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Book Description

The Higher Reality of Business The health of business is inextricably linked with the health of humanity and nature. But our current approaches to leadership treat business as entirely separate—and the result has been recurring economic, environmental, and human crises. In this extraordinary book, Ram Nidumolu uses evocative parables and stories from the ancient Indian wisdom texts, the Upanishads, to introduce Being-centered leadership. This new kind of leadership is anchored in the concept of Being, the fundamental reality that underlies all phenomena. Being-centered leaders are guided by an innate sense of interconnection—the good of the whole becomes an integral part of their decisions and actions. Using the experiences of over twenty trailblazing CEOs, as well as those from his own life, Nidumolu describes a four-stage road map every aspiring leader can use to reconnect business to the wider world—to the benefit of all.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction: Being Inspired to Lead
  8. Part 1: Being-Centered Leadership
    1. Chapter 1: Being in Business
    2. Chapter 2: Being Connected
  9. Part 2: Recognition
    1. Chapter 3: The Higher Reality of Rituals
    2. Chapter 4: The Higher Reality of Business
  10. Part 3: Experience
    1. Chapter 5: Engaging with Experience
    2. Chapter 6: Deepening the Experience
  11. Part 4: Anchoring
    1. Chapter 7: Anchoring in Suffering
    2. Chapter 8: Anchoring in Well-Being
  12. Part 5: Leading by Example
    1. Chapter 9: Leading by Inclusion
    2. Chapter 10: Leading as a Steward
    3. Chapter 11: Leading as a Sage
  13. Freedom
    1. Conclusion: Real Business Freedom
  14. Notes
  15. Glossary of Sanskrit Terms
  16. Acknowledgments
  17. Index
  18. About the Author
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