important in terms of our relationships at work. Our perceptions about what people intend trigger our emotional reactions. Think about the difference when you perceive critical feedback as a sincere attempt to help or when you perceive it as an attack of some sort. Perception evokes different emotional responses. Objectivity about our own perception is even more important than objectivity about emotion, because the former usually precedes the later. Paradoxically, being detached allows one to appreciate and experience one’s emotions more fully. Recognizing emotion as part of your inner guidance system instead of as something dangerous that must be controlled or denied is freeing. The less emotion runs you, the more you can accept feeling what you feel. Emotion is a form of physical energy. Fighting your own feelings takes energy. Allowing the ebb and flow of emotion is essential to physical and emotional health and to accepting ourselves as we are.
Spirituality and Ethics in Management
by Laszlo ZsolnaiThe 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.
Spirituality and Management: From Models to Applications
by Pankaj Gupta Sanjeev P. Sahni Tithi BhatnagarThis book discusses the importance of integrating spirituality from diverse knowledge backgrounds to be effective in its everyday use. Bringing together global experts in the field, this book provides an extensive overview of the various spirituality and management themes, models, approaches, and complexities. The chapters in the book include deliberations upon wisdom from the Bhagwat Gita; Buddha; the impact of spirituality on good governance, quality of life; integrating ethics, human values, happiness; meditation; and linking of spirituality and management and their effect on leadership, and workplace environment. A thought-provoking read for scholars, students, and policy-makers, this book provides an Indian perspective on managing spirituality at work. This book is even more relevant in the post-COVID-19 scenario as it focuses on the holistic development of people and organizations.
Spirituality and Sustainable Development
by Rohana UlluwishewaLooking beyond the materialistic boundary of the conventional development paradigm, this book identifies our spiritual underdevelopment which is being reflected as self-centeredness and greed, as the root cause of conventional development's failure to alleviate poverty and inequality, achieve sustainability and deliver happiness to humanity.
Spirituality in Management: Insights from India (Palgrave Studies in Indian Management)
by Sushanta Kumar Mishra Arup VarmaWith spirituality being brought to the fore of management and organisation studies, this timely collection takes a closer look at the relationship between religion and work in India. Bringing together experts from various backgrounds, this book provides a comprehensive review of the topic, addressing its key underpinnings and complexities. Spirituality in Management is divided into four sections, covering the evolution of workplace spirituality, its causes, characteristics and outcomes, and culminating in a critical analysis. A thought-provoking read for scholars, students and policy-makers, this book provides an Indian perspective on managing spirituality at work, and offers insights into successful organisational practice.
Spirituality in the Workplace: A Tool for Relations, Sustainability and Growth in Turbulent and Interconnected Markets (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)
by Stephen J. BroadhurstAs we become more and more of a global trading world, the challenges of leading and managing within this turbulent environment and its associated, complex, interconnected markets and disconnected relationships are indisputable, so just how far can any change requirements be practically engaged with, whilst also keeping the employee at the organisation’s central core? Today’s business world cries out for people who can lead with a cross-cultural global perspective, who can lead from the heart as well as the mind and address and manage problems on not just an integrated local level, but also with a healthy, holistic perspective. The subject of spirituality has long been discussed within academic research, but there still seems to be a misunderstanding and stagnation of both its real meaning and application amongst business academics, the population and organisations alike. This book aims to provide a realistic message to help those who are looking for some answers; for those who are looking for a way to advance their own skill-set and progress both their careers and the organisation’s current standing; to move from being confused and insecure about strategies and tactics, to positively contributing to not only their own, but also to the employees’ well-being and the business’s overall purpose and intention. By basing the content upon real and relevant, interesting, modern-day perspectives, applications, requirements, opportunities and benefits, all combined into a manual for thought and a practical framework for action, this book will significantly and realistically move the subject of spirituality forward. This book will be of interest to researchers, academics and students with a special interest in the, positive, influence of spirituality within the workplace and everyday healthy living.
