Overview
"Peter Koestenbaum and Peter Block offer you a new perspective forviewing the workplace through the lens of philosophy so that youmay have a better understanding of how to reclaim your freedom andaccountability and encourage the same in others. They provide aradical new approach to your work-a-day life that will bring truemeaning and power to your work. Freedom and Accountability at Work offers you the information youneed to: * Gain strength and meaning by transforming your thinking on howyou view anxiety, doubt, death, and guilt * Find new ways to bring spiritual and ethical values into yourworkplace * Engage in profound change that will help you overcome cynicismthat comes from superficial change * Replace your loss of organizational loyalty and safety with asense of freedom and accountability ""Both Koestenbaum and Block are such passionate men who bringtogether what we all seek in our work life-meaning, insight, andhumanness. Bless them for this book."" --Joyce DeShano, board chair, Ascension Health"
Full Product Details
Author: P Koestenbaum ,
Peter Block
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.686kg
ISBN: 9780787955946
ISBN 10: 0787955949
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 01 August 2001
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9781394156092
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD
We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier.
Reviews
Noted philosopher Peter Koestenbaum and author Peter Block present some new perspectives for seekers of meaning, insight and humanity in the work place. (Training, 12/01) It's perceptions are strikingly original, challenging the reader on every page to speculate and transform. (Napra Review, 1/02) Koestenbaum and Block present more in-depth information on philosophical tenets and do an outstanding job of helping readers see how to apply the ideas. (Choice, 2/02) ...it provides deep an valuable insight... (Professional Manager, March 2002) It belongs on your retail shelves and also in your backroom to be read and shared with employees. (New Age Retailer, May/June 2002)
Author Information
PETER KOESTENBAUM was a professor of philosophy at San Jose StateUniversity for thirty-four years. He has applied his knowledge ofphilosophy to business, leadership, management, marketing, andstrategic thinking. He is the author of Leadership; The Inner Sideof Greatness, Is There an Answer to Death?, Managing Anxiety,Choosing to Love, The Heart of Business, The New Image of thePerson, and The Vitality of Death. Koestenbaum and Block are theco-creators of the videotape The Language of the LeadershipDiamonda. Peter lives in Westlake Village, California. PETER BLOCK author, consultant, and speaker, has worked for morethan thirty years with governments, businesses, and communitiesworldwide to bring service and accountability to a wide range oforganizations and groups. Peter is the founder of two renownedtraining firms, Designed Learning and Block Petrella Weisbord. Heis the author of The Flawless Consulting Fieldbook and Companion,Flawless Consulting, Stewardship, The Empowered Manager and TheAnswer to How Is Yes (2001). Block's office is in Mystic,Connecticut.
