Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders by Joel Manby
Love Works is timely. In our economic climate, leaders can assume that they need to choose between profit and people. Joel Manby's thesis--backed up by decades of successful leadership--is different. A business run on timeless principles of love, like patience and kindness and truthfulness, can improve its bottom line and its relationships at the same time. Simply put, love actually works. This will be a refreshing read for anyone who feels that in order to succeed they must be a different person at work from who they truly want to be.
This book articulates an approach to leadership that is the exception rather than the norm in business today. Love Works is an entertaining, quick read with compelling life examples to reinforce a message that could and should change US business culture. We all know profit is key to business, but Mr. Manby contends profits are maximized by exhibiting patience, empowerment and giving in the workplace. Results are achieved by people who want to produce as part of a team as opposed to forcing employees to produce through negative enforcers. Implement the pricipals outlined in this book and you will have success in life, business and your passions.
From the Author
Leading with love is counterintuitive in today's business environment because it turns many so-called leadership principles upside-down. Yet the outpouring of support from people who had never even heard of HFE convinced me that while we might be doing something slightly crazy by leading with love, we were also doing something that people were hungry to be a part of.
About the Author
Joel Manby is president and CEO of Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation (HFE). Previously he has worked for GM, Saturn, and Saab. Joel and his wife, Marki, have four daughters and reside in suburban Atlanta.