The Spirituality of Success: Getting Rich with Integrity
by Vincent M. RoazziThe twentieth anniversary release of the classic guide that &“shows us not only how to achieve emotional and financial success but also how to maintain it&” (Patti Breitman, coauthor of How to Say No Without Feeling Guilty). Through the wisdom of a life spent overcoming his own adversity and helping others, Vincent Roazzi reminds us that accumulating success while maintaining a spiritual center are not mutually exclusive goals. The Spirituality of Success demonstrates that success is a science and explains its principles. The author also dispels many popular myths of achievement and reveals the reasons why success eludes most people. Why haven&’t you achieved the success you desire? Here are just a few reasons: Success is not logical. Failure is a learned treat. Your expectations become your excuses. This Twentieth Anniversary reprint edition celebrates the author&’s timeless advice that has been enjoyed in sixteen languages and distributed across twenty-six countries.&“The book offers plenty of inspirational directives to stop daydreaming about the lottery and start planning for the future.&” —Publishers Weekly&“Focuses on spiritually appropriate means to achieve economic success, but the purpose of that success is not neglected . . . The true key to personal success is impersonal altruism.&” —The Theosophical Society
Spirituality, Sustainability, and Success: Concepts and Cases (Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment)
by Christopher G. BeehnerThis book offers a pragmatic approach to the benefits of spirituality and sustainability for both individual and organizational success. It introduces sustainability and workplace spirituality as contemporary solutions to the challenging organizational environment. The first few chapters introduce the fundamentals of spirituality, workplace spirituality, and sustainability. The author then demonstrates how the three qualities are beneficial in achieving personal and business success. Through the combination of synthesized research summaries and case studies of individuals and organizations, this book offers readers a fresh perspective on the importance of spirituality and sustainability to organizational performance.
Spirituality, Sustainability, and Success: Concepts and Cases (Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment)
by Christopher G. BeehnerThis book offers a pragmatic approach to the benefits of spirituality and sustainability for both individual and organizational success. It introduces sustainability and workplace spirituality as contemporary solutions to the challenging organizational environment. The first few chapters introduce the fundamentals of spirituality, workplace spirituality, and sustainability. The author then demonstrates how the three qualities are beneficial in achieving personal and business success. Through the combination of synthesized research summaries and case studies of individuals and organizations, this book offers readers a fresh perspective on the importance of spirituality and sustainability to organizational performance.
Spiritually and Developmentally Mature Leadership: Towards an Expanded Understanding of Leadership in the 21st Century (Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership)
by Daniel E. Harris Lori Holyfield Linda Jones Rhonda Ellis Judi NealThe book goes beyond theory to offer tools and suggestions for developing emerging leaders. Inspired by the pioneering work of leadership scholar Andre Delbecq, this book points towards an expanded model of leadership that incorporates an active inner life, and posits that such fully human models of leadership will be essential to meet the profound challenges of the 21st Century. Without presuming to provide definitive answers, the text explores central questions such as: What is the added value of spiritual maturity to leadership? Would the integration of mature spirituality with well-developed intellectual and emotional capacities produce more beneficial leadership outcomes for organizations and individuals? What would a spiritually and developmentally mature emerging leader look like in 10 to 20 years? How do we prepare emerging leaders for the challenges they may face; and how do we model spiritually and developmentally mature leadership in ways that resonate with them?Professor Andre Delbecq (1936-2016) of the University of Santa Clara created the heuristic of “spiritually and developmentally mature leaders” to encapsulate his observation that outstanding leaders often seemed to draw strength and wisdom from sources that are not typically studied or taught in leadership courses. Thirty scholars and practitioners accepted Delbecq’s heuristic as the starting point to explore spiritual components of leadership that do not easily lend themselves to quantification or clear causal links. The analysis of their disciplined engagement with the heuristic forms the foundation of an exploratory, fully human understanding of leadership. This analysis is supported by literature reviews, including an overview of Andre Delbecq’s relevant work. Ultimately, the authors call for further collaboration across disciplines and between research and practice to build on the conceptual constructs offered here, and, especially, to create pedagogies for the training of spiritually and developmentally mature leaders
Spirituelle Führung
by Rolf ArnoldIn einem fiktiven Briefwechsel zwischen der Führungskraft Bernhard und ihrem akademischen Coach Karl vermittlet dieses Buch grundlegende Erkenntnisse über das Spirituelle der Führung. Berhard sucht nach den tieferen Spuren seines Leitungshandelns und fragt nach einer sinnvollen, "guten" und wirksamen Praxis des Umgangs mit sich selbst und anderen im Führungsalltag. Karl antwortet aus einer philosophisch sowie führungstheoretisch tief begründeten Perspektive heraus, und es entspannt sich ein sehr persönlicher, aber auch grundsätzlicher Dialog über das Spirituelle der Führung. Beide entwickeln dabei sehr konkrete Vorschläge, Vorgehensweisen und Instrumente - so wie in dem Buch "Führen mit Gefühl" (2. Auflage Gabler 2011) desselben Autors.
