{"product_id":"the-power-of-we-isbn-9780471652823","title":"The Power of We","description":"Praise for The Power of We\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e -President Bill Clinton\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and CEO, American Express Company\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"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 levels-social, intellectual, and political, as well as entrepreneurial-will be one of the keys to progress in the coming decades. Jon Tisch provides a road map for those who grasp that reality.\"\u003cbr\u003e -John Sexton, President, New York University\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Pat Riley, President, the Miami HEAT \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Power of Partnerships: Getting from Me to We 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait in Partnership: \u003ci\u003eRodney Carroll\u003c\/i\u003e 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Now Who’s Boss? Lessons in Partnership from the CEO’s Desk to the Housekeeper’s Cart 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait in Partnership: \u003ci\u003eJeff Zucker\u003c\/i\u003e 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Family Business: It All Started with Sayde and Al 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait in Partnership: \u003ci\u003eMarc Morial\u003c\/i\u003e 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Employee Comes First: From the Front Line to the Bottom Line 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait in Partnership: \u003ci\u003eEmeril Lagasse\u003c\/i\u003e 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Turning Customers into Partners: Creating Value Together 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait in Partnership: \u003ci\u003eDavid Neeleman\u003c\/i\u003e 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Being a Good Neighbor: Hanging Up Your Tux and Rolling Up Your Sleeves 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait in Partnership: President \u003ci\u003eJimmy Carter\u003c\/i\u003e 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 E Pluribus Plenty: When Competition Gives Way to Cooperation 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait in Partnership: \u003ci\u003ePaul Tagliabue\u003c\/i\u003e 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Beyond the Ballot Box: Good Corporate Citizenship Takes More Than Your Vote 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait in Partnership: \u003ci\u003eKate Carr\u003c\/i\u003e 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 What’s in It for the Owners? Bringing Dollars and Sense to the Bottom Line 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait in Partnership: Sir \u003ci\u003eHoward Stringer\u003c\/i\u003e 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 New York Rising: The Power of Partnerships in Time of Crisis 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait in Partnership: \u003ci\u003eJane Rosenthal\u003c\/i\u003e 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue Twelve More Tips: A Recipe for Personal Success 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 251\u003c\/p\u003e “expounds on how to succeed through building partnerships…” (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2004)  JONATHAN M. 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 \u0026amp; 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 that a new model of \"business philosophy\" based on partnerships is the key to corporate and economic success in the future.\u003cbr\u003e 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?  \"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.\"\u003cbr\u003e –Henry Ford\u003cbr\u003e  American industrialist  \u003cp\u003eIn these challenging times for American business, it’s easy to get trapped in an \"everyone for themselves\" mentality. But in today’s 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn The Power of We, Jonathan Tisch, one of today’s 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 anywhere–not only in business, but also in community service, government, and everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilled with in-depth insight and practical advice, The Power of We, explains the \"Power of Partnerships\" approach, focusing on six types of partnerships–your partnership with employees, customers, communities where you operate, other businesses, the government, and owners. You’ll learn how partnerships can help you:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEliminate or reduce obstacles by converting potential adversaries and enemies into allies and friends\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExpand your reach into markets and suppliers by gaining contacts, connections, and channels of communication beyond those you own\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccess resources, talents, and strengths controlled by other companies and organizations, thereby multiplying your capabilities and compensating for your limitations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlign the interests of your organization with those of a broader community, so that anything that benefits one of your partners benefits you\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReduce the amount of time, energy, and money that must be devoted to conflict resolution and stress management, freeing up resources for more productive pursuits\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMake your organization a more positive, ethical, and friendly place to work, which attracts better employees\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEntertaining, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e –President Bill Clinton  \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e –Kenneth I. Chenault\u003cbr\u003e Chairman and CEO\u003cbr\u003e American Express Company\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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 levels–social, intellectual, and political, as well as entrepreneurial–will be one of the keys to progress in the coming decades. 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