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The highly anticipated follow up to The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure—the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller
The Leadership Crisis and the Free Market Cure reveals the integrated principles he sees as critical to the success of any leader--all of which are modern day reflections of the American Founders' concept of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. John Allison believes many of the problems in our economy are the direct result of leaders who have lost a sense of purpose in themselves and in their organization.
Basing his conclusions on libertarian and Objectivist philosophy, Allison describes the values today's leaders must follow, which should guide decision making at the individual, corporate, and public policy level. He shares his real-world experience growing BB&T into the tenth largest financial services holding company in the U.S.
John Allison is the author of The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure, CEO of the Cato Institute, and retired Chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation.
- Sales Rank: #665615 in eBooks
- Published on: 2014-11-14
- Released on: 2014-10-13
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author
John A. Allison is President and CEO of the Cato Institute. Previously he served for twenty years as Chairman and CEO of BB&T, one of the largest financial institutions in America. Allison is a former Distinguished Professor of Practice at Wake Forest University. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from American Banker, was named one of the decade’s top 100 most successful CEOs in the world by Harvard Business Review, and is the recipient of six honorary doctorate degrees.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
A philosophical and business masterpiece
By Edwin A. Locke
Most business people have no conscious philosophy or else a mish-mash of half digested concepts and contradictions. John Allison is in a class by himself. He presents a reason-based, integrated philosophy which includes a pro-life code of ethics and principles of effective thinking. He demonstrates how his philosophy helped him build one of the most successful banking companies in history while avoiding the scandals and disasters that plagued other banks whose philosophies were quite different (and wrong). He also presents many insights into how to be an effective leader and explains the logic behind many of BB&T's successful business strategies. Two of his core leadership ideas are acting on principle and cognitive integration but there is much more. Allison goes on to show how the future of America itself depends upon following the philosophical principles he advocates and defends.This book is a masterpiece--not to be missed.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
More than just a success story....
By Ron Housley
The Leadership Crisis and the Free Market
(a short book report by Ron Housley)
What does a successful CEO look like when you dig into his story? We might expect to see in a Napoleon Hill type of account, detailing the elements behind a successful businessman, except here we see it with a uniquely Objectivist overlay.
Around the core of Allison’s personal business exploits, we discover how the principles of business success correlate with the principles of personal success as well as the principles of political success.
Just like “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” is a vision for government, in Allison’s world it is a vision for business and personal success, as well.
Sad it is that so few government bureaucrats will ever see this book. But even if they had a copy in their homes, they wouldn’t read it. These are among the vast hoards among us who fail to fully employ reason in determining a course of action.
A few times during these 200 pages Allison pointed out the connection between “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as a political vision to it role in supporting a business vision — and its role in allowing human prospering.
Allison preaches to us: “People cannot act consistently with inconsistent goals or values.” And then he shows us enough examples of inconsistency run amok that we can grasp the wisdom of his perspective.
Some of it we’ve heard before in self-help books; we’ve even heard it in years gone by from Peter Drucker. But this may be the first time we’re hearing it with the altruism stripped away, without that veneer of mainstream “wisdom.”
So, Allison is all about encouraging a consistency in the application of virtuous behaviors among businessmen, among government representatives, among all of us.
And how unusual is it for someone to point out that dishonesty is a requirement for inconsistency; that honesty boils down to being disconnected from reality at some level. We don’t usually see honesty discussed in those terms.
It is that fundamental dishonesty, Allison would claim, that allows us to entertain the notion of “the common good.” But there is no such thing as “the common good.” That can never be said loud enough, nor said enough times! And yet, rarely does a day go by when I don’t hear somebody agitating that some issue or other has to be solved by forcing some people to act for “the common good,” — as if nobody’s liberty were going to be trampled in the process.
The whole scam of “the common good” (aka “the public interest”) would fall apart if honesty, integrity and justice were required instead of coercion to extract a forced favor from some citizens.
We’ve all noticed how our political adversaries maintain a barrier against actually hearing what we have to say, beyond the noise that our words make. I could just feel the walls shaking as, time after time, Allison drew parallels between a great business practice on the one hand and a certain political view, on the other. A couple of times the parallels were so obvious that only an outright “La La La La, I can’t HEAR you!” could result in an unchanged mind. Sadly, our culture is full of “La La La La, I can’t HEAR you.”
