{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Modern Manager","title":"167: Cultivate a Culture of Love with Mohammad Anwar and Frank Danna","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2384,"description":"Love in the workplace may seem like a big no-no, but when applied to the organization’s culture, it’s surprisingly appropriate. A culture of love puts people first which is not only good for morale and engagement, it’s also good for the bottom line.\r\n \r\nToday’s guests are Mohammad Anwar and Frank Danna.  Mohammad and Frank are co-authors of the Wall Street Journal Bestselling book Love as a Business Strategy. Mohammad is the CEO of Softway and in his spare time, he enjoys fitness, watching college sports, and butchering American idioms.\r\n \r\nFrank is Director of Culture at Softway and in his spare time, he writes children’s books, makes silly videos, and also enjoys fitness.\r\n \r\nFrank, Mohammad and I talk about the idea of love in business. What love is, why it matters, what they learned applying love as a strategy in their own work, and how you can adopt a similar approach.\r\n \r\nFive members of The Modern Manager get a free copy of their book Love as a Business Strategy. Get 50% off additional copies until September 7, 2021. Learn more about membership and join at www.themodernmanager.com/join\r\n \r\nSubscribe to my newsletter to get episodes, articles and free mini-guides delivered to your inbox. \r\n \r\nRead the related blog article: Lessons For Managers From Love As A Business Strategy\r\n \r\n \r\nKEEP UP WITH MOHAMMAD AND FRANK\r\nBook: https://www.loveasabusinessstrategy.com/LinkedIn - Mohammad: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manwarsoftway/LinkedIn - Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdanna/Website: https://www.softway.com/Seneca Leaders: https://www.softway.com/events\r\n \r\nKey Takeaways:\r\n\r\nLove as a business strategy works when we maximize profits by prioritizing our people. To do this, we need to create a culture of love based on six pillars. \r\nThe first pillar is inclusion; making sure everyone has a voice and seat at the table. Inclusion of both visible (like race and gender) and invisible (like educational background and personality) diversity elements is...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vh03-o0OUKG7JnFjtDqtJmV0y385f5sQOifebswPa_E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNjM5LzE2OTA1/Nzg4MDYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}