Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World by John Hope Bryant

Hardcover: 224 pages

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass (August 17, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9780470428788
• ISBN-13: 978-0470428788
• ASIN: 0470428783
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches

Product Description

A dynamic young leader shows how leading with love and respect creates success in business and life
Written by the founder of Operation HOPE and advisor to the past two U.S. presidents, this groundbreaking book makes the case that the best way to get ahead is to figure out whatyou have to give to a world seemingly obsessed with the question: What do I get? Aimed at a new generation of leaders and extremely relevant for today's economic climate, Love Leadership outlines Bryant's five laws of love-based leadership-Loss Creates Leaders (there can be no strength without legitimate suffering), Fear Fails (only respect and love leads to success), Love Makes Money (love is at the core of true wealth), Vulnerability is Power (when you open up to people they open up to you), and Giving is Getting (the more you offer to others, the more they will give back to you).

• One of today's most influential leaders, Bryant has appeared on Oprah and in articles in the LA Times, NY Times, and the Wall Street Journal
• Bryant's bold approach to leadership is well-suited for today's tough economic environment and a world gripped by fear and uncertainty
• Outlines the innovative five laws of love-based leadership

Love Leadership is that unique and powerful book that bridges the gap between solid business advice and pure inspiration.

From the Inside Flap

In 1992, at the age of 26, John Hope Bryant was running a successful financial services firm when the Los Angeles riots broke out. After the violence and chaos subsided, Bryant saw that his community needed a "hand up, not a handout," so he founded Operation HOPE, an organization dedicated to helping low-wealth communities attain financial literacy empowerment. Today, Bryant is a sought-after speaker recognized for his leadership and service around the world.
In Love Leadership, Bryant chronicles his story of transformation from a teenager growing up in South Los Angeles to the leader of one of the most impressive antipoverty organizations in the country, and shares the unlikely ingredient for his leadership success: love. He shows leaders how to break away from the long-standing leadership style—one based on fear. Instead, he suggests that the best way to lead in both your professional and personal life is to figure out what you have to give others in a world obsessed with the question "what do I get?"
Drawing on his remarkable success story and on interviews with love-based leaders such as Former President Bill Clinton, Bill George,and Andrew Young, Bryant outlines the five laws of love-based leadership:

• Loss creates leaders: There can be no inner growth without the pain of legitimate suffering.
• Fear fails: Leading through fear is antiquated and self-defeating, a crippling indulgence that we can no longer afford.
• Love makes money: The expression of love in business—creating long-term relationships with customers and employees based on caring for others and doing good—makes everyone wealthy.
• Vulnerability is power: When you open up, people open up to you. Real leaders know that vulnerability is not a weakness, but rather their greatest strength.
• Giving is getting: Leaders give, followers take. Giving inspires loyalty, attracts good people, confers peace of mind, and lies at the core of true wealth.

Aimed at a new generation of leaders and extremely relevant in today's complex and fast-moving world, Love Leadership is a bold and contrarian guide to leadership and success.

From the Back Cover

Praise for Love Leadership
"I have watched John Hope Bryant dazzle audiences from Harvard to the World Economic Forum. Now he pours his compassion and charisma into the pages of this book, delivering a powerful message about rediscovering our humanity. Having worked his way up from the shadows of urban life to become a successful global leader, John has developed a personal philosophy that can help young leaders everywhere." —David Gergen, professor of public service and director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
"The words 'love' and 'leadership' perfectly exemplify John Hope Bryant and all that he stands for. When it comes to making a difference and succeeding in business and life, this book is a must-read for today's current and future leaders." —Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO, Gallup, Inc.
"Bryant tackles problems with an enthusiasm and optimism that are infectious. In this book, he gives us a recipe for personal success driven by a simple notion: treating others with respect and dignity creates true long-term success. This message and his strategies for living it couldn't be more timely as we address the failures of leadership that created today's financial crisis." —Don J. McGrath, chairman, Bancwest Corporation and Bank of the West
"A short conversation with John Hope Bryant in China changed my outlook on financial literacy, leadership, and love. The short time you spend reading this book will change yours. Changing the world starts with changing your life, and John—from the slums of Compton to the White House and more—will make this happen for you." —Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and president of Wikia, Inc.
"John Hope Bryant proves that power is the ability to give more than you receive, to lead more than you follow, and to love more than you hate." —Steve Bartlett, president and CEO, The Financial Services Roundtable

About the Author

John Hope Bryant is a philanthropic entrepreneur and leader in the business of empowerment. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, America's first nonprofit social investment banking organization. He is vice chair of the U.S. President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy and chairman of the Under-Served Committee for the U.S. President's Council. An internationally respected public speaker, Bryant is a Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum and has received many awards for his work to empower low-wealth communities. For more information about John Hope Bryant and Love Leadership, visit www.JohnHopeBryant.com.

