Reviews for Hope is not a method

The average rating for Hope is not a method based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-06-01 00:00:00 Douglas Arbuckle It has taken me 24 years from my purchase of "Hope Is Not A Method," by General Gordon R. Sullivan U.S. Army (Retired) and Colonel Michael V. Harper U.S. Army (Retired) to finish it, which I did tonight. To be quite honest, I am not sure why I picked it up after having it so long in my possession, except that I am revisiting the concept of what it means to be a leader and also a great manager. That the authors are great leaders and managers is evident in how they lead the reader through the book. "Hope Is Not A Method," General Sullivan writes, is his "After Action Review" (AAR) on his time as Chief of Staff of the Army in the early to mid-1990s. He writes, "My challenge was to build a foundation on which others could build a sound future." I simply loved the book. General Sullivan is, without the combover and glasses the spitting image of my own father, Mr. Raymond S. McCormick, another Irish American, who, unfortunately, passed away too young in 1999 at the age of 64. But the book is great because it is written with a great amount of caring evident in its pages, and despite that it was published in 1996, I found it to be quite timely, and, what's more, universal. Maybe the reason why I loved the book so much is what is evident throughout it is the authors' love for service, that perhaps I have in common with them. All of the General Sullivan's diagrams, of his thoughts put into pictures, like the "Sine Curve" and "Think-D0-Be" mean a lot with his descriptions. It was really cool to learn that he kept a sketch pad for drawing out ideas, and I am reminded about the "Integrated Leadership" Venn Diagram that Professor Willie Pietersen, of Columbia Business School's Executive Education Program, published based on how he developed some of his own ideas about leadership. I recently came into possession of a graph ruled Moleskin soft-c0vered journal: I am going to start thinking of ways to draw my ideas and thoughts. Thank you General Sullivan and Colonel Harper for your informative and inspiring book.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-12-15 00:00:00 Brianna Swain I decent book with wisdom on leading change management. It was hard to make connections with most of the stories because they were strongly centered 80-90s military conflict. There was also a lot of discussions on army doctrine and after action reviews (AAR). Over all I liked the book for its focus on what matters with change management. A fixed vision, clear procedures/process and flexible approach to leadership.