Jewish Wisdom for Business Success: Lessons from the Torah and Other Ancient Texts
With an eye to gleaning savvy business tips from the Torah, Rabbi Brackman and columnist Jaffe cover a span of topics-"Conquering Fear," management styles (referred to as "Patriarchal Business Models"), negotiation and "Dealing with Failure." Each chapter includes an illustrative story from the Torah, a real-life corporate example, insight for business and personal life and a meditation-evoking both The Art of War for Executives and The Secret (a chapter addresses the power of positive thinking, albeit divinely guided). The corporate examples are relevant and timely (right down to the implosion of Countrywide Financial) and the proposed practices contain pearls of wisdom such as a weekly "audit of the soul" where strengths and weaknesses are assessed in terms of recent actions and are examined for mistakes, correctable by a four-step process. The authors outline sound principles and provide ample strong examples in this solid business primer.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.