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Consulting magazine's Book It! section highlights new books either written by or for those in management consulting. Each issue, editor's choose four recently released books to review.
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»Liberating Passion
 Liberating Passion
How the World's Best Global Leaders Produce Winning Results
Omar Khan and Paul B. Brown
John Wiley and Sons
$19.95
220 pages
Isn't it about time to bring passion back to the workplace? Today, it can be hard to tap into that passion if you just feel like a cog in the industrial wheel, but the right leaders, who already have that passion to succeed, can help bring it out in their staffs—at least that's what Omar Khan and Paul B. Brown say. Khan, the founder and senior partner at global leadership development firm Sensei International, and Paul B. Brown, who has written more than two dozen business books, say passion is "the great enabler, the open sesame” in business. In Liberating Passion, quotes from Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa, rather than case studies, speak to the authors' mission, and the conversational tone can surely inspire and energize even the most disengaged employees around you.
To purchase Liberating Passion, click here.
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