Liberating the Corporate Soul
Building Ethical and High-Performing Organizations
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:22nd Oct '98
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This insightful book emphasizes the importance of ethical behavior in achieving high performance and global success. Liberating the Corporate Soul provides a roadmap for leaders.
In Liberating the Corporate Soul, the author presents a compelling argument for the necessity of ethical and socially responsible practices in building a high-performance business. The book emphasizes that in today's competitive global landscape, organizations must recognize the value of their human capital. By tapping into the creativity and productivity of employees, companies can gain a significant edge over their rivals. The author illustrates how nurturing a values-driven culture can lead to sustainable success and innovation.
As businesses navigate through turbulent times, their strategic success increasingly depends on their reputation as trusted community members and global citizens. Liberating the Corporate Soul highlights the importance of being perceived as an ethical organization, where employees feel a sense of belonging and purpose. The text argues that what a company stands for is just as crucial as its products or services, urging leaders to cultivate a workplace environment that aligns with shared values.
This book serves as a practical guide for executives and managers looking to foster a visionary organization. Drawing on tested models and tools, the author shares insights from international experiences, including work with the World Bank. The narrative provides a blueprint for transforming corporate culture, ensuring that values and leadership evolve to meet the demands of the 21st century, ultimately leading to enhanced performance and community trust.
'More than simply a majestic vision, Richard Barrett's book brilliantly describes the ways and means for business leaders to create the compassionate and viable future we urgently need on our beautiful planet.' - Godric E.S. Bader, F.R.S.A., Life President, Scott Bader Commonwealth Ltd.
'If every corporate executive bought this book and assigned it for in-house management development courses, the world would become a better place.' - Hazel Henderson, author, Building a Win-Win World and Creating Alternative Futures
'As we approach the new Millennium the world seeks clear thinkers with visionary concepts to help unravel the challenges before us. Richard Barrett's inspiring new book Liberating the Corporate Soul weaves a rich tapestry balancing heart and soul with a practical down-to-earth corporate vision for the future.' - Craig and Patricia Neal, Co-Founders, Heartland Institute
'Presents a convincing rationale for making ethical and socially responsible behavior the best foundation for building and maintaining a high performance, globally successful business.' - Robert W. MacGregor, President, Minnesota Center for Corporate Responsibility
'Gives a powerful set of tools for organizational transformation. I highly recommend it.' - Ann Svendsen, Consultant and author of The Stakeholder Strategy: Profiting from Collaborative Business Relationships
'Practical advice to tap the source of creativity and innovation which every business seeks.'- Ron Nahser, President and CEO of The Nahser Agency/Advertising, Chicago
'The bold, practical blueprint we need for moving business to the next evolutionary level. Sweeping, brilliant a sense of the grandeur of the new paradigm of business.' - Martin Rutte, President Livelihood, co-author Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work
'A must read for leaders who want to shape a government built on values, innovation, and greater efficiency.' - Jody Zall Kusek, Director of Strategic Planning and Performance Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
'Liberating the Corporate Soul achieves the impossible: it integrates the intangibles of ethics, vision, and consciousness into a tangible measurement system.' - Marcello Palazzi, Bsc, Msc, MBA, Co-Founder and Chair, Progressio Foundation, The Netherlands
'a paradigm shifting look at how business leaders can harness the creative potential of their staff and their organizations. The author concisely develops and explains several tools that will enable managers to create an organizational foundation that will foster alignment, accountability and strategic focus.' - Tad McKeon, MBA, CPA, CQM, 1997 Senior Examiner, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, co-author, Transforming Home Care: Quality, Cost and Data Management
'This book has captured the true challenge of business today: nurturing values-based organizations to which employees and other stakeholders commit. It is also an excellent guide to achieving this goal which is proving to be the most important success factor of our times.' - Margareta Barchan, CEO and President, CELEMI, Sweden
'This book breaks new ground in helping business leaders take responsibility for the whole. It encourages us to build a better world through business.' - George E. McCown, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, McCown, De Leeuw & Co., Chairman, World Business Academy
'If you want to install in your company a climate of trust, harmony, creativity and vision . . . If you accept to be honest about your own values and ethics . . . Jump on this book, it is one of the best I know, linking a new vision with concrete and effective tools helping you to revitalize and reenchant your enterprise.' - Marc Luyckx, Forward Studies Unit European Commission, Brussels
ISBN: 9780750670715
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 350g
246 pages