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Conscious Business

Transforming Your Workplace (and Yourself) by Changing the Way You Think, Act, and Communicate

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Consciousness, teaches Fred Kofman, is the capacity to observe, choose, and act in accord with your values. And conscious business means using that ability at every level of your work: in being aware of the needs of others and expressing your own in seeing the hidden emotional obstacles that may be holding your team back in making good decisions under pressure, and even in delving into such spiritual questions as "Who am I?" and "What is my real purpose here?" On Conscious Business, you will join this visionary teacher and founder of Leading Learning Communities to master these skills.
Higher Consciousness, Real World Results
What if you walked into your office tomorrow and discovered that others finally understood your work challenges and were ready to help you solve them, that every meeting was valuable, that commitments were always met, and that your strongest talents were finally being put to use?
For more than 10 years, Fred Kofman has helped organizations—ranging from small nonprofits to corporations like General Motors, Chrysler, and Microsoft—to become learning communities with these remarkable qualities. Now, you can learn how to transform your workplace in the same way.
True learning, the kind that leads to measurable improvement, requires courage and effort, teaches Kofman, but it will happen if you are willing to learn five crucial skills:
Becoming a Learner, rather than a Knower—How know-it-alls can harm an organization and how to become an adaptive and responsive learner instead Skillful Inquiry and Truth-Telling—How to draw the truth from others respectfully, and how to communicate your own Making Conscious Commitments—How to ask for and get what you want in a way that builds trust and clarity among those involved Understanding and Engaging Your Emotions—How to use your self-awareness and empathy to become a more effective person Personal Mastery—How to stop being a victim and start being a player who engages every dimension of your consciousness to meet your challenges
Becoming more conscious in business requires courage and an open mind. It means putting aside the right way in order to discover something better. If you're ready to make that leap and start turning your workplace into an adaptive and resilient community that cultivates intelligence, creativity, and integrity in every member, Conscious Business is the place to begin.

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      An uncommonly articulate professor and consultant explains the importance of being engaged emotionally when doing business. Though apparently extemporaneous, the talk offers reasoning that is concise and coherent. Originally from Argentina, Kofman speaks with uncommon wisdom about the truth of our emotions and about healthy interpersonal practices in organizations--how to make requests, how to respond, the importance of committing to results rather than effort, and the critical value of honoring one's commitments. With a deep well of human experience at his disposal, he transcends the confines of behavioral science and business-speak to humbly remind us that dishonesty, manipulation, and self-deception are costly. For anyone who wants to be fully connected at work, an attention-grabbing message and powerful audio resource. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Work can be an integral and fulfilling part of life if we do it with a sense of being genuinely self-responsible and are fully present in our jobs. A business consultant and Notre Dame professor from Argentina, Dr. Kofman has a powerful grasp of how we often ignore opportunities to help others and to achieve group excellence. He's a relaxing, extemporaneous speaker who believes deeply in his ideas and suggestions. Reaching out to listeners with kindness, he seems to pause at times to see if listeners are understanding him. He reminds us that we shouldn't wait for others to be fair or to change, and that we all can be players if we communicate, negotiate, and coordinate our group's activities with unmistakable authenticity. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

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