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In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 583484 4 1633026 2003 Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning total:22|5:5|4:9|3:7|2:1|1:0| 22 84 52 1 27446 3.91 1412 223 13065405 810346 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.75 20 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 3 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jan 21 11:11:35 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 11:12:00 -0800 2008 81497883 1903976 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Sat Dec 19 12:58:51 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 12:58:51 -0800 2009 77288339 2928369 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 3 0 false Mon Nov 09 22:02:46 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 22:02:46 -0800 2009 76405295 1561381 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 16:39:46 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 16:39:46 -0800 2009 70707698 1190003 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Thu Sep 10 07:01:09 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 07:01:09 -0700 2009 67312683 2625249 1638720 0670031968 9780670031962 0 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership. Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186196190m/1638720.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186196190s/1638720.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1638720.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 4.50 2 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Thu Aug 13 18:21:14 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 18:21:14 -0700 2009 63746517 2433586 1638720 0670031968 9780670031962 0 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership. Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186196190m/1638720.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186196190s/1638720.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1638720.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 16 12:22:19 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 12:22:19 -0700 2009 63559704 181585 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Wed Jul 15 02:45:41 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 02:45:41 -0700 2009 62630018 2450568 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Wed Jul 08 09:51:45 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 09:51:45 -0700 2009 58624538 2361187 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Fri Jun 05 23:38:17 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 23:38:17 -0700 2009 55755046 164360 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 4 0 false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 21:20:36 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 21:20:36 -0700 2009 55755016 2277357 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Mon May 11 21:20:17 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 21:20:17 -0700 2009 54899934 1427952 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Mon May 04 09:39:26 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 09:39:26 -0700 2009 49280476 1293769 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Sat Mar 14 16:49:32 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 16:49:39 -0700 2009 48868360 2112803 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 5 0 false Tue Mar 10 19:08:18 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 19:08:18 -0700 2009 44342116 145687 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Sun Jan 25 18:17:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 18:17:24 -0800 2009 44310375 60433 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Sun Jan 25 13:31:33 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 13:31:33 -0800 2009 43428764 1350972 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 0 0 false Sat Jan 17 22:40:06 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 22:40:06 -0800 2009 41184509 1840813 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

]]> 2003 3 0 false Mon Dec 29 10:01:47 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 10:01:47 -0800 2008 40522953 1229 583484 014200409X 9780142004098 1 <![CDATA[Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113m/583484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176009113s/583484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583484.Good_Business_Leadership_Flow_and_the_Making_of_Meaning 3.82 22 Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

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