Bringing Your Soul to Work

PREFACE

THIS BOOK began as a small project that turned into its own journey. Berrett-Koehler had asked Alan to prepare a study guide for the soft-cover publication of his first book, The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace. At about the same time, Cheryl was rethinking her consulting practice, looking for ways to bring understanding and renewal to those struggling for more meaning in their work. A colleague of Cheryl’s turned out to be a friend of Alan’s and suggested they meet. Soon, we had agreed to write a study guide together as a first step toward collaboration.

Some months into the project, we realized that we had stumbled onto something much bigger—a guide that would take readers along a personal journey, linking ideas about spirit and ...