Just finished reading Love Leadership by John Hope Bryant (not part of a blog review tour from a publisher, one I bought at Amazon.ca). I was interested in the book because it claimed to be insights based on interviews with 30 top leaders. Though it does list the individuals interviewed at the end of the book, Bryant does not share extensively from these interviews or their leadership stories.
Overall the book is a disappointment. Nice and true principles such as "Lead out of love, not fear" (chapter 2) and "vulnerability is power" (chapter 4), and "giving is getting" (chapter 5). However, a conclusion that the world needs good capitalism not selfish capitalism seems overly idealized. Good capitalism is defined as that which benefits all people versus capitalistic enterprise that just benefits individuals. Furthermore, the idea of "good selfishness" seems to be inconsistent with my understanding of Scripture (no matter how much one "twists" the concepts).
2 comments:
Did you find any redeeming qualities in the book? I was thinking of reading it.
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