Effortless Entrepreneur by Nick Friedman, Omar Soliman, Daylle Deanna Schwartz

Paperback: 272 pages

• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (September 7, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9780307587992
• ISBN-13: 978-0307587992
• ASIN: 0307587991
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.6 x 0.7 inches

Review

“Should be distributed in business classes across the country”—Ted Leonsis, vice chairman emeritus of AOL and owner of the Washington Capitols

“This is THE book for anyone who has contemplated starting a business”—Fred Deluca, Founder of Subway

“Nick and Omar are the future of entrepreneurship”—George Nadaff, franchise guru/ former CEO of Boston Market

Product Description

Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman started the multimillion-dollar franchise College Hunks Hauling Junk when they were just twenty two, and they’ve been having the time of their lives ever since. What’s their secret? 

That's just it--there isn't one. There's no fancy software or complicated business schemes. No outside investors or quirky market niche. They just followed 10 common-sense commandments to building a straightforward, fun, and successful business that does a simple job well. Anyone can understand it, and anyone can do it. 

About the Author

NICK FRIEDMAN and OMAR SOLIMAN started College Hunks Hauling Junk in 2005 when they were only twenty-two years old. Since then, College Hunks Hauling Junk has grown into a multimillion-dollar franchise and the nation's premier junk removal service, and has been profiled in the New York Times and the Washington Post. Nick and Omar have been named among the top Under 30 Entrepreneurs in America by Inc., and in 2007 the International Franchise Association named them the Youngest Franchisors in America.

Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity by Michael Lewis

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0141042311
• ISBN-13: 978-0141042312
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces

From Publishers Weekly

Lewis (Liars Poker) takes readers on a spin through notable recent financial catastrophes including the stock markets 1987 crash, the Russian default and related failure of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management, the Asian currency crisis, the Internet bust and the recent subprime debacle. While the collection is comprehensive and contains varied and learned commentary, the presented crises beg for more thorough treatment. Lewis is content to rehash the past with (undeniably compelling) previously published analysis by the likes of economists Joseph Stieglitz and Paul Krugman and Wall Street Journal reporters Gregory Zuckerman and Roger Lowenstein. The author wisely includes excerpts from his books and articles, including an account of his time as a trader at Salomon Brothers in the midst of the junk bond crash of 1987 and his observations on the Internet boom and bust. The narrative is certainly elegant and the arguments are on-target; the author lambastes shoddy risk management at financial firms, the foolish principles that have guided the behavior of sophisticated Wall Street traders and the common man in this current crisis, and the problems caused by the new complexities of the financial markets, but readers seeking serious solutions to our current woes will be disappointed. (Jan.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From Booklist

Lewis, author and journalist, presents an anthology of financial writing done immediately before, during, and after the panics that have occurred since 1987, to show how financial markets now operate. These articles explain the mood and market factors leading up to each crisis and then with hindsight report on what actually happened. The financial panics include Black Monday, the 1987 stock market crash; the 2000 bursting of the Internet bubble; the 1999 Asian currency crisis; the Russian default that prompted the failure of the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management in 1998; and the current subprime mortgage crisis. In addition to his own work, the editor offers articles by notable writers including Paul Krugman, Roger Lowenstein, Tim Metz, Robert Shiller, Joseph Stiglitz, Eric Weiner, and Laurence Zuckerman. This is a portrait of today’s money culture—its players, victims, and the widespread consequences of these historic catastrophes. Informative and timely, it is an excellent book for a wide range of library patrons. --Mary Whaley --This text refers to theHardcover edition.

Review

It’s hard to imagine a more timely book. (BusinessWeek )

In this enlightening (and frightening) anthology, the Moneyball and Liar’s Poker author collects the best reporting and analysis of every Wall Street crisis of the past twenty years. As a source of aid in these troubled times, the book’s only competition is a bottle of Scotch. (Details )

Product Description

The New York Times bestseller: A masterful account of today’s money culture, showing how the underpricing of risk leads to catastrophe. When it comes to markets, the first deadly sin is greed. In this New York Times bestseller, Michael Lewis is our jungle guide through five of the most violent and costly upheavals in recent financial history. With his trademark humor and brilliant anecdotes, Lewis paints the mood and market factors leading up to each event, weaves contemporary accounts to show what people thought was happening at the time, and, with the luxury of hindsight, analyzes what actually happened and what we should have learned from experience.

