The Four Fundamental Forces of Leadership: Developing a Practice on Love, Respect, Service and Fun($24.95Value)

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Just like with the physical world, there are four fundamental forces of leadership – forces that quality leaders use to create transformative cultures. Those forces are Love, Respect, Service and Fun. However, humans have the habit of inserting incompatible elements into their practice. In The Four Fundamental Forces of Leadership , the author will help you to: - Understand how these fundamental forces work within yourself, with others and through teams and organizations. - Weave the forces into your own practice through how you interact with others and pushing to failure. - Build teams and cultures grounded in the forces to drive long-term stability and success. - Envision how to transform performance and success even in the most stressful of times. The learnings in this book are so powerful that TWO Fortune 100 C-level leaders, John Mulligan of Target Corporation and John Banovetz of a Minnesota manufacturing company, have written forewards for the book. About the Author Erik Beckler is on a mission to help current and future leaders look at their world differently and lead through the concept of Love, Respect, Service and Fun . Erik brings 30+ years of experience leading teams to market-leading results and coaches executives and functional leaders to develop capabilities that help them transform themselves, teams and organizations. What are others saying ? “As I work with leaders to help them influence others and increase productivity, I see common themes on what makes great leaders. Erik’s philosophies around love, respect, service and fun fit well into those traits I see in great leaders.” Matt Norman, President, Dale Carnegie North Central US and author of Four Patterns of Healthy People “I was witness to how Erik’s leadership style put his team on new trajectories. His book provides insights needed for any leader to become more impactful.” Chris Morton, retired CMO of Smarsh “I have few times seen books as informative and constructive as Erik’s. His phenomenal way of simplifying very complex subjects is extraordinary! Leadership practice and teamwork are becoming increasingly crucial for organizational success. The Four Fundamental Forces of Leadership is a must-read if you are dealing with teaming or leading.” Martin Lindstrom, NYT Best-selling author and one of the world’s leading branding and culture experts “Erik takes four familiar words--love, respect, service, and fun--and builds a vision for each of us to be better leaders. Through sharing his own journey and with illustrative and memorable examples, Erik shows a path for how we can be better to ourselves, to our teams (broadly defined), and to the mission of our organizations.“ Brent Gustafson, CFO of Hamline University “A collection of meaningful insights as we battle the war for talent. Erik’s book reminded me that my role is to unlock and cultivate the “inner fire” of others to maximize their potential.” Christine S. Battist, Business Executive and Corporate Board Member “As a collegiate basketball player, Erik’s words on team and accountability to drive success resonated with me. Erik does a great job connecting those sports lessons with leadership in business.” Fred Ketcho, CEO, CalCom Energy “Erik’s book brings new thinking to leadership practice, reinforces key ideas and concepts while debunking outdated thoughts and practices. Every leader/aspiring leader should read this book.” Tony Rotondi, Retired COO of RTW, Inc. “Finally....a leadership resource that teaches emotional engagement with your team and more unbelievably.... having fun while you lead!” Mark Stignani, Partner / Chair of Analytics Practice at AMLAW 100 law firm Barnes & Thornburg LLP I first used the five words, "You have my unconditional love" with a group of 6th grade boys basketball players in 2016. After working over the previous 5 years to understand myself and bring myself out of a 10-year case of high-functioning depression, I decided to practice what I was working on myself in what I called the Four Fundamental Forces of Leadership - Love, Respect, Service and Fun. That season, a team that had won 5 games the season before won 20. The boys were inspired to see what they could do, to love one another, see how they could make mistakes and grow, make others better and have fun. I continued practicing these forces with youth teams I coached and was humbled by being named the 2018 jr. NBA Minnesota Coach of the Year. I had a great concept here about how to lead people and inspire them to seek out the possible. I started practicing these fundamental forces with business leaders with some marvelous results. I knew I had to share what I learned in the hopes that it could inspire others to lead with love, respect, service and fun. But, what are these forces? Love  - Love is an act. Love for yourself, teammates, learning, the process, etc. It is giving of yourself with expecting nothing in return. Respect  - The Latin defin