Leading with Love, with Joel Manby

Joel Manby is a former CEO whose leadership style was revolutionized when he discovered the astounding ROA for being a loving leader. Since this epiphany, Joel has made dramatic changes in the way he acts and talks about leadership. After serving as CEO for several decades in the auto and family theme park industries, Joel wrote Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders to share how showing love is a powerful leadership strategy.

In this episode, host Tim Spiker talks with Joel about his own personal leadership journey, the powerful results of leading with love, and some examples of what this looks like in practical leadership.

 

Show Notes

Transcript of the episode

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • Leading with love is proven to increase engagement and profitability.

  • You can lead with love and still hold people accountable.

  • Forgiveness and truthfulness are two of the seven ways to lead with love.

Things to listen for:

[01:56] - Joel’s professional career
[3:12] - The lightbulb turns on
[3:57] - Joel’s influential mentor
[8:02] - Love is the most powerful force on earth
[9:45] - the seven aspects of agape love
[13:59] - Leading with love gives purpose to our work
[14:34] - Leading with love’s affect on engagement and profitability
[20:00] - Examples of leading with love
[21:42] - Love and accountability
[24:44] - Forgiveness  as an aspect of love
[31:17] - Truthfulness as an aspect of love
[31:52] - Telling the truth according to Dolly Parton
[36:09] - Tim’s Debrief

Additional Resources

Connect with Tim on LinkedIn
Learn more about The Aperio
Connect with Joel on LinkedIn
Read Joel’s Book, Love Works. Undercover Boss episode with Herschend Family Entertainment
Positive to Negative Comment Ratio
Higher return on assets for forgiving leaders Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood – Stephen R. Covey

About Joel . . .

Joel Manby, is a CEO and business leader for over 25 plus years. Joel held senior leadership positions in both publicly traded and privately held organizations, including General Motors’ Saab and Saturn divisions, and entertainment companies that house brands such as Dollywood, the Harlem Globetrotters, and SeaWorld. Achievement as a CEO was not the end of Joel’s career or influence. He still had gas in the tank and personal mission to fulfill, so he became an author and speaker. Joel’s book Love Works, has sold over 100,000 copies globally.