From Crisis to Calling: Finding Your Moral Center in the Toughest Decisions
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (740 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1520014813 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 455 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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He reveals his five principles for confronting critical decisions that emerged from this experience. Through his extraordinary story and the stories of other brave leaders, Sasha inspires everyone to be guided by his or her deepest moral values. In these situations leaders are supposed to go with pragmatismmaking “tough calls.” But Sasha Chanoff became a better leaderand saved liveswhen he chose empathy and altruism. Additionally, From Crisis to Calling tells the stories of eight other leadersfrom business, government, the military, and nonprofitswho stayed true to their own moral values in the face of enormous pressure.. We are often confronted with choices where morality and pragmatism seem to be at odds
Being prepared implores us to seek beyond what we know and desire knowledge outside boundaries of our comfort zone wherein lies JaneAnderson As I sat down to write this book review today, an online article in the Huff Post grabbed my attention proclaiming Afghan Refugee Crisis Worsens. It seems the news is dominated by more and more crises related to refugees who are suffering greatly in violence–torn regions. This book would have been much more uncomfortable to read had it not been for the authors’ presentation of the storyline through the moral compass of each person involved in the r. Values determine Leadership Amazon Customer “Ask yourself who am I, when faced with making tough decisions?” says Sasha Chanoff, RefugePoint Founder, as he introduced his upcoming book, From Crisis To Calling: Finding Your Moral Center in the Toughest Decisions. I met Sasha and his father, David during a Meet the Author Event at Berrett-Koehler, as they explained the concept behind their book. From Crisis To Calling: Finding Your Moral Center in the Toughest Decisions by Sasha Chanoff and Da. "How do we step up to our life greatest challenges and decisions" according to Amazon Customer. How do we step up to our life greatest challenges and decisions? Can we face our choices and believe we did the absolute best under the circumstances? The Chanoff's tackle and dissect these issues by highlighting specific real life stories. Rarely have I read a book about such a difficult yet compelling subject, that is so readable (so accessible). This book is on my gift list - I'll be giving it to others because it's a worthy read that I want to share broadl
Sasha Chanoff is founder and executive director of RefugePoint, a nongovernmental organization finding lasting solutions for refugees. He is on the roster for five major audiobook publishers and has narrated over 35 audiobooks that have been sold online, distributed, or used in a corporate training envi
We can all learn from these lessons.”—Sandra Waddock, Galligan Chair of Strategy, Professor of Management, and Carroll School Scholar of Corporate Responsibility, Boston College“The array of dramatic stories in this book is nested in the context of neuroscience, primatology, and sociology in prose that is elegant and a pure pleasure to read.”—Louis Wade Sullivan, MD, former Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services, and Founding Dean and President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine“From this extremely readable book, we see that there can be paths of action at times when the choices seem untenable and that more than courage, this sort of journey requires planning, rehea