John Hope Bryant

Why I Do What I Do

I do it for THIS reason.  To see THIS expression on a young person's face.  Just look at this ~ it is literally priceless. And all I had to do here was to sign and give him a copy of my bestselling business book LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass).  Did you "get" what I just said?  I gave the young man a BUSINESS book.  Not fiction (all good by the way), or a comic, or some rap lyrics (all good too).  But a book on business and leadership, and inspired in the right way, this young man just lit up like a Christmas tree.

This is why I do what I do, and why I believe so passionately in our work in financial dignity at Operation HOPE, and the promise of the silver rights movement.

Our young people increasingly don't have something tangible of even aspirational to believe in, and as a result, we are losing them.

Operation HOPE founder John Hope Bryant meets with President Bill Clinton

Today I was deeply honored to meet and spend substantive time one on one with former U.S. President (and my friend) William Jefferson Clinton, in his Clinton Foundation office in Harlem, New York.  I was also pleased to have with me Mrs. Mary Hagerty Ehrsam, our global chief of financial dignity.  Our government relations chief, Ms. Jena Roscoe who worked for President Clinton in the second term at the White House, did not join us but she was there with us in spirit.

We covered a range of items of mutual interest to both his foundations and the Operation HOPE family, both domestic and international, including the new Gallup-HOPE Index and the Gallup-HOPE Index Cities Initiative.  We actually presented President Clinton and his staff with the first draft copy of the Gallup-HOPE Index 2011 Report, which will be mailed out nationwide to leaders later this month.  We also briefed the President on the HOPE Financial Dignity Center, Ebenezer which is presently under construction in Atlanta (at the King Center complex and within th new Martin Luther King, Sr. Community Resource Complex), our new HOPE Office of Small Business & Entrepreneurship which will be formally announced to the public on my birthday, February 6th, 2012, along with our new HOPE Business-In-A-Box and the HOPE FILE Program (HOPE Fellows, HOPE Interns and HOPE Loan Executive Programs).

Reader Testimonial: Why I’m Still Reading: “Love Leadership” by John Hope Bryant

I’ve been reading and rereading this book for over two years.

After reading it cover to cover it has become one of those books that I pull out and flip through periodically – and I always leave with more!

Read the complete reader testimonial Blog piece here.

 

Love Leadership Quote of the Day

"Courage is nothing more than your faith, reaching through your fear, displaying itself as action in your life."

John Hope Bryant from Love Leadership


John Hope Bryant is founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE and bestselling author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass).

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CNBC Captains of Industry, South Africa: Featuring John Hope Bryant, Part I

 

 

John Hope Bryant is a thought leader, founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE and Bryant Group Companies, Inc. Magazine/CEO READ bestselling business author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass) the only African-American bestselling business author in America, and a Member of the U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for President Barack Obama.  Mr. Bryant is the co-founder of the Gallup-HOPE Index, the only national research poll on youth financial dignity and youth economic energy in the U.S. He is also a co-founder of Global Dignity with HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Professor Pekka Himanen of Finland. Global Dignity is affiliated with the Forum of Young Global Leaders and the World Economic Forum. 

 

John Hope Bryant Speaks Before Denver Public Schools for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations Tomorrow

SPECIAL FROM THE DENVER POST

MLK program "Painting the Seed, Growing the Seed," will be from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Evie Dennis Campus Building, 1 West Commons, 4800 Teluride St., Denver. The keynote speaker will be John Hope Bryant. Music selections: First Lady of Denver Mary Hancock (Mary Louise Lee); solo selection, Sia Chandler. Info: Sylvia Bookhardt,Sylvia_bookhardt@dpsk12.org, 303-229-1997, or Ani Reddy,Reddy@dpsk12.org, 970-310-4526.

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John Hope Bryant is a thought leader, founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE and Bryant Group Companies, Inc. Magazine/CEO READ bestselling business author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass) the only African-American bestselling business author in America, and a Member of the U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for President Barack Obama.  Mr. Bryant is the co-founder of the Gallup-HOPE Index, the only national research poll on youth financial dignity and youth economic energy in the U.S. He is also a co-founder of Global Dignity with HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Professor Pekka Himanen of Finland. Global Dignity is affiliated with the Forum of Young Global Leaders and the World Economic Forum. 

 

A Great Way to Start 2012: LOVE LEADERSHIP Makes Business Bestseller List for 16th Month!

 Top 25: What corporate America is reading, December 2011  

MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

800-CEO-READ, a leading direct supplier of book-based resources, compiles a monthly list of best-selling business books based on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. Here are the best sellers for December 2011, plus descriptions of the Top 10.

1. "Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action" by Simon Sinek; Portfolio, 256 pages ($15)

2. "Zappos Experience: 5 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and Wow" by Joseph Michelli; McGraw-Hill, 256 pages ($25)

3. "Strengths Finder 2.0" by Tom Rath; Gallup Press, 175 pages ($22.95)

4. "Ultimate Online Customer Service Guide: How to Connect with Your Customers to Sell More" by Marsha Collier; John Wiley & Sons, 252 pages ($24.95)

5. "Business at the Speed of Now: Fire Up Your People, Thrill Your Customers, and Crush Your Competitors" by John M. Bernard; John Wiley & Sons, 232 pages ($24.95)

6. "From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership" by Harry M. Jansen Kraemer; Jossey-Bass, 224 pages ($27.95)

7. "The Great Workplace: How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why It Matters" by Michael Burchell and Jennifer Robin; Jossey-Bass, 272 pages ($27.95)

