Synopses & Reviews
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."
Henry Ford
American industrialist
In these challenging times for American business, its easy to get trapped in an "everyone for themselves" mentality. But in todays complex world, no single organization is capable of mobilizing all the resources required to accomplish everything it needs to do. The key to success: smart partnerships with individuals, community groups, and other organizations. Yet few leaders have mastered the vital art of partnering.
In The Power of We, Jonathan Tisch, one of todays most imaginative and influential executives, along with business writer Karl Weber, explains how to achieve lasting success through creative partnerships. In his appealing and personal style, Tisch discusses how he developed his leadership philosophy through a lifetime of adventures in the travel and tourism industry, and shows how it can be applied anywherenot only in business, but also in community service, government, and everyday life.
Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, The Power of We, explains the "Power of Partnerships" approach, focusing on six types of partnershipsyour partnership with employees, customers, communities where you operate, other businesses, the government, and owners. Youll learn how partnerships can help you:
- Eliminate or reduce obstacles by converting potential adversaries and enemies into allies and friends
- Expand your reach into markets and suppliers by gaining contacts, connections, and channels of communication beyond those you own
- Access resources, talents, and strengths controlled by other companies and organizations, thereby multiplying your capabilities and compensating for your limitations
- Align the interests of your organization with those of a broader community, so that anything that benefits one of your partners benefits you
- Reduce the amount of time, energy, and money that must be devoted to conflict resolution and stress management, freeing up resources for more productive pursuits
- Make your organization a more positive, ethical, and friendly place to work, which attracts better employees
Entertaining, informative, and filled with unique, revealing, and sometimes hilarious stories, The Power of We shows how bringing people together around common goals can make life in business both fun and deeply rewarding.
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“expounds on how to succeed through building partnerships…” (Vanity Fair, September 2004)
Synopsis
How smart business leaders can do good and do well at the same time
In these challenging times for American businesses when millions of business people are searching for ways of achieving greater financial success it s easy to get sucked into the win at all costs mentality. But there s a better way. In The Power of We, Jonathan Tisch, one of today s most imaginative and influential executives, explains how to achieve lasting success through creative partnerships among people, organizations, and communities. In his appealing and personal style, Tisch discusses how he developed his business philosophy in a lifetime of adventures in the travel and tourism industry, and he shows how it can be applied anywhere. Entertaining, informative, and filled with unique, revealing, and sometimes hilarious stories, The Power of We shows how working together for common goals can make life in business both fun and deeply rewarding.
Jonathan Tisch (New York, NY) is Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels, a subsidiary of the $20 billion Loews Corp. Under his leadership, the chain has grown to include 20 of America s finest luxury hotels. An industry leader, Tisch is also Chairman of the Travel Business Roundtable and NYC & Company, New York s visitors bureau. Karl Weber (Chappaqua, NY) is a freelance writer specializing in business and current affairs.
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The compelling story of one of finance s living legends
Written by award-winning New York Times journalist Joseph Treaster, Paul Volcker: The Making of a Financial Legend takes readers through the most compelling moments of this legend s life in private and public service. From his early days as a young Treasury Department official during the Nixon years grappling with international economic affairs, through his appointments as President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Chairman of James D. Wolfensohn, Inc., and his work in recovering money from Holocaust-era bank accounts in Switzerland, this book explores the ethical, economic, and moral dilemmas Volcker faced at every turn.
Joseph B. Treaster (New York, NY), a reporter for the New York Times for more than 25 years, began his career with the Times as a foreign correspondent in Southeast Asia and has reported from dozens of countries in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. He has received numerous journalism awards for his work domestically and internationally, and is listed in Who s Who in America.
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Praise for The Power of We
"In The Power of We, Jonathan Tisch reminds us again that working together still yields the best results. Jon has spent a lifetime mobilizing people and organizations to get a job done in business and in civic service. His experience, optimism, intelligence, and common sense are reflected in this fresh look at the rewards of partnerships."
President Bill Clinton
"The Power of We offers a clear and compelling lesson in how today's business leaders can create new synergies and gain competitive advantage by learning how to partner successfully."
Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and CEO, American Express Company
"Jon Tisch has lived the strategy he describes in The Power of We, and now this extraordinary man and successful leader shares his strategy with us. Building partnerships at all levelssocial, intellectual, and political, as well as entrepreneurialwill be one of the keys to progress in the coming decades. Jon Tisch provides a road map for those who grasp that reality."
John Sexton, President, New York University
"Being a leader requires vision, focus, and influence. Jonathan Tisch has exhibited all three in this great body of work about what it takes to be a partner and something bigger than yourself. The Power of We is a must read."
Pat Riley, President, the Miami HEAT
About the Author
Jonathan Tisch is Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels, and has been at the helm of the company since 1989. He has been instrumental in furthering the development of the hotel chain and its emergence as one of the country's leading luxury hotel companies. At the same time, Tisch is recognized as a preeminent leader of the $555 billion travel and tourism industry. He is Chairman of the Travel Business Roundtable and NYC & Company, the city's official tourism marketing organization, and was formerly vice chair of the Welfare to Work Partnership and chairman of the American Hotel and Lodging Association. Loews Corporation, parent company of Loews Hotels, is one of the largest diversified financial holding companies in the United States, with nearly $80 billion in assets. Tisch believes the best way to create lasting success is through partnerships that empower employees, satisfy customers, contribute to communities, and improve the bottom line.
Karl Weber is a freelance writer specializing in business and current affairs. He is coauthor with Adrian Slywotzky of How to Grow When Markets Don't and How Digital Is Your Business?
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
1. The Power of Partnerships: Getting from Me to We.
2. Now Who's Boss? Lessons in Partnership from the CEO's Desk to the Housekeeper's Cart.
3. A Family Business: It All Started with Sayde and Al.
4. The Employee Comes First: From the Front Line to the Bottom Line.
5. Turning Customers into Partners: Creating Value Together.
6. Being a Good Neighbor: Hanging Up Your Tux and Rolling Up Your Sleeves.
7. E Pluribus Plenty: When Competition Gives Way to Cooperation.
8. Beyond the Ballot Box: Good Corporate Citizenship Takes More Than Your Vote.
9. What's In It for the Owners? Bringing Dollars and Sense to the Bottom Line.
10. New York Rising: The Power of Partnerships in Time of Crisis.
Epilogue: Twelve More Tips: A Recipe for Personal Success.
Sources.
Index.