Spirituelle Führung: Anleitung zum Selbstcoaching Mit einem Methoden-ABC
by Rolf ArnoldIn einem fiktiven Briefwechsel zwischen der Führungskraft Bernhard und ihrem akademischen Coach Karl vermittlet dieses Buch grundlegende Erkenntnisse über das Spirituelle der Führung. Berhard sucht nach den tieferen Spuren seines Leitungshandelns und fragt nach einer sinnvollen, „guten“ und wirksamen Praxis des Umgangs mit sich selbst und anderen im Führungsalltag. Karl antwortet aus einer philosophisch sowie führungstheoretisch tief begründeten Perspektive heraus, und es entspannt sich ein sehr persönlicher, aber auch grundsätzlicher Dialog über das Spirituelle der Führung. Beide entwickeln dabei sehr konkrete Vorschläge, Vorgehensweisen und Instrumente – so wie in dem Buch „Führen mit Gefühl“ (2. Auflage Gabler 2011) desselben Autors.
Spiritugraphics: The Influence of Faith on Consumption and Why It Matters to Your Brand
by Brad Benbow Phil DanielsIn Spiritugraphics, authors Brad Benbow and Phil Daniels explore, through research and case studies on some of the top brands and companies, the question of whether or not faith influences consumption and to what extent it influences our day-to-day purchasing decisions with the goal of helping companies reach this deeply connected segment of the marketplace. Does a person&’s faith affect what they buy and don&’t buy? What about where they make their purchases? Are consumers shopping differently today versus three to five years ago? These and other key questions were posed to women of all age groups in a national behavioral study executed by America&’s Research Group between December 2020 and January 2021. In Brad Benbow and Phil Daniels&’ groundbreaking book, Spiritugraphics: The Influence of Faith on Consumption and Why It Matters to Your Brand, you will discover keen insights into topics important to marketers like: How much does &“Made in America&” affect shoppers of faith? In spite of current culture change, political correctness and consequences of expressing diverse thought, 42.4% of female Christians in the US say that &“American-made&” is very important. Does &“holiday&” vs. &“Christmas&” really matter to people of faith? According to the research, 60% stated that any retailer promoting &“Christmas&” rather than &“Holiday&” (or other references) had a significant advantage with them compared to their competitors. Marketers and brand managers have long operated under the framework of demographics, psychographics, and sociographics. Authors Benbow and Daniels present a new set of data points to be considered: Spiritugraphics. Ultimately the book provides ten key &“Spiritugraphics&” that you and your company/brand should pay close attention to if you want to reach this highly engaged and deeply connected segment of the marketplace.
Spite: and the Upside of Your Dark Side
by Simon McCarthy-JonesHave you ever done something stupid, dangerous or self-sabotaging just to get one over someone else? Most of us have. Simon McCarthy-Jones draws on psychology, current affairs, literature and genetics to illuminate – whether we admit it or not – our spiteful side. What is that part of us that secretly wants our friends to fail? Did Americans put Trump in the White House just to stick it to Hillary Clinton? And then there are the legion of stories about toxic behaviour in supermarkets and over the privet hedge, ramping up to incendiary divorces, vicious business practices, backbiting politics and scorched-earth terrorism. There&’s a hopeful message too – the upside of our dark side. Spite can drive us forward, and Simon provides a fresh perspective on the concept by showing the evolutionary benefits of spite as a social leveller, an enabler of defiance, a wellspring of freedom and a vital weapon in our everyday armoury.
