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John Hope Bryant Mission Statement
- "There is a difference between broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a disabling frame of mind and a depressed condition of your spirit, and you must vow to never, ever be poor again."
- My vision for the poor, the under-served, and the wealthless of the world is to help them see themselves -- differently. We can do this by helping to expose, to educate, to empower, and ultimately to inspire them. To help them become "dreamers, with shovels in their own hands," quoting my friend Dr. Dorothy Height.
- To see themselves for what and who they truly already are; rich in spirit. Assets, and not liabilities on the world's global balance sheet.
- Because, I have seen, time and again, that given an informed choice, the poor do not want a hand out, but simply a hand up. They want the dignity that comes from doing for self.
- That education is the ultimate poverty eradication tool, and when you know better, you tend to do better.
- Moving from civil rights to silver rights. From integrating the lunch counter, to integrating the dollar too.
- That low-wealth communities, the world over, represent future emerging markets waiting to be born. That one person can make a diference, and we are that one person. That we are all accountable and responsible for the world we live in, because it is literally the world we create. A little hope can make the difference.
Operation HOPE and the Silver Rights Movement
Bryant Authored Books & Publications
March 09, 2010
March 08, 2010
March 07, 2010
The way Love Leadership is suppose to be read
Love this. This is a fully tabbed, indexed, highlighted copy of my book Love Leadership, after a friend had gone through it several times. Wow --- deeply honored.
Send me your own photos of how you have become "intimate" with Love Leadership the book.
March 05, 2010
Images of YGL John Hope Bryany and friend and political hero President Bill Clinton in Davos, Switzerland
Honored to spend time with my friend, Operation HOPE partner, and political and public service leader former President Bill Clinton in Davos, Switzerland at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. President Clinton is featured in my new bestselling book LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World.
Support President Clinton by supporting his Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative, and most of all the President's Haiti Initiative.
March 04, 2010
A special YGL thank you to two leaders to give
A couple weeks ago the Forum of Young Global Leaders, in association with founder and chairman, Professor Klaus Schwab, and the World Economic Forum, I was honored to speak on a YGL inspired arts and culture program at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Major initiatives such as this don't simply "happen;" it takes leadership, and resources. In this regard I wanted to take a moment to commend two specific individuals, without which this event simply would not have happened. A special thank you to behind the scenes leaders who really "made this happen;" namely Ms. Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, president and CEO of the Strategic Investment Group, and my dear friend and fellow YGL Lorenzo A. Mendoza, chief executive officer if Empresas Polar, one of the largest companies in Latin America. With this said, I must also acknowledge and thank Katya Gorbatiouk, whose idea this event was from the start, and my friend David Aikman, director of the Forum of Young Global Leaders, who saw fit to support this wortwhile initiative.
Lorenzo and Hilda -- thank you, for doing more than you had to, and not asking for credit even as you did it. This is simply part of the credit and acknowledgment, from me, that you deserve!
Onward and with HOPE
John Hope Bryant, YGL
March 03, 2010
John Hope Bryant and Love Leadership on PBS, Chicago this Wednesday!
This Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at 12:30pm, the "Between the Lines" Show, produced by Barry Kibrick on PBS an featuring John Hope Bryant and his bestselling business book LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World, will air on WYCC, Chicago PBS. Spread the word.
John Hope Bryant is the founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE, vice chairman of the U.S. President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy as well as chairman of the Council Committee on the Under-Served, financial literacy advisor to the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council, a Young Global Leaders for the World Economic Forum, and author of LOVE LEADERSHIP; A New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass), which debuted in August, 2009, as the Amazon.com #1 Hottest New Book (for Leadership), on the CEO Reads Top 10 Business Best Seller List, and was published in November, 2009 in digital audio book format on Audible.com, iTunes and other audio book retailers . Love Leadership has continued to be listed amongst the Top 25 Business Books for CEO READS for the 6 month period after release.
John Hope Bryant hanging with the great Devi Dev at 93.5 KDAY Radio, Los Angeles
Today I was honored to spend some quality time in an interview, on 5MK (5 MILLION KIDS Initiative, at www.5MK.org), the work of Operation HOPE, and my new bestselling business book LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World, with new friend and 5MK Ambassador "Devi Dev," at 93.5 KDAY Radio in Los Angeles. Devi Dev is one of the top radio personalities in Los Angeles, and served as our mistress of ceremonies for the 5MK Los Angeles launch on September 29th, 2009. Watch out for air dates for the one-hour interview.
Meanwhile, go online at www.5MK.organd make a 5MK Pledge to make a difference.
Thanks again Devi-Dev.
