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Love As a Business Strategy

Resilience, Belonging & Success, Updated Edition

Anwar, Mohammad F. / Danna, Frank E. / Ma, Jeffrey F. / Pitre, Christopher J.

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2. Edition February 2025
256 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-394-33253-3
John Wiley & Sons

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Groundbreaking, people-first strategies for organizational growth, profit, and longevity

Chock-full of real-world examples of mistakes, heartbreak, and redemption that makes it read more like a juicy exposé than a business book, Love as a Business Strategy offers a new, people-first framework for achieving any business outcome. Written by authors who aren't fans of run-of-the-mill, nap-inducing business or leadership books, this book clearly shows that a better way of doing business is possible, helping readers ditch the status quo, embrace humanity, and achieve lasting success.

This book steers clear from piety and theoretical concepts and instead share the realities of real people running real businesses, covering concepts including:

* The potential harmony between organizational culture and hard data

* The biggest mistakes that organizations make in pursuing profits at the expense of people

* Practical ways to better serve customers, clients, and employees while still enjoying standout financial success

Entertaining, visionary, and highly practical, Love as a Business Strategy earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all entrepreneurs, managers, and executives seeking perspective-shifting knowledge and strategies to get better business results without sacrificing their human side.

Foreword xiii

Our Darkest Day xv

Part I Why Love Is Good for Business 1

Chapter 1 What Is Love? (Baby Don't Hurt Me) 3

Chapter 2 Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast 17

Chapter 3 Behavior Eats Culture for Lunch 27

Part II Understanding the Culture of Love 45

Chapter 4 Inclusion 47

Chapter 5 Empathy 61

Chapter 6 Vulnerability 71

Chapter 7 Trust 79

Chapter 8 Empowerment 89

Chapter 9 Forgiveness 97

Part III Put Love to Work 105

Chapter 10 To Lead Is to Serve 107

Chapter 11 We Are Better Together 123

Chapter 12 HR (Humanity Required) 139

Chapter 13 Systems--People, Process, and Technology 151

Chapter 14 Lovin' Those Business Outcomes 159

Chapter 15 Waiting on the World to Change? 175

Chapter 16 No More Excuses 195

Acknowledgments 207

About the Authors 213

About Softway 215

Index 217
SOFTWAY is a people-first consulting firm that helps businesses achieve transformation in areas of technology, communication, and culture. In 2021, inspired by Softway's own successful cultural transformation, CULTURE+ was created to help other organizations build thriving cultures and effectively navigate change.

In 2015, when a toxic culture almost bankrupted the company, Softway's leadership team--including authors MOHAMMAD ANWAR, FRANK DANNA, JEFF MA, and CHRIS PITRE--vowed to bring humanity back to the workplace. Through trial, error, and determination, they rebuilt their organization around their greatest asset: people.

Today, through the Culture Rise experience and other products and services, Softway and Culture+ are helping leaders worldwide transform their businesses by bringing humanity back to the workplace.