Spiritual Capitalism Resources
For Integration of Individual Spirituality and Creativity With The Business World
As followers of pracitical spirituality and spiritual capitalists have seen in history, the world's spiritual teachers, such as Gautama Buddha and Jesus Christ were able to minister to many people because the business men of their day financially supported their missions. The resources below are ones we have found helpful in re-creating the path of spiritual capitalism - a path the allows the soul to marry the fires of creativity with the disciplines of systems thinking, project planning and even watching cash flow!
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The Diamond Cutter - the Buddha on Strategies for Managing your Business and Your Life by Geshe Michael Roach A wonderful book that explains a most profound teaching of Buddhism and how it can guide many a business decision and a way of life. |
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The Goal by Eliyahu M Goldratt introduces his Theory of Constraints and many management techniques and perspectives in a story form. Very easy to read and apply to life. |
 
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Great Boss Dead Boss by Ray Immelman "How to exact the very best perfomance from your company and not get crucified in the process". Written in story form, Ray Immelman explains the foundations and attributes of tribes -how families, companies or any social organization interact. A handbook for creating healthy organizations and pinpointing the cause of unhealthy organizations. This indispensible book trains you to walk into any company or review any political speech and understand the whether the dynamics of creativity and growth or coercion and dysfuncton are the covert or overt modus operandi. |
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Overcoming Organizational Defenses: Facilitating Organizational Learning by Chris Argyris This book helps groups overcome the organizational defenses - cultures that reward that paradoxical situation where in order to stay in the organization, one must act contrary to integrity and cover up errors in the name of loyalty, satisfaction and keeping the morale up - what government employees love to call plausible deniability to all errors.
This book is a necessary guide for those seeking the path of just stewardship and do not want organizational defenses blocking the evolution and growth of their organization, regardless of how big or small their group is. |
 
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team By Patrick Lencioni Teaching books that are in story form are an easy way to swallow the occasional bitter pill of tearing down internal idols and learning something new. Lencioni tears down the dysfunctions and then leads us on to replace them with "a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team." |