Turak Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks

One CEO's Quest for Meaning and Authenticity
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-53522-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Columbia Business School Publishing

What a highly successful, centuries-old practice can teach the corporate world and how it can bring more meaning to one's career.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Turak, August

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaft: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. The Economic Miracle of Mepkin Abbey
2. What We All Really Want
3. The End of Selfishness
4. Goat Rodeos and the Transformational Or ga ni za tion
5. Mission
6. Selflessness and Community
7. Excellence for the Sake of Excellence
8. Ethical Standards, or, Why Good Things Happen for Good People
9. Faith
10. The Power of Trust
11. Self- knowledge and Authenticity
12. Living the Life

Leseproben

Read the chapter, "The Economic Miracle of Mepkin Abbey"

Über Autor(innen)

After a corporate career with companies like MTV, August Turak founded two highly successful software businesses, Raleigh Group International (RGI) and Elsinore Technologies. He received a B.A. in history from the University of Pittsburgh and is pursuing a Masters in theology at St. John's University, Minnesota. Turak's essay "Brother John" received the grand prize in the John Templeton Foundation's Power of Purpose essay contest. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Selling Magazine, the New York Times, and Business Week, and is a popular leadership contributor at Forbes.com. His website is www.augustturak.com.