Biography

Martin Rutte is an international speaker and consultant on spirituality in the workplace.  He is committed to reconnecting business with its natural source of creativity, innovation and genius. As President of Livelihood, a management consulting firm in Santa Fe, New Mexico, he explores the deeper meaning of work and its contribution to society. He is committed to reconnecting business with its natural source of creativity, innovation and genius.  The company’s areas of service include: strategic vision, corporate spirit, performance management, and creative leadership. 

He is also the Chair of the new Centre for Spirituality and the Workplace, at the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada.  Martin has worked with many of America’s leading corporations including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Southern California Edison, The World Bank, Quad/Graphics, Virgin Records, and Apple Computer.  In Canada, he has worked with such organizations as Labatt Breweries, and London Life Insurance assisting them to expand their outlook and to position themselves for the future.

He was the first Canadian to address the Corporate Leadership & Ethics Forum of the Harvard Business School, and returned for four years as keynote speaker.  He has also twice addressed joint meetings of the American and Canadian Chambers of Commerce in Hong Kong.  Martin’s pioneering work on spirituality in the workplace was featured on the ABC-TV special, “Creativity: Touching the Divine,” in which he was interviewed and addressed The World Bank.  He has been a speaker at all six International Conferences on Spirituality in Business, in Mexico and has spoken at conferences on this topic in:  Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, New Zealand and Germany.

He is co-author of the New York Times business bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work with sales of over one million copies.  His new book is Seeking the Sacred and has authored two articles, Spirituality in the Workplace, originally published in Heart at Work, and republished in Work and Spirit: A Reader of New Spiritual Paradigms for Organization and Livelihood: The New Context of Work.  Currently Martin is working on two books, The Work of Humanity and Religion @ Work, Inspiring Words from the Faith Traditions on Work, Business, and Economics.

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"Karen Humphries Sallick is the best interviewer I've had the pleasure of working with over the past 20 years. Her preparation is impeccable, and her enthusiasm contagious. 'Embracing the Journey' is a fabulous program, so much needed at this time in history."
- Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of
"Inner Peace for Busy People" and "Saying YES to Change"