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Leadership is Love: A Practical Guide to a Radical Idea

Leadership is Love: A Practical Guide to a Radical Idea - Paperback

by Christopher Leonard
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Availability:In StockContributor:Christopher LeonardPublish date:3/20/2026Pages:230
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Flint Hills PublishingISBN-13:9781966323587ISBN-10:1966323581UPC:9781966323587Book Category:Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Management ScienceSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.309Product ID:SCH5ZGVJPT
What if the most powerful leadership strategy isn't authority, control, or charisma-but love?

In Leadership is Love: A Practical Guide for a Radical Idea, licensed psychologist Dr. Christopher Leonarddelivers an honest, courageous call to lead differently. Drawing on years of clinical insight and real-world leadership experience, he challenges the traditional playbook and replaces it with something far more effective-and far more human.

Through engaging stories, lived experience, and easy-to-digest steps, Dr. Leonard shows how leaders can move beyond fear-based management. He demonstrates that while organizations invest heavily in structural tools-policies, metrics, corrective actions-the true drivers of performance are relationship tools: empathy, appreciation, listening, trust, and understanding.

If you're ready to challenge conventional leadership strategies and lead the whole human being in your workplace, Leadership is Love will show you how to transform not only your organization-but every relationship you influence.

Praise for Leadership Is Love:

"Leadership is Love is an honest, courageous call to lead differently. Dr. Christopher Leonard reminds us that when leaders center humanity, trust, and care, organizations become stronger-and people do too."

-Wichita State President Rick Muma, Ph.D., MPH, PA-C

"Through real experiences and clear, actionable lessons, Leadership is Love shows how leaders can replace fear and control with trust, accountability, and genuine care, and build stronger organizations because of it."

-Curt Coffman, New York Times best-selling author of First, Break all the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Differently

"With clarity, humor, and honest self-reflection, Leonard equips leaders with practical tools to build and sustain relationships, set expectations that are meaningful and accurate, and react with empathy. Leadership is Love is for leaders who are ready to challenge their conventional strategies to lead the whole being of their workplace."

-Selena R. Jackson, Ph.D., licensed psychologist, author, & speaker

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Flint Hills PublishingISBN-13:9781966323587ISBN-10:1966323581UPC:9781966323587Book Category:Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Management ScienceSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.309Product ID:SCH5ZGVJPT
Leonard, Christopher: - Christopher Leonard is a Licensed Psychologist. Dr. Leonard received his Doctor of Psychology degree from Spalding University in 2014. He has been in leadership positions in higher education since 2017. Dr. Leonard has held the positions of an associate director/clinical director and director in university counseling centers. He has over a decade of experience providing therapy and supervising therapists in training.He has presented locally, regionally, and nationally on a variety of psychological topics, including workplace wellness. One of Dr. Leonard's greatest passions is his work as one of the co-founders of Wichita State University's Suspenders4Hope program, a comprehensive suicide prevention training program that has been adopted by universities and local and regional industries across the United States. As the original "Dr. Suspenders," he knows firsthand how supportive relationships can instill hope in individuals and communities. Dr. Leonard was the 2025 recipient of the Wichita State University Wayne Carlisle Distinguished Service Award. In 2025, he received the inaugural Transformational Leader Award from the Wichita State University Division of Student Affairs.
Publisher: Flint Hills Publishing

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