Allison is in the camp which feels that we are in a war for the future of Western civilization. I agree with him. We prosper, or not, according to the ideas that our culture embraces. As dishonesty flourishes, as our leaders continue embracing inconsistencies, as “the common good” becomes the goal of government actions, the protection of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” will be reduced to a faint memory.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Leadership Wisdom from One of The Greats of Our Time!
By Bob Burg
Would the principles that make one an effective, successful and happy individual create those same results for a company, and for society as a whole? In this terrific book on leadership by John Allison, he says that yes, indeed they would.
It's safe to say Mr. Allison what he's talking about. The prestigious Harvard Business Review named him one of the decades top 100 most successful CEOs.
More importantly, for 20 years he served as Chairman and CEO of BB&T, one of the largest financial institutions in America, growing the bank from $4.5 billion to $152 billion in assets during his tenure. And, they were hugely successful during a time when many banks failed spectacularly.
He did this *not* through subprime lending or any type of cronysim. How, then? Through rational, long-term thinking combined with a desire to provide exceptional value to customers, employees and shareholders alike.
And...by acting from a base of uncompromising values.
Interestingly, when the bubble burst and many banks were going under, he and his bank were left standing tall; not only in reputation...but in profitability, as well.
The author is now CEO of the highly-regarded libertarian think tank, Cato Institute. He approaches life and leadership from a very practical, logical, and rational viewpoint. He also approaches his relationships with employees and customers with an extremely benevolent, win/win mindset (as he referred to it, "getting better together") always at the forefront.
Like most truly-successful people, he understands that happiness is the ultimate goal; that financial success is just one aspect of overall success and happiness. And, that all leadership begins with self-leadership; mastering ourselves and our character traits.
Part One, "Values in the Pursuit of Happiness" includes a chapter on each value that he deems vital and necessary to one's obtaining happiness. They were also the principles he used to lead at the bank.
They include being Reality Grounded, Reason (Objectivity), Independent Thinking, Productivity (Profitability), Honesty, Integrity, Justice, Pride, Self-Esteem (Self-Motivation) and Teamwork (Mutual Supportiveness).
According to the author, "Not only are these values not contradictory but they are integrated. Failure to execute on one value will make it impossible for you to execute on another value."
Part Two, "Leading for Personal, Organization, and Societal Greatness" is really a Masters Degree in business leadership. That it's told from the personal experiences of a man who has been there, done that very successfully, and is willing to share exactly how, is truly a gift. Absolutely fascinating and enlightening.
While again, logic and reason are very important to the author, his writing is warm and thoughtful, and he certainly understands the dynamics of emotion and human nature; that most people make decisions based on their emotions being in control. Yet, as he says, "Emotions are not a valid means of knowledge."
So, how does he suggest we don't make counterproductive decisions based on this fact?
"The goal should be to train your emotions so they automatically support the conclusions that your rational mind determined."
Powerful!
One of my favorite points had to do with the importance of understanding the relationship of value and money, and that a business only makes money to the degree they focus on bringing value to their customers. I loved this gem:
"In the 1960′s, the CEO of General Motors announced that the mission of GM was to `make money.' Shortly thereafter GM's earnings started to decline. GM was created to make cars in a variety of price ranges and quality categories. Its real purpose is to make `good' cars, and when it does this very well, it gets to make money. At BB&T our real purpose is to help our clients be financially successful and economically secure, and when we do this well, we can make money for our shareholders."
He also warns about what he calls the "ultimate psychological sin of evasion." This occurs when we choose not to explore what we know we should explore because we are afraid the information will not concur with our already-established views. Evasion has a dramatically negative impact on one's happiness, as well as the success of a business or a society.
The author is very firm regarding the importance of staying focused on truth. He says, "When we evade, we are detached from reality and cannot learn or grow." True both for individuals and for businesses. And, for society? He asks, "Do our political leaders make decisions based on reality?"
The pages of my copy of the book are filled with notes and underlines as well as starred and bracketed sentences and paragraphs. I simply cannot do this book justice in a review.
Let me suggest -- if I may -- that you purchase this book, read it, study it, and then buy it as a gift for all the leaders and potential leaders in your life.
There are a lot of excellent leadership books on the market and I've benefited from reading many of them.
This one might just be the most important one yet!
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