LEADING WITH KINDNESS How Good People Consistently Get Superior Results

After slow-moving introductions read by the authors, Jim Bond's energetic pace is a refreshing change for this kinder, gentler management lesson. He knows how to crank up the intensity when the material demands it and, without losing his audience, tone it down when the sentences just need to be read. The authors' message on leadership is steeped in the ideology of social science and full of insights about the value of integrity, humility, gratitude, and authenticity. The work is a welcome primer on how leaders are more effective when they treat people like individuals instead of machines. Though the authors' language often makes them sound more like mental health professionals than productivity experts, the appeal of their ideas is strengthened by their humanitarian sensibilities. T.W. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2008]