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| The Corporate Mystic: A Guidebook for Visionaries with Their Feet on the Ground | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gay Hendricks, Kate Ludeman
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 356652
Media: Paperback
Edition: Bantam Trade Pbk. Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 055337494X
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.4092
EAN: 9780553374940
ASIN: 055337494X
Publication Date: February 3, 1997
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Who will succeed in the twenty first century?Today's creative business leaders already know the answer and it's not about cutting overhead downsizing or meeting next quarter's budget. Corporate
leaders of the twenty-first century will be spiritual leaders-- grounded in vision, integrity and intuition--and they will know how to nurture these
qualities in others. Gay Hendricks and Kate Ludeman have been training top executives for more than twenty-five years. They have distilled the experience of the hundred wisest
businessmen and women they know into nuggets of just-in-time wisdom that take no more than a minute or two to read. You will discover: * The twelve qualities of twenty-first-century leaders * How to make breakthrough decisions with intuitive ease * The visionary's ability to think twenty years down the line * How to spot and correct integrity problems in your organization * How to create a mind-set of prosperity in yourself and your company Drawing on insights and observations from legendary CEOs like Bob Galvin ofMotorola and Ed McCracken of Silicon Graphics, The Corporate Mystic also
offers spirited solutions to the day-in, day-out problems of business. You'll learn what these visionaries with their feet on the ground say about: * Giving and receiving honest feedback * Ending destructive turf battles * High-firing people who drain your energy * Handling big wins and big losses * Protecting your creative think-time * And much much more. Whether you're a new hire or already division chief The Corporate Mystic is a book to nourish your soul and light your path to professional
success.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 On Leadership July 1, 2008
The Corporate Mystic is a book about leadership. Part One lays out the fundamental principles: Integrity, Vision, and Intuition. Part Two includes chapters on inspiring commitment, communicating with people, managing projects, and creating wealth.
I thought the chapter on communication was the most useful part of the book.
 Eye-opening and encouraging about *true* leadership September 25, 2007
This wonderful book shows, with practicality and real descriptions of recognized leaders in the corporate world, what true leadership and inspiration can be.
It covers down-to-earth topics like project management, communication, and inspiring commitment from the perspective of the visionary - the mystic - who leads with integrity, vision, and intuition.
The balance between the visionary/mystical aspects and the cool, clear practicality of real life is beautifully managed. This is a book for everyone who believes it should be possible to bring your whole self, including your heart, to work.
Highly recommended!
Changed My Life February 28, 2007
Many years ago, a good friend of mine sent to me a copy of The Corporate Mystic. Can a book change a life? Can it alter a person's path... stimulate one to question "priorities."
Four remarkable things changed in my life after reading this book: 1) I quit my job as a Manager with an insurance company - to meet and visit with family across the country. 2) Was able to spend valuable time with my Step Dad before his death. 3) Started a new company. 4) Coauthored a book on workplace safety.
I highly recommend The Corporate Mystic... it changed my life.
Steve Thompson
President, Aspen Risk Management Group
Coauthor, Workplace Safety: A Guide for Small and Midsized Companies
Brilliance combined with a touch of elitism October 21, 2006
I just read this book and I am still thinking about it and wondering how I feel about it. On the one hand, the book is full of solid wisdom. On the other hand, it sometimes feels as though it panders to the elite and assums that business leaders will make the right decision for their enterprises, their communites, and the earth. Of course we have seen that this is just a bit optimistic. So it is a worthwhile read but ignore the pandering to the elite.
 Some basic leadership insights, but drop the spirituality November 26, 2004
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
The Corporate Mystic purports to be a guidebook for leaders of the future, but in reality it morphs the primarily anecdotal experiences of a consulting firm with Zen-like philosophy in a mostly ineffective effort to help the reader become more spiritually connected to his career.
As a member of a volunteer book discussion club for high-potential leaders in the education feild, I am writing this review on behalf of not only myself but a half-dozen other peers who bought this book based on the positive reviews on Amazon. Unfortunately, the whole of our group has been so grossly disappointed with this read that we have all agreed to abaondon the book halfway through. And I'm not sure I will ever finish this book independently.
While it is not a downright awful book for leaders, it is fundamentally distorted. Specifically, an initial claim that the authors have seen more spirituality in corporations than in cathedrals is supported by stories of business leaders and seemingly random Eastern philosophy, all in attempt to define the leader of tomorrow as a "mystic." While this is a nice catchphrase for a book title to generate sales, it really doesn't seem to work as the actual basis for an entire text.
Though the book is organized logically, if the reader cannot get past the initial claim regarding spirituality (as I and my peers could not), then the reader will be left feeling a bit disjointed throughout the remaining text.
Hendricks and Ludeman do share a few interesting ideas that can be implemented into one's work and life right away--and I'm sure there are more of those in the 2nd half of the book--but even their best insights so far have seemed like an elaboration on common sense or a recycling of someone else's mediocre ideas.
I'm sure this book has built a fan base in the wake of Enron and its siblings in our ethically-challenged era of corporate America. But I would wager that leaders in even the most ethical companies do not consider their leadership abilities to be rooted in spiritual mysticism.
In summary, the back cover of the book captures a quote from Gary Tooker, CEO of Motorola, in reference to this book. He calls it "A unique and thought-provoking perspective on management and leadership." While I agree this book is thought-provoking, and certainly unique, I also notice that the above quote does not overtly support the book, either in accuracy or relevance.
Although you might not completely waste your time by reading The Corporate Mystic, you can do better elsewhere.
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