About the Author

Michael Lewis, the best-selling author of Liar’s Poker, The Money Culture, The New New Thing, Moneyball, The Blind Side, Panic, Home Game, The Big Short, and Boomerang, among other works, lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, Tabitha Soren, and their three children.

The Psychology of Selling: Increase Your Sales Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible by Brian Tracy (Jul 18, 2006)

Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (July 18, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0785288066
ISBN-13: 978-0785288060
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches

From Publishers Weekly
With his 300-odd video and audio courses (sales at one mil.), and 30 books, Tracy has built a strong motivational sales and marketing brand. This latest installment shapes pop psychological constructs to fit Tracy's existing paradigms: "Your subconscious does not think or decide. It merely obeys your mental commands." Tell that to Dr. Freud, one might retort, but the point here is not fidelity to psychology theory, but efficacy in getting readers to change the way they bring themselves to a sale. Visualization techniques, concrete sales advice and motivational pep talks make up chapters like "The Inner Game of Selling" and "The Power of Suggestion." The "Getting More Appointments" chapter recapitulates sound but Willy Lohman-esque advice like "Sidestep the Excuse" or "Don't Be Put Off"; the book as a whole feels familiar, but it's clearly organized. Even in Tracy's generic prose, the repackaged tried-and-trues will find their marks.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
Brian Tracy, one of the top professional speakers and sales trainers in the world today, found that his most important breakthrough in selling was the discovery that it is the "Psychology of Selling" that is more important than the techniques and methods of selling.
Tracy's classic audio program, The Psychology of Selling, is the best-selling sales training program in history and is now available in expanded and updated book format for the first time. Salespeople will learn:


"the inner game of selling"
how to eliminate the fear of rejection
how to build unshakeable self-confidence
Salespeople, says Tracy, must learn to control their thoughts, feelings, and actions to make themselves more effective.

High Five! The Magic of Working Together by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Entertainment (December 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007108222
• ISBN-13: 978-0007108220
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces

High Five! The Magic of Working Together by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles (Dec 26, 2000)

Amazon.com Review

Organizational guru Ken Blanchard has long had a knack for writing management books that are easy and fun to read (The One Minute Manager, plus 11 other bestsellers). Now, in his latest, he becomes (with the help of three coauthors) something of a novelist, relating the saga of the Riverbend Warriors, a come-from-behind boys' hockey team, to teach a broader lesson about the importance of, and the key dynamics behind, good teamwork in organizations of every sort.High Five! starts with otherwise exemplary exec Alan Foster losing his job because--you guessed it--he isn't a team player. Unemployed, bored, and demoralized, he decides to coach his fifth-grade son's failing hockey team into better shape. But it's not until he enlists the help of Miss Weatherby, an aging African-American retired teacher and champion girls' basketball coach that things really start to turn around. As we follow the struggle of the increasingly well-oiled Warriors machine as they drill, strategize, and bond their way through the season, we learn some of the fundamental lessons of what makes good teams--and good team-building by coaches and managers. Among them are "repeated reward and repetition," the guiding notion that "none of us is as smart as all of us," and four key traits that shall here remain undisclosed (hint: their acronym spells PUCK).
As fiction goes, don't expect high literature here. But to its credit, the book's ending isn't 100 percent happy, either. If you worry that the aged but whip-smart Weatherby might die at the end, don't--instead, she becomes perhaps the world's first octogenarian, black female management consultant. As books on teamwork go, Blanchard's latest is on the lighter side, but it still packs a fair share of commonsense wisdom when it comes to putting together, motivating, and sustaining work teams worthy of the Stanley Cup. And it may even have inaugurated a new fiction genre: the organizational tearjerker. --Timothy Murphy --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Library Journal

Two best-selling business authors on teamwork.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review

"I predict High Five! will be a classic. Blanchard and Bowles have done it again. Ignore at your peril." -- -- Stephen Covey --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description

The team-building book for the 21st Century. The author of One Minute Manager proves, with a parable, the guiding notion that "none of us is as smart as all of us". Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager, and his co-authors, do here for teamwork what Gung Ho! does for motivation and Raving Fans for Customer Service. Using the entertaining and easily-digested parable style that made those books so successful, Blanchard et al have a simple but very powerful message to convey. They disclose four management secrets and highlight the key principles of "repeated reward and repetition". The story is about Alan, who gets fired, despite being highly successful, because of his lone wolf mentality. He breaks through his initial resistance to new ways of working by spending some of the new-found time on his hands coaching his son's hockey team, and in the process learns all about the power of teamwork. An inspirational guide to the art of working successfully together (and the power that derives from being part of a team), this is an invaluable read for anyone who has to work with other people, from one of the world's most successful business authors.

