Reclaiming Higher Ground: Creating Organizations That Inspire the Soul [Hardcover]

Lance H. K. Secretan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997

In "Reclaiming Higher Ground", Lance Secretan, one of today's most sought-after speakers on corporate survival, presents a provocative prescription for change that puts heart and soul back into the workplace without sacrificing business values, productivity, or profit. 10 illustrations.

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Amazon.com Review

Lance Secretan is not your conventional business consultant. A member of MENSA, he built a $100 million company from scratch by age 40 and then retired to work with other executives worldwide, conduct seminars, and write books about the route he believes will lead to real success. Reclaiming Higher Ground: Creating Organizations That Inspire the Soul--which pictures Secretan on the cover smiling broadly in dark suit, dark turtleneck, shaved head, and bare feet--is his manifesto for those seeking an alternative to the traditional corporate way of life. Secretan's ideas, combined with supportive examples from today's business world, are truly thought provoking.

From Library Journal

Secretan (Managerial Moxie, Prima, 1992) says some people hate their work so much they wait until morning to die. In the New Age approach he takes here, he offers an alternative toward reestablishing healthy and successful workplaces where workers and profits are given equal emphasis. According to Secretan, the "higher ground" is built on trust, telling the truth, keeping promises, and putting the employee first. While his model is intriguing, it is also a rehash of the powerful works of Stephen Covey, Margaret Wheatley, Jack Stack, Jack Case, and, especially, Peter Block. Consider only if you do not already have these other primary sources.?Dale F. Farris, Groves, Tex.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 260 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070579199
• ISBN-13: 978-0070579194
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #813,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Lance Secretan lives his dream--"To change the world by creating inspiring organizations". He has dedicated his life to transforming companies, changing the lives of the people who work in them, and revolutionizing the way leaders can lead.

As an advisor to leaders, a speaker, retreat leader, teacher and coach, Lance inspires executive teams with new ways of thinking, which one Fortune 100 leader described as, "enabling us to move from the profane to the sacred". He is pioneering the integration of corporate life and spiritual integrity.

Lance is widely acknowledged as one of the most insightful and provocative leadership teachers of our time. He is the former CEO of a Fortune 100 company, university professor, award-winning columnist and author in 15 books about leadership and inspiration. Lance focuses on the connection between high performance and the heart, the mind and the soul and why the key ingredient is inspiration when we seek effective leadership. His teachings and writings on conscious leadership, are courageous, radical and ingenious and have been hailed as among the most original, authentic and effective contributions to leadership thinking currently available. Individuals, entire organizations, cities and states have experienced remarkable transformations through his unique mentoring, wisdom and approach. Thirty of Fortune's Most Admired Companies, and 13 of Fortune's Best Companies to Work for in America, are his clients. Leadership Excellence ranked him among the top 100 Most Influential Thinkers on Leadership in the World and Speakers in America ranks him among the Top Five Leadership speakers. Our experience is Lance's Retreats and Workshops are simply incomparable in terms of practice and immediate usefulness.

Lance is a dynamic, thought-provoking and extraordinarily tech-savvy presenter who ignites individual clients, companies and audiences with his passion. His work results in reinvigorated work environments all over the world and his presentations result in standing ovations.
Lance is the author of numerous highly-regarded books that inspire people and organizations to look at their work in new and invigorating ways. In Dr. Secretan's latest book, The Spark, the Flame, and the Torch: Inspire Self. Inspire Others. Inspire the World, he teaches us how to become a more inspired person, how to be a more inspiring leader and how to be the change the world needs for a brighter future. He integrates experience and theory to show us how to fulfill our destiny and create inspiring organizations.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars reclaiming spirituality in business for the 90's, September 1, 1998

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Scott Schwefel (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reclaiming Higher Ground: Creating Organizations That Inspire the Soul (Hardcover)

Lance Secretan hits home with a well-timed and easily understood description of the lack of morality and spirituality present in business today. He also does an excellent job of showing us what is working in business today, and although rare, examples of daring business leaders that have envisioned a business capable of operating on higher ground, and capturing the elusive human spirit as a core competency in a world too frequently dominated by technology, and lawyers. Lance shows us ways to reclaim our own personal spirituality, and how to transmit it throughout our organizations to recapture fun, passion, excitement and creativity. A quick read, but with a message that will be touted more and more as the average Joe searches for meaning in his life and his work.

4.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful Lessons on Creating Organizations that Thrive, August 15, 2008

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Suzanne Guthrie "Suzanne Guthrie, Bold New Di... (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reclaiming Higher Ground: Creating Organizations that Inspire the Soul (Paperback)

Once again, my friend and mentor Lance Secretan has captured the essence of transformational leadership in this book on creating organizations that inspire the soul. Building on his idea of reclaiming the higher ground, Lance provides many tips on how to create an organization that really thrives. Lance offers valuable insight into how to work in a sacred manner by drawing on your life purpose. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone looking at how to ignite spirit in the workplace.