Freedom and Accountability at Work: Applying Philosophic Insight to the Real World

Koestenbaum, Peter; Block, Peter

ISBN 10: 0787955949 / ISBN 13: 9780787955946

Published by Pfeiffer, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Freedom and Accountability at Work: Applying Philosophic Insight to the Real World
• Publisher: Pfeiffer
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787955949
• ISBN 13: 9780787955946
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

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.