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NEW! Wisdom at Work: A Treasury of Tools for Cultivating Clarity, Kindness, & Resilience

NEW! Living in Balance: A Dynamic Approach for Creating Harmony & Wholeness in a Chaotic World

Quality of Mind: Tools for Self Mastery and Enhanced Performance

The Soul of Business: A Renaissance of Values (Anthology)

Intuition at Work (Anthology)

The New Bottom Line: Bringing Heart and Soul to Business (Anthology)

Community Building: Renewing Spirit and Learning in Business (Anthology)

Learning Organizations: Developing Cultures for Tomorrow's Workplace (Anthology)

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Wisdom at Work: A Treasury of Tools for Cultivating Clarity, Kindness, and Resilience

by Joel & Michelle Levey, with a foreword Dr. Michael Ray, Stranford School of Business and a Preface by Joan Borysenko
Conari Press, 1999.
ISBN: 1-57324-180-6

Wisdom at Work is contemporary mental fitness manual field-tested in team and leadership development programs at over 100 leading organizations. It offers a treasury of practical wisdom distilled from many of the most respected authorities on the world’s inner science traditions. It also offers an introduction to the disciplines necessary for personal mastery and resilience in times of increasing intensity and accelerating change. $13.95

This is an enlightening book, one which helps us to remember who we truly are and enables us to bring our wisest and most compassionate selves to our work, our lives and the world at large. —Charles Terry, Director of Philanthropy, Rockefeller Financial Services

Book cover Living in Balance: A Dynamic Approach for Creating Harmony & Wholeness in a Chaotic World

by Joel & Michelle Levey, with a forward by the Dalai Lama
Conari Press, 1998. Book of the Month Club Selection
ISBN: 1-57324-032-X

Joel and Michelle's latest book, offering a synthesis of ancient wisdom traditions with cutting edge research on peak human performance. With effective and easy -to-implement tools, the Leveys' answer the question, "How can we master the art of balancing within the modern environment of accelerated change?" $18
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Never before have we so urgently needed the clear, compassionate teachings that are so lovingly described in this book. — Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words and Prayer is Good Medicine

Book cover Learning Organizations: Developing Cultures for Tomorrow's Workplace

Edited by Sarita Chawla and John Renesch, featuring an essay by Joel & Michelle Levey
Productivity Press, ISBN: 1-56327-110-9

What is a learning organization? What are the advantages of creating one? Why should a company want to become a learning organization? This definitive collection contains essays by 39 of the most respected practitioners and scholars on the subject; rich in concept and theory as well as application and example. With essays by Joel and Michelle Levey, Harvard's Rosabeth Moss Kanter, MIT's Fred Kofman and Peter Senge, and many more. $30

Learning Organizations is the best set of text I have ever read under one cover. —George F. Schmitt, executive vice president, Air Touch Communications

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Community Building - Renewing Spirit and Learning in Business

Edited by Kazimierz Gozdz, featuring an essay by Joel and Michelle Levey
New Leaders Press, ISBN: 0-9630390-5-9

What does it take to develop a sense of community in today's productivity-driven workplace? Community Building offers 43 essays by different authors, each with a unique contribution for reestablishing community in the modern organization. This book promises greater understanding of the need for renewing this spirit and our ability to learn together. A collection rich in resources for anyone seeking interconnectedness with one's own coworkers, their corporate culture, and all other stakeholders in the enterprise. With essays by Joel & Michelle Levey, John Gardner, Peter Senge, Amital Etzioni, Beth Jarman & George Land, and many more. $30

. . . The best thinking and writing I've ever seen on community. I could give no more enthusiastic a recommendation for a book than this one. —James A. Autry, author, The New Leadership Agenda

Book cover The New Bottom Line: Bringing Heart and Soul to Business

Edited by John Renesch and Bill DeFoore, featuring an essay by Joel & Michelle Levey
New Leaders Press, ISBN: 0-9630390-9-1

Business and spirituality — do they mix? Can they go together without conflict? Can they be synergistic? This powerful collection of writings is packed with controversy, vision, and inspiration. It will engage you in a meaningful dialogue and provocative discussion about what it means to be a complete human being in the workplace. With contributions by Joel & Michelle Levey, Angeles Arrien, Thomas Moore and many others. $30

. . . an essential and invaluable guide to every explorer on a search for meaning at work. —Jim Kouzes, co-author, The Leadership Challenge and Credibility, chairman and CEO, The Tom Peters Group/Learning Systems

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Quality of Mind: Tools for Self Mastery and Enhanced Performance

by Joel and Michelle Levey
Wisdom Publications, ISBN: 0-86171-078-9

Quality of Mind is for people dedicated to improving the quality of their health, work, performance and relationships, and committed to making a real contribution to their organizations and the world. Drawing from modern psychology and the world's great traditions Joel and Michelle offer practical, step-by-step guidelines for: integrating personal and professional growth, dynamic relaxation, creative visualization, transforming pain and negativity, mindfulness, awakening creativity, opening the heart of compassion, and much more. $15

This book tells you what to do and how to do it. It explains in no nonsense style why a certain approach is recommended and what benefits to expect from it. —Esther-Margaret Hood, Hong Kong Post

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The Soul of Business: A Renaissance of Values

Edited by Bill DeFoore and John Renesch, featuring an essay by Joel Levey, Ph.D.
New Leaders Press

"Rediscovering" the soul in business means to reclaim what was once an essential part of being human. Soulful work is the quintessential human experience, embodying the spirit, the pathos, the successes and losses associated with productive labor. This book is not intended to provide yet another management model, but to be a wakeup call to industry and to the complete human being who invests a significant part of his/her energy in the community of the workplace. With essays by Joel Levey, Thomas Moore, Matthew Fox, Gary Zukav and 21 others. $30

Yes. Yes. Yes. Stories and reflections on what matters most in business. Rediscovering the Soul of Business has it all, on each and every page! —Anita Roddick, founder and CEO, The Body Shop

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Intuition at Work

Edited by Roger Roger Frantz, Ph.D. and Alex N. Pattakos, Ph.D. featuring an essay by Joel Levey, Ph.D.
New Leaders Press, ISBN: 0-886710-00-7

Where does intuition come from? How do we access it? How can we apply it? These are just some of the questions addressed in this comprehensive anthology of essays. The chapters demonstrate that intuition is as much a process of self discovery as it is a tool for decision making. $30

. . . an invaluable resource for understanding the practical application of intuition at the heart of business. —Angeles Arrien, cultural anthropologist, author, The Four Fold Way.

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