Love and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership - Hardcover

Autry, James A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688089216 ISBN 13: 9780688089214

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1991

Synopsis

Provides an inspirational guide to business management--in poetry and prose--that discusses the issues of motivation, achievement awards, expressing disappointment, and coping with problems

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

As Autry ( Life After Mississippi ) sees it, love, trust and spirituality should be management's watchwords in the 1990s, in contrast to the often manipulative, restrictive policies of the '80s. And the author should know--he's president of the Fortune 500 Meredith magazine group in Des Moines, Iowa. In short essays and poetry refreshingly free of business jargon, Autry pens an unusual management primer designed to integrate work and life while offering, on management's part, specific provisions such as flexible hours, child care facilities, disabled employee and award programs, and a degree of shared ownership. And while conceding that personal and management problems may ensue from his egalitarian ideals, Autry contends that good results can compensate: increased productivity and higher profits and investment returns. First serial to Fortune; Fortune and Newbridge book clubs alternates; author tour.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

"Management is, in fact, a sacred trust in which the well-being of other people is put in your care during most of their waking hours." Autry, the president of Meredith Corporation's magazine group, believes this, and as a result looks at management in a slightly different way from many management theorists. In a series of brief chapters, he examines how a caring manager might handle a wide variety of situations most managers face. Following many of these chapters are poems that in a truly remarkable way tell vignettes to help explain what the chapter was about. This is highly recommended for business how-to collections.
- Mi chael D. Kathman, St. John's Univ., Collegeville, Minn.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0688089216
• ISBN 13: 9780688089214
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 213