The Spirit of Success: How to Connect Your Heart to Your Head in Work and Life (Mobius Guide Series) - Softcover

Drummond, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340829338 ISBN 13: 9780340829332

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005

Synopsis

Leading executive coach Norman Drummond has inspired many of the world's top business figures to radically alter their approach to work and learn the art of true greatness. If we work with our heart as well as our head, we can get beyond simply functioning to realize our full potential. We will discover the things in life that make us feel whole, excited, creative, and motivated. In touch with our humanity, we will become better leaders too—more inspirational, more visionary, and more understanding.

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About the Author

Norman Drummond is founder and chairman of a life coaching, personal and presentation skills and media management company. In 1997 he founded Columba 1400, the UK's first ever purpose-built International Leadership Centre, specialising in helping young people from underprivileged backgrounds to become leaders. Formerly a headteacher and BBC governor, Norman Drummond's skills as a coach are in great demand with top politicians and business figures worldwide. He is currently a chaplain to the Queen. He is married with five children.

Review

'an important guiding influence for all of us.' -- Terry Wogan 'Norman Drummond's CV is proof of the power of positive thinking and testament to the effectiveness of what he preaches in his book.' -- Scotland on Sunday 20041001 'Norman Drummond is an inspirational visionary'. -- Sir Tom Farmer, founder of Kwik Fit 20041001 'Everyone would be the wiser for reading this book and seeking the answers.' -- Glasgow Herald 20040601 'Norman Drummond has lived out his message of connecting things in his own life... His special form of success will have much to say to others.' -- Liz Forgan, Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund 20040601 'I have seen Norman Drummond in action and can confirm that he connected heart and head to great effect.' -- Sir Christopher Bland, Chairman, BT Group 20040601 'Norman Drummond has a breadth and width of life experience which very few of us will achieve in one lifetime. This richness of experience together with an empathy, understanding and ability to express our own fears and feelings allows his book to touch our souls in a compelling and yet humble way.' -- Norman Walker, Norman Walker Associates and former 20040601 'Norman Drummond's remarkable contribution to Scottish life is a testament to the power of his philosophy that our lives are enormously enriched by the search for our common humanity.' -- Wendy Alexander, MSP 20040601 'This thought-provoking and insightful book cuts to the heart of a uniquely modern dilemma -- how to achieve a more authentic and genuinely fulfilling experience of life and work. Relevant, readable and challenging, it offers a way out of the merely functional towards the full bandwidth experience of life in all its opportunity and zest.' -- Dr Jonathan Long, Headmaster, Aiglon College, Swit 20040601 'You are a modern-day social, philanthropic genius. The nation needs you and most importantly the people that you help to change their lives need you. Columba 1400 is brilliant!' -- John Milligan, founder of Atlantic Power 20040601

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340829338
• ISBN 13: 9780340829332
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224