books about: authenticity

books about: authenticity

books:

Authenticity

Personality Not Included: Why Companies Lose Their Authenticity And How Great Brands Get it Back, Foreword by ...

Rohit Bhargava

McGraw-Hill, 2008

Marketing Book of 2008
"The moment that organisations lose their personality is when their employees become "people" rather than individuals...". As many of my readers and friends know. I'm very much in touch with the "human side of business", especially forming a connection with people. ...

Creative Authenticity: 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen Your Artistic Vision

Ian Roberts

Atelier Saint-Luc Press, 2004

Excellent!
Ian Robert's book is inspiring, straightforward, and has served as a continual reference of inspiration for me throughout the years. He has put into words things that I often feel but have never been able to say, things that no one else seems to understand. I highly ...

True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership (J-B Warren Bennis Series)

Bill George

Jossey-Bass, 2007

the need for authenticity
"True North"- Discover your authentic leadership"- the mere title grabbed me . Perhaps there is an inherent desire for people to be truthful and to seek true direction. The book has an appeal for everyone. Everyone is in some way a leader. This book is most ...

The Ethics of Authenticity

Charles Taylor

Harvard University Press, 1992

A Great Little Overview of Integral Ethics
Lately I'd been reading various critiques of modernity- Leo Strauss and Alan Bloom, the "neoconservatives", and conservatives in general, who see nothing but a great moral and intellectual decay in modern society, beset by postmodern relativism and an intellectual trap ...

The Thing Itself

Richard Todd

Riverhead Hardcover, 2008

A charming and thoughtful book
I loved this book and want to read it again. When I first read it, alone in my living room, I nodded, grunted, and laughed out loud. A few sections made my eyes fill with tears. I kept thinking, "I've got to buy a copy of this for so-and-so." Todd begins with an ...

Brand From the Inside: Eight Essentials to Emotionally Connect Your Employees to Your Business

Libby Sartain, Mark Schumann

Jossey-Bass, 2006

Internal marketing with an HR twist
This predictable book on branding has a slight twist: aim your branding efforts at your employees as well as at your customers. Simple enough. Authors Libby Sartain and Mark Schumann have boiled employer branding down to eight essentials. Generally, they focus on their ...

Going Gray: What I Learned about Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really ...

Anne Kreamer

Little, Brown and Company, 2007

Gray & GREAT!
Four months in to my own graying experience I found this book delightful, humorous, and inspirational. I recommend it even for those who aren't gray (yet) or (there) but conflicted about embracing it. Gives interesting insight on the embracing your wonderfulness at ...

Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live

Martha Beck

Three Rivers Press, 2002

Hey, there's a map... who knew?
Well, well. This book is an eye-opener. See how things generally are is fuzzy. You're kind of this way and that way, not really unhappy, grateful for being comfortable and trying to figure how much to suck up and whether you should just be glad you aren't in the ...

The Little Prince

Harvest Books, 2000

A Time Tested Classic
If I was stranded on a desert island and could only take one book with me, it would be this one. It does not matter how many times I read this book over the years, every time I pick it up, it is as if I was reading it for the first time. I realize something new and ...

Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want

James H. Gilmore, B. Joseph, II Pine

Harvard Business School Press, 2007

Maddock Douglas endorses "Authenticity" as a masterpiece
I've been pimping this AWESOME book to many of my big brand clients - it is a powerful reinforcement of the idea that strategic clarity = authenticity. Iconic, American brands that are committed to "living what they believe," embrace this "Authenticity" ideology - the ...

Stories Matter: The Complexity of Cultural Authenticity in Children's Literature

National Council of Teachers of English, 2003

so helpful!
What a great book for those interested in multicultural literature. It has been great learning about quality literature and gave me a whole new perspective. Every teacher, librarian, and anyone working with children in a teaching environment should read this.

Authenticity: A Biblical Theology of Discernment

Thomas Dubay

Ignatius Press, 1997

Gourmet Chicken Soup for the Soul
Seldom is a work on prayer and discernment so clear, comforting, and intellectually stimulating. This work is excellent for Catholics looking for an orthodox, contemporary work on discernment. Fr. Dubay, a widely renowned spirtitual director and expert on Sts. ...

Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on ...
Elizabeth Bernstein

University Of Chicago Press, 2007

Generations of social thinkers have assumed that access to legitimate paid employment and a decline in the ‘double standard’ would eliminate the reasons behind women’s participation in prostitution. Yet in both the developing world and in postindustrial cities of the West, sexual commerce has continued to flourish, diversifying ...

I Know I'm in There Somewhere: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner Voice and Living a Life of Authenticity

Helene Brenner

Gotham, 2004

A New Way of Looking at Yourself
I have been in the process of "self-discovery" for the past 20 years and have read many, many books. This book by Helene Brenner takes a fresh, new approach. She helps women to let go of the idea that we are somehow flawed and need to be "fixed." From her use of words ...