About the Author

Ken Blanchard is the founder and Chairman of The Ken Blanchard Companies. His One Minute Manager series has sold over thirteen million copies and been translated into more than 25 languages. He has also written or co-authored numerous other books, including Gung Ho!, Big Bucks! and Raving Fans

Do You Want Fries with That?: An Indispensable Guide to: Career (Indespensable Guides) by Christopher D. Hudson

• Reading level: Young Adult
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated (March 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593106629
• ISBN-13: 978-1593106621
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces

Do You Want Fries with That?: An Indispensable Guide to: Career (Indespensable Guides) by Christopher D. Hudson (Mar 20, 2005)

Product Description

Choosing and getting the right job is one of the most important and challenging steps a person will take-which is why the process is often fraught with anxiety. That's precisely where The Indispensable Guide. . . can help! Reading this handbook is like talking with a calm, funny, and worldly-wise aunt: It brings the blood pressure down and allows the job-seeker to focus on the real issues. Encouraging self- reflection in light of personal desires, the market, and God's Word, Do You Want Fries with That then addresses the actual job search-resume writing, the interview process, and much more. Invaluable grads or anyone looking to change a career.

Book Description

Reading this handbook is like talking with a calm, funny, and worldly-wise aunt. It brings the blood pressure down and allows the job-seeker to focus on the real issues--resume writing, the interview process, and much more.

Big Shots, Business the Richard Branson Way: 10 Secrets of the World's Greatest Brand Builder by Des Dearlove

Product Description

Richard Branson, the international powerhouse entrepreneur, is an opportunist with an uncanny knack of sniffing out great deals where others hesitate or fear to tread. Branson is the ultimate brand builder and never before has a single brand been so successfully deployed across such a diverse range of goods and services. So how does he do it?The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Richard Branson Way draws out the universal lessons from Richard Branson's remarkable success and identifies 10 strategies that can be applied to any business or career:
1. Pick on someone bigger than you
2. Do the hippy, hippy shake
3. Haggle: everything's negotiable
4. Make work fun
5. Do right by your brand
6. Smile for the cameras
7. Don't lead sheep, herd cats
8. Move faster than a speeding bullet
9. Size does matter
10. Never lose the common touch
Want to be the best? The secrets of phenomenal success are in your hands.

From Library Journal

Is there anything new to say about the four high-profile corporate executives featured in this series? The work of Dearlove and Crainer, two British business writers, suggests that there is not. Their texts consist of quotes from previous books and articles held together by statements that appear to have little to legitimize them. The authors give no indication of the source of their opinions, facts, and speculation. For each executive, there are ten "secrets" on which the analysis of his management style is based. Although the other three executives are referred to in each book, there is no attempt at comparative analysis. For example, for Murdoch, ruthlessness is cited as a secret of success, with the belief that "nice guys finish second." But Branson's common touch with customers and staff alike is the key to his popularity and success. Go figure. The quality of the writing is uneven and frequently repetitious, but there is an easygoing approach that makes all four books appealing for a quick read. Undergraduate term-paper writers and casual readers who have heard these names may appreciate the one-stop biography/management style content. Graduate students, businesspeople, and other specialists will pass on these books in search of more solid content.ASusan DiMattia, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description

He once drove a tank down Broadway to demolish a wall of cola cans. He tried to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon. He dangled Ivana Trump upside down over a pool during a posh party. Who is this guy, and what drives him to do these things?Readers will find out in this fast, fun, and probing new book, Business the Richard Branson Way. It uncovers the 10 key business secrets of this flamboyant entrepreneur and ultimate brand-builder.
As founder of Virgin airlines, Virgin records, Virgin retail stores, soft drinks, financial services, and more, Branson has boldly used the Virgin label to take on market leaders and shake up complacent industries. This book charts his spectacular career and examines how his unique abilities--savvy negotiator, dazzling newsmaker, creative leader, and others--have made him one of the most successful businessmen in the world.
Business the Richard Branson Way is part of a new series that charts the rise of business superstars Branson, Bill Gates, Jack Welch, and Rupert Murdoch. The Business Way Series looks at their deals, schemes, and dreams, revealing how each planned his career, crushed his competitors, and ended up on top. It supplies both a valuable insight into the ingredients of success and a concise source of important lessons for the next generation of winners.