Prologue:Spirit Is the Most Important Thing

THIS BOOK IS ABOUT SPIRIT, and the ways in which Spirit forms and transforms in organizations. It is written from the belief, and experience, that Spirit is the most important thing. When the Spirit of a people is strong, focused, and vibrant, wonderful things can happen. When the Spirit is down, it makes very little difference how good your reputation, how much money you have in the bank, or how strong the need for your goods or services. Not too much happens.1

There are two sorts of people who may find this book of interest. First, those who have come to realize that the Spirit in their place of work, to say nothing of their own Spirit, is getting a little tattered, showing the early stages of what ...

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