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We've compiled a list of books that we think you'll find useful. For your reading enjoyment we selected the very best books in this category.

The Active Life : Wisdom for Work, Creativity and Caring, by Parker J. Palmer Amazon.com's price: $14.95

The Corporate Mystic : A Guidebook for Visionaries With Their Feet on the Ground, by Gay Hendricks, Kate Ludeman Stephen Covey says, "This important book will sweep you into a different level of consciousness - one of spiritual perspective and feeling - so necessary in future leadership" Amazon.com's price: $11.16

The Heart Aroused : Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America, by David Whyte When The Heart Aroused appeared in hardcover in November 1994, it left readers clamoring for author David Whyte as he crisscrossed the country on the lecture circuit with bestselling authors Clarissa Pinkola Estes (Women Who Run with the Wolves) and Thomas Moore (Care of the Soul). Now available in Currency paperback, The Heart Aroused is poised to reach a new wave of readers. In this peerless book, Whyte shows how the language of prophecy, poetry, and enlightenment give voice to the most creative--yet hidden--desires. He shows that the best way to respond to the current call for creativity in organizational life is to overcome habitual fear and reticence and bring full, passionate, creative human souls, with all their urgencies and unnamed longings, right inside the office. When Whyte, who often consults for corporate clients, walks into an organization, it is not just to advise, strategize, and make recommendations. Instead, he clarifies personal--not organizational--difficulties at work by placing them in the age-old context of poetry and story. To follow Whyte through his brilliant, soulful discussions is to raft the turbulent stream of conflicting currents that make up people's lives inside American organizations. Only a poet could produce such a provocative analysis of today's widespread disenchantment with business--or such a daring prescription for using the classics of poetry to revitalize the soul of corporate America. Amazon.com's price: $10.36

The Heart of Learning : Spirituality in Education, by Steven Glazer This is an incredible book; a unique approach to integrating spirituality and education that includes writing from the Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, academic, feminist, environmental and scientific perspective Amazon.com's price: $12.76

Reawakening the Spirit in Work : The Power of Dharmic Management , by Jack Hawley Jack Hawley responds directly to a widespread desire for spirituality at work, offering a practical vision of work permeated with "dharma"-deep integrity fusing spirit, character, human values, and decency. Hawley offers examples of people actually living by their inner truth at work, and shows how such people can create an improved place to work and a more resilient, effective organization. Amazon.com's price: $19.57

Rekindling the Spirit in Work , by Howard Schechter Amazon.com's price: $9.56

Spirit-Transformation and Development in Organizations , by Harrison Owen Amazon.com's price: $20.00

Spirit at Work : Discovering the Spirituality in Leadership , by Jay Alden Conger This book explores the relationship of spirituality to organizations and leaders. The authors examine how spiritual experiences occur for both leaders and followers when leaders expand their definition of leadership to include nurturing of community, development of shared vision, service to their organizations, and growth of those who work within the organization. Amazon.com's price: $26.95

The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace , by Alan Briskin Filled with evocative, moving and real stories of workers personal struggles to reclaim their souls in a wide range of fields and occupations, The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace offers a hopeful message encouraging individuals to keep alive their spiritual integrity--their values, their soul--within the pragmatic and demanding environment of organizations. Amazon.com's price: $28.95

Who We Could Be at Work, by Margaret A. Lulic Who We Could Be at Work offers hope to the many people who long for a more meaningful workplace and who suspect that our current system of business and economics is not sustainable. Through 35 personal stories of real people and companies, we come to a greater understanding of the interplay between the workplace, personal disease, family dysfunction, and all the problems that plague our communities. We also see the glimmers of possibilities that exist for the future of life on earth. Amazon.com's price: $14.36

Wisdom at Work: The Awakening of Consciousness in the Workplace, by Let Davidson The competetive pressures upon organizations today necessitate that leaders at all levels bring to the workplace their full consciousness. Spiritual sensitivity, once considered an elite preoccupation, is now an essential ingredient for every successful enterprise. Wisdom at Work provides both an overview and an in-depth understanding of the factors required for the actualization of human potential in the workplace--intuition, spirituality, a connection to perennial wisdom, flow, creativity and awareness Amazon.com's price: $11.96

Other titles

Care Packages for the Workplace : Little Things You Can Do to Regenerate Spirit at Work, by Barbara A. Glanz

The Corporate Mystic : A Guidebook for Visionaries With Their Feet on the Ground , by Gay Hendricks, Kate Ludeman

Heart at Work : Stories and Strategies for Building Self-Esteem and Reawakening the Soul at Work, by Jack Canfield (Editor)

Leading With Soul : An Uncommon Journey of Spirit (Jossey-Bass Management) , by Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal

The Living Organization--Spirituality in the Workplace , by William A. Guillory

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