Spite: The Upside of Your Dark Side
by Simon McCarthy-JonesSpite angers and enrages us, but it also keeps us honest. In this provocative account, a psychologist examines how petty vengeance explains human thriving. Spite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why hasn't evolution weeded out all the spiteful people? <P><P> As psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones argues, spite seems pointless because we're looking at it wrong. Spite isn't just what we feel when a car cuts us off or when a partner cheats. It's what we feel when we want to punish a bad act simply because it was bad. Spite is our fairness instinct, an innate resistance to exploitation, and it is one of the building blocks of human civilization. <P><P>As McCarthy-Jones explains, some of history's most important developments—the rise of religions, governments, and even moral codes—were actually redirections of spiteful impulses. A provocative, engaging read, Spite shows that if you really want to understand what makes us human, you can't just look at noble ideas like altruism and cooperation. You need to understand our darker impulses as well.
Spitzenleistung durch Leadership: Die Bausteine ergebnis- und mitarbeiterorientierter Führung
by Nora Zeisel Christoph LindingerIn den Wirtschaftsnachrichten häufen sich die Skandale: von Abzockern, Missmanagement und einem Verlust an Menschlichkeit ist die Rede. Zugleich wachsen mit dem Ruf nach besserer Führung die Herausforderungen an das Management: Schnelligkeit, Ideenreichtum und Leidenschaft - all dies und vieles mehr wird zunehmend gefordert. Lässt sich das eine vermeiden und das andere stärken? "Spitzenleistung durch Leadership" hat alle Aspekte der Führung im Fokus und beschreibt eine Führungsphilosophie, die den Menschen, das Team und die Organisation in den Vordergrund rückt. Die Autoren stellen das Thema Leadership als ganzheitlichen Ansatz dar und identifizieren vier Felder, in denen Leadership wirksam wird: Führungskräfte, Mitarbeiter, Prozesse sowie Markt und Kunden. Anhand vieler praktischer Beispiele wird deutlich, wie es gelingt, Unternehmenserfolg und Menschenentwicklung gleichermaßen in den Mittelpunkt zu stellen und Wertsteigerung durch Wertschätzung zu erreichen. Ein Grundlagenwerk und Arbeitsbuch für Führungskräfte aller Branchen und Hierarchie-Ebenen, die Leadership-Qualitäten aufbauen wollen - mit zahlreichen Umsetzungstipps.
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
by William J. BernsteinWhile many historians and economists have contended that globalization began in the 21st century, financial theorist and historian Bernstein argues that the phenomenon began substantially earlier and has evolved over time. The author asserts that globalization had its true beginnings in the operations of the English and Dutch East India companies, and delves into the history and frequently complex mechanisms of trade among nations. He also makes it abundantly clear that while trade has improved the overall welfare of mankind, it also created great disparities of wealth and its attendant consequences. An interesting and very readable book. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Splendid Failure: Postwar Reconstruction in the American South (American Ways Ser.)
by Michael W. FitzgeraldSince the civil rights era of the 1960s, revisionist historians have been sympathetic to the racial justice motivations of the Radical Republican Reconstruction policies that followed the Civil War. But this emphasis on positive goals and accomplishments has obscured the role of the Republicans in the overthrow of their own program. Rich with insight, Michael W. Fitzgerald's new interpretation of Reconstruction shows how the internal dynamics of this first freedom movement played into the hands of white racist reactionaries in the South. Splendid Failure recounts how postwar financial missteps and other governance problems quickly soured idealistic Northerners on the practical consequences of the Radical Republican plan, and set the stage for the explosion that swept Southern Republicans from power and resulted in Northern acquiescence to the bloody repression of voting rights. The failed strategy offers a chastening example to present-day proponents of racial equality.