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Written by Kate Ludeman, PhD and Eddie Erlandson, MD:

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REVIEWS

RADICAL CHANGE, RADICAL RESULTS: 7 Actions to Become the Force for Change in Your Organization (May, 2003)

In these turbulent, turn-on-a-dime times, the number-one problem facing businesses is getting people to move rapidly and gracefully through the constant required changes. Creating a "culture of change" is not mysterious or complicated - it's about making the right choices, say authors Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson. They believe that transformation can be accomplished and implemented anywhere, and at any level. Focusing on the impact of day-to-day habits and taking mutual responsibility, Ludeman and Erlandson offer managers, human resource leaders and business consultants valuable tools to help make transformative, powerful, radical change.

The unique set of "tools" includes:

• Accountability
• Appreciation
• Authenticity
• Awareness
• Candor
• Curiosity
• Genius

The actions sound simple, yet this new way of working has proven effective in helping companies create a new kind of workforce - one that runs on self-renewal, passion, and productivity, morphing as business changes and delivering high-quality results to both customers and investors.

- Book Review, Amazon.com

THE CORPORATE MYSTIC: A Guidebook for Visionaries with their Feet on the Ground (co-author with Gay Hendricks, Bantam, 1997)

This extraordinary book will likely be the most impactful survey of leadership and communications that you have ever encountered; it is at once both profoundly on target and so coolly refreshing. The book mostly focuses not on what to DO, but who to BE, how to OCCUR in your environment to lead and conduct business most effectively. The Corporate Mystic espouses a new and more profound definition of responsibility than most of us have ever considered. An absolute must read for anyone who believes that business (and life) is precisely what you make it.
 -Reader Review, Amazon.com 

Drawing on insights and observations from legendary CEOs like Bob Galvin of Motorola and Ed McCracken of Silicon Graphics, The Corporate Mystic offers spirited solutions to the day-in, day-out problems of business. Whether you're a new hire or already a division chief, The Corporate Mystic is a book to nourish your soul and light your path to professional success.
 -Book Review, Amazon.com

The Corporate Mystic combines pithy advice, memorable quotations, and enlightening true stories in a guide to spiritual business practices with a section on everything from making meetings more interesting to turning failures into breakthroughs.
 -Reader Review, Amazon.com

Qualities inherent in top leaders and corporate visionaries are outlined in a guide managers and executives will want to consider. Here is a fine book which describes typical corporate battles, individual successes and failures, and the exceptional qualities which set the top corporate executive apart from others.
-Midwest Book Review

Hendricks and Ludeman draw on their 25 years of experience in training top executives to prepare this "wise little book" (Publisher's Weekly), which offers practical inspiration and case histories and combines spiritual values with bottom-line realities.
 -Reader Review, Book A Million.com

The Corporate Mystic is an easy read... Its thought-provoking quotes, sprinkled liberally throughout the book, will engender significant reflection by even the most casual reader. I highly recommend it!
 -Thoughtful Reader

In two weeks' time I read the book more than twice! This book has changed my entire perspective upon Integrity, Vision and Intuition.
 -Reader Review, Amazon.com

EARN WHAT YOU'RE WORTH: 4 Steps to a Higher Salary and a Happier Career (Berkeley, 1995)

Kate Ludeman offers four steps to a higher salary and a happier career in this practical handbook. Employees can learn how to redefine themselves and redesign their careers to become more secure, successful and satisfied, even in these tight economic times - and make sure they earn what they're worth.
 -Reader Review, Amazon.com

Offering a four-step strategy for promoting job satisfaction and attaining fair compensation, worker's guide covers how to identify company needs, making oneself indispensable, self-promotion and setting expectations.
 -Reader Review, Amazon.com

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ARTICLES

Written by Kate Ludeman, PhD, and/or Eddie Erlandson, MD, and articles referencing Worth Ethic:

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• "When Top Dogs Need Leashes" , BusinessWeek, November 6, 2006
• "Alpha Male Syndrome: Curb the Belligerence, Channel the Brilliance," SchoolCIO, October 18, 2006
• "High Testosterone," The Australian Financial Review, October 14, 2006
• "Are You an Alpha Leader?," The Conference Board Review, October/September 2006  
• "Taming an Oversize Drive to Be Top Dog," Los Angeles Times, October 2006
• "Me Alpha, you fired," London Times, October 2006
• "Dealing With Those Alpha Types," New York Times, September 2006
• "Building a Better Leadership," Austin American Statesman, September 2006
• "The Problems with Masters of the Universe," Financial Times, August 2006
• "Taming the Alpha Exec," Fast Company, May 2006
• "Taming the Beast," Harvard Business Review, May 2004
• "Physician Engagement and Shared Accountability," Michigan Health and Hospitals, 2003
• "From Physician Leader to Corporate Physician." The Physician Executive, 2003
• "Your Brain on Stress: An Unfocused Picture," The New York Times, July 2003
• "Want Change? First Change Yourself," Executive Excellence, 2003
• "Five Powerful Actions You Can Take to Become a Changing Force in Your Healthcare System," Arkansas Hospital Association, 2003
• "The (Anti-) Sludge Report," Medical Group Management Association, June 2003
• "Telling the Truth 24/7," American College of Physician Executives, 2003
• "CEO Coaches Try to Make Honchos Human," Santa Barbara News-Press, August 2002
• "The Upside (of Downtime)," Inc., July 2002
• "Life in the False Lane," Personal Excellence, September 2002
• "How to Conduct a Self-Directed 360," Training & Development, July 2000
• "The Unspoken Crisis in Health Care: The Need for Executive Renewal," Michigan Health and Hospitals Magazine, September/October 2000
• "Monsanto: Creating Competitive Advantage Through More Effective Relationships," The Inner Edge, 1998/1999
• "How to Be A Corporate Mystic," Yoga Journal, 1997
• "The Last Piece," Across the Board, 1996
• "Heart at Work," Heart at Work, (McGraw Hill, 1996)
• "Manage Like a Mystic," Executive Female, 1996
• "Business and the Mystic," Personal Transformation, 1996
• "The New Corporate Mystics," The New Leaders, 1996
• "Beneficial Differences: HR Leaders and their Business Partners," Training & Development, 1996
• "To Fill the Feedback Void," Training & Development, 1995
• "Waving the White Flag," Quality Progress, 1995
• "Motorola's HR Learns the Value of Teams Firsthand," Personnel Journal, 1995
• "Using Surveys to Transform Groups Into Teams," Quality Digest, 1994
• "Ensuring Continuous Improvement: Keeping Managers on Track," Quality Digest, 1991
• "How Do You Train Managers to Care About Their Employees?," Business Forum, 1990
• "Turn on Your Heartlight," Executive Excellence, 1989
• "From Work Ethic to Worth Ethic," The New York Times, 1989
• "Developing Your Own Olympic Champions," Executive Excellence, 1988

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OTHER RECOMMENDED BOOKS

For other new ideas about executive leadership and coaching, we recommend these books:

• Campbell, Susan. Getting Real. Novato, CA: New World Library, 2001.
• Feinstein, David & Krippner, Stanley. The Mythic Path. JP Tarcher, 1997
• Gottman, John. The Marriage Clinic. W.W.Norton, 1999
• Hendricks, Gay. Conscious Living: Finding Joy in the Real World. Bantam, 2000
• Nichol, David & Birchard, Bill. The One-Minute Meditator. Perseus Pubilshing, 2001
• Sternberg, Esther. The Balance Within. Freeman, 2000
• Tolle, Eckhard. The Power of Now. New World Library, 1999.

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