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The business secrets of the Trappist monks : one CEO's quest for meaning and authenticity / August Turak.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Columbia Business School Publishing, [2013]Description: xvi, 182 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780231160629 (hbk.) :
  • 9780231535229 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.4 23
LOC classification:
  • HF5387.5.U6 T87 2013
Contents:
The economic miracle of Mepkin Abbey -- What we all really want -- The end of selfishness -- Goat rodeos and the transformational organization -- Mission -- Selflessness and community -- Excellence for the sake of excellence -- Ethical standards, or, why good things happen for good people -- Faith -- The power of trust -- Self-knowledge -- Living the life.
Summary: In addition to his work as an entrepreneur, corporate executive, and consultant, for the past 16 years August Turak worked alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey, watching firsthand as they undertook new enterprises and sustained an incredibly successful business practice. Combining the lessons he's learned from 30 years of business experience with intimate portraits of the monks at work, Turak shows how Trappist principles have been successfully applied in a variety of business settings.
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General The Harden Library, King's Hospital Main 174.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R16232M0499

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The economic miracle of Mepkin Abbey -- What we all really want -- The end of selfishness -- Goat rodeos and the transformational organization -- Mission -- Selflessness and community -- Excellence for the sake of excellence -- Ethical standards, or, why good things happen for good people -- Faith -- The power of trust -- Self-knowledge -- Living the life.

In addition to his work as an entrepreneur, corporate executive, and consultant, for the past 16 years August Turak worked alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey, watching firsthand as they undertook new enterprises and sustained an incredibly successful business practice. Combining the lessons he's learned from 30 years of business experience with intimate portraits of the monks at work, Turak shows how Trappist principles have been successfully applied in a variety of business settings.

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