8. "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson; Putnam, 96 pages ($19.95)

9. "How to Market to People Not Like You: 'Know It or Blow It' Rules for Reaching Diverse Customers" by Kelly McDonald; John Wiley & Sons, 218 pages ($24.95)

10. "The Go-Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea" by Bob Burg and John David Mann; Portfolio, 144 pages ($21.95)

11."Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People Into Extraordinary Performers" by Erika Andersen; Portfolio, 304 pages ($17)

12. "What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful" by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter; Hyperion Books, 236 pages ($24.99)

13. "How to Speak Money: The Language and Knowledge You Need Now" by Ali Velshi and Christine Romans; John Wiley & Sons, 190 pages ($24.95)

14. "What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential" by Robert Steven Kaplan; Harvard Business Press, 288 pages ($26.95)

15. "Why Good Things Happen to Good People: The Exciting New Research That Proves the Link Between Doing Good and Living a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life" by Stephen Post and Jill Neimark; Broadway, 272 pages ($23.95)

16. "The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy" by Jon Gordon; John Wiley & Sons, 192 pages ($21.95)

17. "Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything" by Chris Brogan; Que, 192 pages ($24.99)

18. "Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit: The Secrets of Building a Five-Star Customer Service Organization" by Leonardo Inghilleri and Micah Solomon; AMACOM, 170 pages ($21.95)

19. "Love Leadership" by John Hope Bryant and Bill George; Jossey-Bass, 203 pages ($27.95)

See complete article and list here.                                                

 

 

 

Commission Invites John Hope Bryant to Celebrate King Day 2012

Commission celebrates King 2012

By CLEVELAND TINKER
Special to the Guardian

Published: Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 3:26 p.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 3:26 p.m.

King Celebration 2012 in Alachua County will feature a man who has served as an adviser to the last three U.S. presidents as the keynote speaker at the 27th annual Hall of Fame Banquet.

John Hope Bryant, founder, chairman and CEO of Operation Hope, will be the keynote speaker at the Hall of Fame Banquet. It will be held at 6 p.m. Jan. 15, the actual birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at the Paramount Plaza Hotel at 2900 SW 13th St. Tickets are $65, and must be purchased by Tuesday from any member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Florida Inc. or by calling 352-376-2442.

The theme of the King Celebration 2012 is "Civil Rights 50 Years Later: Remember, Celebrate, Act."

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FROM MEETINGS.NET: Who Are the Hot Speakers?

By Dave Kovaleski

HIGHLIGHTS

Speakers on the “hot” list deliver a message that helps attendees navigate the challenging business environment.

“These are confusing and confounding times,” says Bernie Swain, chairman of the Washington Speakers Bureau. And during times of adversity, people are looking to make positive changes to adapt to the changing environment. That, says Swain and other experts, is what’s behind the current shift to weightier, more relevant themes on the speakers’ circuit.

Swain says organizations are gravitating toward keynote speakers in three broad areas: world affairs, current events, and business. About 85 percent of his speakers are being booked in those areas, up at least 20 percent from a few years ago.

Michael Frick, president at Speakers Platform in San Francisco, is seeing the same trend, especially in the business category. Five years ago, he rarely got requests for economists. “All of a sudden, they are the hottest group,” says Frick. Ethics is another hot topic, Frick says, which he says relates to a general breakdown in the trust of institutions, such as government, big business, and Wall Street.

As groups search for more meat in their meetings, the popularity of motivational, inspirational, athlete, and celebrity speakers has waned, says Swain and others. However, the big names can still draw when they can tailor a relevant message.

Tom Neilssen, chief executive officer at BrightSight Group, Princeton, N.J., agrees. During the 1990s and most of the 2000s, keynote content was secondary because, for the most part, businesses were doing well. “It’s always nice if the audience can recognize the name of the speakers, but in the end, it really is about content over celebrity,” says Neilssen. “Many organizations are recognizing that if they are going to bring a speaker into their meeting and take up 60 minutes or two hours of their attendees’ time, the message better help the attendee become a bit smarter, a bit better at what they need to do to navigate these challenging times.”

Three or four years ago, agrees Swain, planners weren’t overly concerned with the content of the speech with a big-name speaker like a Clinton. “Today, planners say, ‘I need to bring in a Bill Clinton or a Tony Blair, and I need

them to talk about this,” he says. Swain says groups aren’t moving away from the big-name speakers, but he is seeing cutbacks on the numbers. Where a few years ago they might book three or four general session speakers, now it’s one or two. “There hasn’t been a fall-off of the big names,” says Swain: Sarah Palin, Bill Clinton, Gordon Brown, and Thad Allen. “But the choices are more relevant to the meeting.” In addition to budgets, it’s about return on investment and accountability, says Frick. Groups don’t want to spend $100,000 on a speaker who has nothing relevant to say.

Who's In Demand?

A sampling of the speakers who are hot this year, from the rosters of the Washington Speakers Bureau, BrightSight Group, Speakers Platform, and Speak Inc.:

Louis V. Gerstner, former chairman and chief executive officer, IBM

Annie Mulcahy, former chair- woman and CEO, Xerox Corp., and chairwoman, Save the Children

Frederic Mishkin, former Federal Reserve Board governor and a professor of banking and financial institutions at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business

John Hope Bryant, chairman and CEO of Operation Hope; co-founder of Global Dignity; and one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders. Author of Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in A Fear-Based World

Chip Conley, CEO of Joie De Vivre Hospitality, California’s largest boutique hotel company and author of Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow

See the complete list here.

 

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