The Conscious Manager: Zen for Decision Makers

by Fred Phillips


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You make decisions every day - for yourself, your family, your company, your clubs and charities, and on political issues. You want to make these decisions responsibly, with integrity and good humor, using a positive, consistent set of values.  Decision making with less anxiety and fewer regrets: The Conscious Manager shows you how.

The Conscious Manager is the first book to demonstrate how the Zen principle of non-attachment, when applied to everyday decisions, can:

  • make you happier,
  • make the people who work for you happier and more productive,
  • lead to a clearer understanding of thorny issues and difficult people, and 
  • lead to better decisions.


 
The Conscious Manager: Zen for Decision Makers explains the fourteen characteristics of a conscious manager and the six steps to a Zen path of responsible decision making, for non-practitioners of Zen and practitioners alike. It is a startling and powerful yet simple solution to the troubling issues that face us all when we must make decisions.
 

This book is must reading. It balances an inner spirit with the realities of management decision making. The concepts are clearly presented and will inspire the reader to a higher level of management. Its impact is immediate.

Dr. Glenn Miyataki, President, Japan-America Institute of Management Science, Honolulu



I enjoyed the writing, and the casual style. The Conscious Manager is quite eloquent.

George Leonard, author of The Life We Are Given

Imagine a manager who always sees the big picture - details and context - when making decisions.  Imagine further that she acts swiftly and decisively once a decision is made. She is a "Conscious Manager." A conscious manager acts with abandon because she is not attached to the outcome of the decision. She is also happy because she is always fully present to enjoy the journey. This is a fascinating and much-needed book, especially in light of the short-term, bottom-line mentality of today's business world.

Drs. George Kozmetsky and Raymond Yeh , co-authors of Zero Time

The Conscious Manager provides a refreshing, unique method for becoming an enlightened manager and human being. Integrating business practice with martial arts and philosophy, Fred Phillips shares insights from hard-won experience. His Way is like Zen itself - clear, open, aware.

Sheridan Tatsuno, author of Created in Japan and The Technopolis Strategy

Fred shows the way toward conscious management and conscious living.  His book sparkles with wit and wisdom.

Dr. Ginny Whitelaw, former NASA scientist/administrator, and author of Bodylearning

A brilliant work with a penetrating analysis of the needs of business leaders. I recommend it to all, without reservation. This is as good as it gets for making sense out of decision making, participation and leadership.

Dr. Kingsley E. Haynes, Dean, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

 
Published by General Informatics LLC 
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Layout: Janey Greenlees
ISBN: 1-58151-079-9		 $16.95 US
$21.95 Canada
 

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