Tommy Spaulding

The theme of this book is very simple: "It's more about giving than getting." "Netgiving" is a recently coined word that appears in this book.

Something that puzzled me was that he said at age 40 he still couldn't read, but in the book he referred to a lot of other books. A reviewer on Amazon said that it is ghostwritten, which would explain this inconsistency.

A delightful read through the first half of the book. After that the stories and names began to be sprinkled so thickly that I switched to speed reading mode.

In any case, I like the message of serving others as being a better motive than serving self.… (more)

Leading from the heart means leading with love. When you embrace heart-led leadership, the lives of your employees, owners and customers all change for the better. It's not about being "touchy-feely" either. It's smart business. The author's studies have proven that leaders and organizations that lead with their heart are more successful and drive better results than those that don't.

The book uses the metaphor of the 18-inch journey from head to heart to delve into 18 aspects of heart based leadership such as love, caring and empathy. It contains some great examples of how leaders have exemplified these qualities and the positive impact it had on their organizations and the lives of others. The stories are all interesting; some poignant.… (more)

I just finished reading this book. I took it slowly because of the memoir aspects of the book. I am also an introvert, and that can be a problem. By the time I process something, the extroverts around me have galloped off to the next thing, chattering all the way. Parts of the relationship building described in this book appear to mix both personality types. We have the wide open extrovert tendency to open and forge relationships where they can be useful with the introvert desire for deeper knowledge and understanding of the other person.
While I have read abridgments of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, I have not read the book itself. What I have read leads me to feel that that book forges a form of manipulation that I do not feel comfortable with. Mr. Spaulding says he took the book as a starting point and expanded it, adding a "win/win/win" component to the basic principles, and that I really approved of. It's been a long time since I studied business in school, but this work could fit in the lesson plan successfully.… (more)