Author:Charles Handy
With his characteristically very personal anecdotal style, Charles Handy analyses how materialistic capitalism is self-limiting, how efficiency may be the enemy of a cohesive society, and examines the false certainties of science and religion. Offering a carefully considered and compelling alternative vision, the book challenges the status quo on everything from capitalism and organization to goal-setting and morality. With nods to Kant, Keynes, Sartre and Drucker, The Hungry Spirit is not your usual business tome, but that, of course, is part of Handy's plan.
The Hungry Spirit is the distillation of a lifetime’s experience, a personal recipe for what we have to do to survive in a capitalist society.
—— People ManagementThe Hungry Spirit is a wide-ranging examination of business and social problems … shrewd, scholarly, thoughtful analysis.
—— Modern ManagementCharles Handy is Britain’s only world-class management guru.
—— DirectorElegant in its simplicity and practicality. Lee has distilled many powerful leadership strategies into the lessons many of us learned as children. They are no less relevant to our working lives. At its core, Creating Magic is a collection of stories that reminds us to demonstrate care and respect for every member of the team and to focus our efforts not our ourselves but on the people we lead.
—— George Bodenheimer, President, ESPN, Inc and ABC SportsThe Go-Giver is the best business parable since The Greatest Salesman in the World and The One Minute Manager
—— Pat Williams, author of Souls of Steel, and senior vice president, Orlando MagicThe Go-Giver is one of those rare books that entertains with a great storyline while simultaneously delivering an uplifting, life-affirming message that we can apply immediately
—— Darren Richardson, author of Science of MindA lovely reminder to us all that the world is abundant and rewards those who act with a generosity of spirit
—— Lois P. Frankel, PhD, author of See Jane Lead and Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner OfficeThis is great for anyone planning a speech or trying to get their message across at work
—— PsychologiesThe Heaths push beyond what sounds like it should work and explain why it actually does
—— Time Magazine... an entertaining, practical guide to effective communication.
—— Publishers WeeklySmart, lively . . . such fun to read
—— Saturday GuardianAnyone interested in influencing others ... can learn from this book
—— The Washington Post