The Joe Biden Way

Discover what sets leaders like President Biden apart from the rest

In The Joe Biden Way: How to Become a Bold and Empathic Leader, bestselling author and leadership expert Jeffrey Krames provides readers with leadership secrets gleaned from one of the most transformative and successful presidents in modern times: Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.

In this book, the author sets out 7 lessons in inspiring leadership that have helped the 46th President of the United States carry his powerful message to the White House and deliver it to hundreds of millions of people. You’ll learn how to:

• Lead with empathy and demonstrate you understand what your followers are experiencing
• Set a single priority and focus on it with laser precision
• Learn to execute on your goals and back your words with meaningful action
• Build on and cultivate your strengths and values
• Lead diverse groups of people and inspire them to share a common goal

Perfect for executives, managers, and other business leaders, The Joe Biden Way is a must-read resource for anyone who strives to unlock the best in their followers and colleagues and discover what sets great leaders apart from the rest of the pack.

Prologue: Lead With Empathy 1

1 Set One Priority 21

2 Execute Strategically 45

3 Value Specific Experience 81

4 Build on Strengths 101

5 Close Reality Gaps 123

6 Focus on Leadership, Not Optics 141

7 Build a Legacy 153

Acknowledgments 165

About The Author 167

Index 169

JEFFREY A. KRAMES is a bestselling author and former Editorial Director of Portfolio, the business book division of Penguin. He is also former VP and Publisher at McGraw-Hill’s trade business book division. He is the writer of international bestsellers, including Jack Welch and the 4E’s of Leadership.

President Joe Robinette Biden Jr., the 46th President of the United States, is leading the most progressive transformation of American government since the 1960s. He also leads the most diverse cabinet of advisors in U.S. history. This has led many to wonder what it takes to successfully build bridges across racial, gender, and other divides.

In The Joe Biden Way: How to Become a Bold and Empathic Leader, bestselling leadership author Jeffrey Krames brings his insightful perspective to one of the most transformative presidents in recent history. Touching on the themes that have come to define the Biden presidency—overcoming adversity, embracing diversity, and demonstrating competence—the author describes what makes President Biden such a remarkable leader.

The book describes the importance of empathy, and how it set the current President apart from the previous administration. It outlines how the setting of a single key priority helps to focus and inspire action and prevents people from bouncing back and forth between conflicting and confounding goals.

Readers will enjoy 7 lessons that explain what the leaders of any diverse group of people need to do to boost performance and productivity in a rapidly changing world. More than anything, The Joe Biden Way demonstrates the critical significance of backing words with execution, and how doing the things we say we are going to do forms the foundation of inspiring and committed leadership.

President Biden has shown that he has that rare ability to reach across the aisle to make things happen. The book shows leaders how Biden achieved what The Washington Post called a “political miracle.”

Perfect for executives, managers, and other business leaders The Joe Biden Way: How to Become a Bold and Empathic Leader is an indispensable resource for aspiring and current professionals, public servants, and anyone else who hopes to improve their ability to lead diverse and talented groups of people.

Unlock the potential of any diverse group with powerful lessons from the 46th President of the United States

The Joe Biden Way: How to Become a Bold and Empathic Leader delivers critical and impactful leadership secrets from one of the most successful leaders in modern history. Relying on his extensive experience studying the leadership styles of accomplished military, corporate, and spiritual giants like Jack Welch, Peter Drucker and Pope Francis, bestselling author Jeffrey Krames offers readers 7 lessons gleaned from the transformative leadership of President Joe Biden.

Readers will discover how to lead diverse groups of people through complex and challenging situations, boosting the performance and productivity of their followers by focusing on empathy, goal setting, and action. The author also describes how leaders like President Biden build on their strengths and keep pushing even when it seems like they’re ahead.

Ideal for professionals, public servants, and anyone else tasked with leading others through challenging circumstances, The Joe Biden Way: How to Become a Bold and Empathic Leader also belongs in the libraries of executives, managers, and other business leaders who hope to unlock the full potential of their employees, colleagues, partners, and co-workers.