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• catalog abstract "Early in the century, miners would take canaries below ground with them. When the canary stopped singing, they knew the air was too toxic to breathe. Like the canaries, women who work in today's corporate marketplace are serving as an early warning system to alert us that the business environment is becoming unhealthy and we must make far-reaching changes. The authors of these essays go beyond sounding a warning to serve as harbingers of essential business. Transformation. They are entrepreneurs, consultants, corporate executives, and thinkers of all stripes. While big companies conduct "business as usual," these women are pioneering innovation. In fifteen provocative, practical, and insightful essays, they share painful struggles, striking new metaphors, stories and legends, and fresh analogies - the corporate mythology of tomorrow, the raw, vital stuff of transformation. As varied as their backgrounds and perspectives may. Be, these women see a common need and share a common goal - to create more humane and nurturing workplaces. Truth and a willingness to risk are benchmarks of the essays, as is the search for personal and spiritual freedom. The authors speak of personal responsibility and a balance among all the areas of one's life. Work becomes an arena for self-discovery, explained through metaphors that are organic, contrasting with traditional male metaphors taken from sports and the. Military. The controlling "power over" becomes life-nurturing "power to," and steps for creating a full and productive partnership between men and women are defined. In proposing new and more effective ways to succeed in business, When the Canary Stops Singing explodes the myth that feminine and masculine perspectives can't interact in harmony. Its examples testify to the importance of moving beyond the masculine status quo to achieve a balance in the workplace that will. Ultimately benefit everyone.".
• catalog contributor b5831266.
• catalog contributor b5831267.
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description "Be, these women see a common need and share a common goal - to create more humane and nurturing workplaces. Truth and a willingness to risk are benchmarks of the essays, as is the search for personal and spiritual freedom. The authors speak of personal responsibility and a balance among all the areas of one's life. Work becomes an arena for self-discovery, explained through metaphors that are organic, contrasting with traditional male metaphors taken from sports and the.".
• catalog description "Early in the century, miners would take canaries below ground with them. When the canary stopped singing, they knew the air was too toxic to breathe. Like the canaries, women who work in today's corporate marketplace are serving as an early warning system to alert us that the business environment is becoming unhealthy and we must make far-reaching changes. The authors of these essays go beyond sounding a warning to serve as harbingers of essential business.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index.".
• catalog description "Industry Week Magazine's Best Management Books".
• catalog description "Military. The controlling "power over" becomes life-nurturing "power to," and steps for creating a full and productive partnership between men and women are defined. In proposing new and more effective ways to succeed in business, When the Canary Stops Singing explodes the myth that feminine and masculine perspectives can't interact in harmony. Its examples testify to the importance of moving beyond the masculine status quo to achieve a balance in the workplace that will.".
• catalog description "Transformation. They are entrepreneurs, consultants, corporate executives, and thinkers of all stripes. While big companies conduct "business as usual," these women are pioneering innovation. In fifteen provocative, practical, and insightful essays, they share painful struggles, striking new metaphors, stories and legends, and fresh analogies - the corporate mythology of tomorrow, the raw, vital stuff of transformation. As varied as their backgrounds and perspectives may.".
• catalog description "Ultimately benefit everyone.".
• catalog description "Women as harbingers of business transformation / Pat Barrentine -- Women, men, and management : redesigning our future / Riane Eisler -- Love at work / Carol Frenier -- Organizational gardening : a metaphor for the new business paradigm / Kathleen Keating -- Balance : the ultimate challenge of the 21st century / Marie Kerpan -- Corporate poverty : lessons from refugee camps / Barbara Shipka -- The workplace as spiritual haven / Kim McMillen -- Values for the global marketplace : a quest for quality with a difference / Jacqueline Haessly -- Helping your dream job find you / Jan Nickerson -- Organizational renewal through a hunger for meaning / Anne Lippitt Rarich -- Chaos to community : one company's journey of transformation / Jeanne Borei -- A world we've only dreamed of / Hope Xaviermineo -- Creativity at work / Cheryl Harrison -- Intuition in the midst of change : a key to success in business / Mitani D'Antien -- New listening : key to organizational transformation / Barbara Fittipaldi -- Seven keys to conscious leadership / Sabina Spencer.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 277 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "When the canary stops singing.".
• catalog identifier "1881052419 :".
• catalog isFormatOf "When the canary stops singing.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers,".
• catalog relation "When the canary stops singing.".
• catalog subject "331.4 20".
• catalog subject "Businesswomen.".
• catalog subject "HD6054 .W48 1993".
• catalog tableOfContents "Women as harbingers of business transformation / Pat Barrentine -- Women, men, and management : redesigning our future / Riane Eisler -- Love at work / Carol Frenier -- Organizational gardening : a metaphor for the new business paradigm / Kathleen Keating -- Balance : the ultimate challenge of the 21st century / Marie Kerpan -- Corporate poverty : lessons from refugee camps / Barbara Shipka -- The workplace as spiritual haven / Kim McMillen -- Values for the global marketplace : a quest for quality with a difference / Jacqueline Haessly -- Helping your dream job find you / Jan Nickerson -- Organizational renewal through a hunger for meaning / Anne Lippitt Rarich -- Chaos to community : one company's journey of transformation / Jeanne Borei -- A world we've only dreamed of / Hope Xaviermineo -- Creativity at work / Cheryl Harrison -- Intuition in the midst of change : a key to success in business / Mitani D'Antien -- New listening : key to organizational transformation / Barbara Fittipaldi -- Seven keys to conscious leadership / Sabina Spencer.".
• catalog title "When the canary stops singing : women's perspectives on transforming business / edited by Pat Barrentine ; authors, Riane Eisler ... [et al.].".
• catalog type "text".