Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext What a highly successful, centuries-old practice can teach the corporate business world. 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

Product details

• Authors: August Turak, Turak August
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2013
• EAN: 9780231160629
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16062-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Columbia Business School Publi; Columbia Business School Publishing; Columbia Business School Publi
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations, RELIGION / Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success, Business & management, Management and management techniques