Reclaiming Higher Ground: Creating Organizations That Inspire the Soul

Writing To Today's Stressed-out Businessperson, Secretan Says: Imagine Yourself Standing On Higher Ground. This Higher Ground Is Built On Trust And Integrity. Secretan Presents A Convincing Case That By Restoring Emotion To The Workplace, Organizations Can Further Empower Their Employees, Thereby Satisfying The Employees' Needs And The Bottom Line All At Once. Only In That Way Does An Organization Demonstrate Its Commitment To Its Most Valuable Assets - Its People. Who Are Then Motivated To Provide 100 Percent To The Customer. In Chilling Contrast To This, Secretan Shows That We Can't Go On The Way We Have Been For Much Longer - Doing More Of The Same, Only Faster, And Faster. That's Why More Than 80% Of Working People Dislike Their Work And More Heart Attacks Occur On Monday Than Any Other Time. What's Wrong With This Picture? Secretan Says We Have Been Catering To The Personality And Its Desire For Ego-gratification At The. Expense Of The Soul. In An Entertaining Mix Of Solid Management Know-how And Inspirational Guidance, He Writes That Individuals And Organizations Will Flourish Once Again When We Restore Respect For The Soul And Create Workplaces That Are Spiritual Sanctuaries. Secretan Deliberately Puts Forward More Questions Than Answers As He Guides Us Towards Rediscovering Our Souls. He Challenges Ideas About Business With Unique Concepts That Are Practical And That Work. He Raises. Business, In This Period Of Complicated Challenges And Ongoing Technological Change, To New Heights. He Offers Solutions And Personal Checklists For Readers To Monitor Their Progress In Reclaiming The Higher Ground That Will Make Their Lives Whole Again. 1. Body And Soul -- 2. Values-centered Leadership -- 3. Truth-telling And Promise-keeping -- 4. The Courage To Live With Grace -- 5. The Alchemy Of The Soul -- 6. Blithe Spirit -- 7. Soul Provider -- 8. Soulspace -- 9. Competitive Spirit -- 10. Head First -- 11. The Invisible Code -- 12. Form Follows Function -- 13. The Soul And The Muse -- 14. Fuel For The Soul -- 15. Soul Proprietor -- 16. When Team Members Come And Go -- 17. Community -- 18. A Profit With Honor -- Epilogue: Some Thoughts About Building A Sanctuary For The Soulful Revolutionary. Lance H.k. Secretan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 247-251) And Index.