Leading with Kindness: How Good People Consistently Get Superior Results

By Michael O'Malley, William F. Baker Jr., Michael O'Malley Ph.D.

Book Overview

Authors William Baker and Michael O'Malley teach you that--far from popular media portrayals of corporate callousness--kindness has a very distinct and essential place in the office.

Without presenting a naive idea of kindness, this eye-opening book identifies the surprising attributes successful and resoundingly kind leaders share--revealing how traits like sincerity, honesty, and respect can benefit organizations and help them to thrive.

In Leading With Kindness, business professionals will learn how to apply these lessons in their own workplace, gaining tips for how to:

motivate employees, committee members, and others;recognize unique talents while nurturing all employees;establish a supportive environment;spur continuous organizational growth;adapt to change;and prepare the next generation of leaders.

Subtly and very effectively, a gentler, more human conception of leadership has become the gold standard for excellence. Leading With Kindness shows leaders how they can leverage the deceptively complex notion of kindness as guiding principle to lead more effectively.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081443942X
• ISBN13: 9780814439425
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Amacom
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A must read for anyone and everyone

One of the points addressed in this book is that at the time of printing, nine states were considering allowing employees to sue management. Why it is essential to read this book is because of the Supreme Court decision in 2000 determining that the first amendment does not and will not protect harassment at work. Avis Rent a Car took a harassment case all the way to the Supreme Court through appeal and lost.

Six ingredients of kindness are identified & linked to business pursuits

In business kindness is viewed as a weakness, and the perception of kind leaders is that they are ineffectual. LEADING WITH KINDNESS shows how this can become a business leadership trait and profiles world business leaders who have developed this trait to high success. Six ingredients of kindness are identified, linked to business pursuits, and assessed for pros and cons. Business leaders will find LEADING WITH KINDNESS a key to incorporating more humane actions into their pursuits.

WIN with Kindness

Bill Baker and Michael O'Malley have written a great book, a must read! This book has a multitude of gems... for business leaders who desire to lead consistently with positive passionate acts and deeds and personalize and develop relationships with all the people they engage with on a daily basis... and for those who don't and could! Bill and Michael document many successful companies whose leaders have established this "kindness" culture... and do win the super bowl... the World Series... the gold metals!