God Is My CEO: Following God's Principles in a Bottom-Line World - Softcover

Julian, Larry

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9781580624770: God Is My CEO: Following God's Principles in a Bottom-Line World

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ISBN 10: 1580624774 ISBN 13: 9781580624770

Publisher: Adams Media, 2001

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Business leaders face the difficult task of reconciling their personal beliefs with the bottom-line demands of their business obligations. Often, it seems like the conflict between short-term business strategies and their desire to "do the right thing" pull them in opposite directions.

In God Is My CEO, readers will learn how to:

Develop their God-given talents and skills, while developing a spiritual center
Gain ideas and encouragement through real-life stories of successful business leaders who have faced the same challenges
Learn to apply a practical daily plan to overcome the toughest business issues
Focus their energies and thoughts on moving forward with a sense of purpose

Many business leaders struggle with the dilemma of being successful and living a life with purpose.God Is My CEO offers a practical and inspirational source of guidance for achieving a balanced and accomplished life.

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About the Author:

Larry Julian is a successful consultant and speaker who specializes in leadership development. He has trained thousands of business leaders, and his clients have included 3M, Honeywell, AT&T, US West, Mayo Clinic, General Mills, and hundreds of other large and small organizations. He lives in Plymouth, Minnesota.

From Publishers Weekly:

Will money or morality emerge victorious in the war zone of work skirmishes? Julian, with seasoned experience as a leadership management consultant for companies such as 3M, Honeywell, AT&T and General Mills, provides solid answers for this troubling dilemma. He discusses 10 key principles that he deems essential for transforming workplace problems into both spiritual and bottom-line success stories. Each chapter poses an issue (such as developing patience, cultivating leadership by example, yielding control, making tough decisions and maintaining right priorities) followed by a solution. In a chapter on "integration," for example, Julian poses the bottom-line question: "How do I balance employee needs with profit obligations?" To explain his approach (to "integrate people and profits into win-win solutions"), Julian details the experiences of two business executives who have creatively solved this problem, and shares the underlying principles they implemented. Indeed, the personal stories of business leaders form the core of the book, tied together by Julian's practical steps and discussion questions at the close of each chapter. Readers will be especially intrigued by the trials and triumphs of such well-regarded business executives as S. Truett Cathy (Chick-Fil-A), Bob O. Naegele Jr. (Rollerblade), C. William Pollard (The ServiceMaster Company) and Marilyn Carlson Nelson (Carlson Companies). Many leaders, whether newly indoctrinated to the world of business or veteran executives, will find tools for the trade in this excellent guidebook to living out one's faith in a ruthless "bottom-line" world.

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