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 Soul at Work- Spiritual Leadership in Organizations Deluxe
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Soul at Work- Spiritual Leadership in Organizations Deluxe 5 stars (Spiritually-Grounded AND Successful) - In five to ten years time, I ...
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Soul at Work- Spiritual Leadership in Organizations - 5 stars (Spiritually-Grounded AND Successful
Soul at Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizations review:5 stars (Spiritually-Grounded AND Successful) - In five to ten years time, I predict we will see a spurt of entrepreneurialism directly traceable to Margaret Benefiel's Soul at Work. Much writing about spirituality and the work place is little more than enthusiastic commentary. This book is much more. In its breadth of real world stories ranging from U2 to Reell Precision Manufacturing to Mercy Medical, Soul at Work tells the experiences of leaders in their own voices.
These are not portraits of saints - of leaders who made decisions in extraordinary circumstances. These are ordinary people who did make the commitment to create an environment where they and their colleagues could bring their whole selves to work. Recognizing the array of spiritualities that leaders (and readers) bring, Benefiel defines soul as "the human spirit, fully engaged." Importantly, she has collected stories from a diversity of wisdom traditions.
The book is divided into two sections, first hearing from the leaders themselves and then moving on to examining their organizations. The author concludes with a set of lessons/guides that are traced back to their origins in the stories presented. She helpfully demonstrates what people any place in an organization - and across a wide diversity of organizations - can do.
What I found most exciting was that some readers who find their current circumstances inhospitable to bottom lines other than the financial may well be spurred to create new, more spiritually-grounded organizations that are also designed to be successful in the marketplace.
Buy a copy for yourself - then buy another to share with colleagues. You'll want to keep your own handy. But as you read it, you'll want to be able to talk about it with people you know seek a fuller engagement of soul at work.4 stars (Fully engaged) - On the first page of the Introduction (page 9 in the book) I got hooked when Margaret defined spirituality as "the human spirit, fully engaged." That drew me in and from then on I read the book without putting it away. It is a breeze to read and then leaves you with much to mull over. All the stories are heartwarming, yet they also show the hard work that the business owners and employees continue to have to do, and that the soul searching and the discernment are never finished. The notion of discernment is a useful one for the business world. She defines it as "a drawing on one's whole self, soul, mind, heart and spirit, including but transcending intellectual analysis" (page 51)and covers both the personal and the group discernment as spiritual practices that are actually used in the workplaces she observed. Discernment is one of those practices that would go far in reducing impulsive and misguided decision making.
Margaret dealt upfront with the usual knots that tie spirituality and religiosity together, and her interviews show that such a knot is not necessary, although in some examples it holds.
An uplifting book with some good ideas to try out.5 stars (Soul and Work CAN go together!) - "Soul at Work" is an inspiration for anyone who thinks that we don't have to live a divided life leaving our morals and spirit at the workplace door. Benefiel's case studies show real-life experiences of people who have made choices that allow them to maintain the integrity of their beliefs and make a profit at the same time. In a time when it is hard to trust businesses, this book gives hope for commerce.
Several different types of business are represented: a hospital, a bakery, U-2 (yes, the rock band!), and others. Soul needn't be confined to one kind of work or one size company.
The author's knowledge of spirituality in the workplace and business practices makes this book a useful resource both for executives and managers who are searching for ways to make their work and companies more soulful, and for religious people who want to minister to people who feel stripped of their spirituality in the workplace. She speaks about discernment and leadership, about which she has done much research, in holistic ways.
This book definitely has a wide scope and is not just about religious organizations lest the subtitle "Spiritual Leadership in Organizations" make you think it is. This is for anyone interested in the workplace who has a soul. That is probably you.
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