What's the Corporate Culture like where you work?

8/19 UPDATE:
It was brought to my attention that the book is actually written by Mahan Khalsa. So I stand corrected. However, the book is a product of FranklinCovey which is co owned by Steven Covey and promoted on the Covey website as a sales and training resource. So to me, it’s still Steven Covey but I wanted to give you the real author of the book in case you want to purchase it.

My company gave us all a copy of Steven Covey's book "Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play" as a reading assignment.  I was pretty happy that they chose this book because I am a huge Steven Covey fan. (I heard some of my colleagues grumbling about how dull the book is, so I guess you either love him or hate him)

I first read Steven Covey back in the 90's when I was a broker at Charles Schwab. Our office read "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". I loved that book and I loved my boss! The culture at Charles Schwab at that time, was all about the Covey teachings. To this day I can still say, those were my best days in corporate America. So, if my current employer wants to try to change the corporate culture to be more Covey-like  - - well. I'm all for it.

We had a meeting this morning to discuss the first 5 chapters of the book and coincidentally (which there are NO coincidences) my BF sent me an email with an article called "The Zen Way to Build a Successful Business".

So I'd like to share some of that info with you.

August 17, 2011

by Barry Moltz

Zen philosophers knew nothing about social media. But, Guy Kawasaki recently wrote about how Zen can help with Powerpoint, Facebook and Twitter.

Similarly, studying the ancient wisdom of these masters can also provide a path to build a successful business. According to Zen philosophy, there are "five fingers" of success that have worked for thousands of years.

1. Always trust yourself. There is no truth outside of yourself.

2. Always start from where you are right now.

3. Always believe in the infinity of your life and the world.

4. Always direct your thoughts toward what is good, what is noble and what is true.

5. Always meditate for peace in the world and the happiness of all beings.

Well, I certainly don't see my company adopting this philosophy but I LOVE it!

What's it like where you work?

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