John Hope Bryant
PricewaterhouseCoopers Dedicates More than 500 Volunteers for Operation HOPE’s 5MK Initiative
New partnership will bring lessons in dignity and financial literacy to 5,000 students nationwide
(LOS ANGELES) March 2, 2010 -- Financial literacy and empowerment nonprofit Operation HOPE (HOPE) announces the largest concentration of support for the FIVE MILLION KIDS Initiative (5MK) with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). PwC, one of the world's largest professional services firms, is committing 525 intern volunteers and making a $50,000 donation to improve youth education and financial literacy. Support for education initiatives is part of PwC's strategic corporate responsibility commitment.
Launching in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 1st, the program will crisscross America over the next two weeks. 5MK empowers youth, teachers, and parents with tools to take control of their financial future. The initiative makes education more relevant to students through practical lessons in the "language of money," and ultimately to help curb the soaring high school drop-out rates.
February 28, 2010
An example of corporate Love Leadership at the top
Reading this story detailing how the CEO of HSBC recently committed to donating his recent bonus (during the crisis) to charity, it made me proud, and pleased, that I recently agreed to speak before employees of HSBC, an Operation HOPE partner, as the guest of my friend Loretta Abrams, on the 5 Laws of Love Leadership, the work we are doing together to make financial literacy a new civil rights issue in America and around the world, and signing copies of my new book LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based. I think the CEO has earned a signed copy as well, and I will be sending him a special copy with a special note this week. Thanks for your leadership sir.
Read the complete story here.
Onward with HOPE
John Hope Bryant
February 26, 2010
February 25, 2010
February 24, 2010
Introducing the new 5MK (5 MILLION KIDS) project manager for Operation HOPE, Jonathan McCoy
John, thank you for the honor of coming onboard the Operation HOPE team to serve as the Five Million Kids (5MK) program manager. I never would have discovered this opportunity had the Honorable Congressman Elijah Cummings not invited me to his “From Men to Boys” forum at the September 2009 Congressional Black Caucus where you were one of the featured panelists. Since you were mobbed after you wrapped up your session, I waited amidst the excitement and wondered if I would get the opportunity to meet you to talk about joining Operation HOPE. I struck up a conversation with George Collins about my interest in Operation HOPE. (George was a stranger to me then but is now a dear friend). He brought up Martin Luther King’s speech on “The Drum Major Instinct” and the biblical story of disciples James and John in Mark 10:35-45 upon which it is based. James and John were the only two disciples who asked Jesus directly for what they most desired, and before George left he said, “You have no chance to get what you do not ask for.”
Video from John Hope Bryant visiting Latvia for Love Leadership
I was deeply, deeply honored to share the stage with Latvian President Valdis Zatlers earlier this month, at Latvia University, as the second speaker as part of the "Lectures for World Leaders" series sponsored by the President of Latvia. You can view the complete video of my presentation, before a packed hall at Latvia University, here.
Enjoy (I hope), and share with others who might. Love Leadership, Operation HOPE, Global Dignity, and global silver rights is on the move.
John Hope Bryant is the founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE, vice chairman of the U.S. President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy as well as chairman of the Council Committee on the Under-Served, financial literacy advisor to the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council, a Young Global Leaders for the World Economic Forum, and author of LOVE LEADERSHIP; A New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass), which debuted in August, 2009, as the Amazon.com #1 Hottest New Book (for Leadership), on the CEO Reads Top 10 Best Seller List, and was published in November, 2009 in digital audio book format on Audible.com, iTunes and other audio book retailers . Love Leadership has retained its spot amongst the Top 25 Books for CEO Reads for 6 months after publishing.
Reflections from Bill Walbrecher, president and COO of Operation HOPE
Consumer Confidence plunged in February, according to the Conference Board. The reading fell to 46 from 56.5 in January the worst reading in 10 months, a strong indication things are getting much worse. A reading above 90 usually indicates a strong economy, so we have a long way to go. The massive number of unemployed and the massive number of long-term unemployed means we are seeing millions of people falling from middle class economic status to something less than that. This is reflected in the confidence numbers. But also reflected in the confidence number is the fear that what has happened to others can happen to respondents. Consumer spending is 70 percent of GDP.
Bill Walbrecher is the president and chief operating officer of Operation HOPE, and is a former CEO of three Fortune 500 banking operations over the course of his career.
A moving Love Leadership reader book review
Every now and then I read a reader review for my new bestselling book LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World, and it moves me. This is one of them.
A moving account of what it takes to lead: the author's experiences with leaders of all kinds help Love Leadership resonate with readers.
The power of the book is not in the practicality of its content; it's in the sincerity of Bryant's message.
As communicators, we work in environments where authentic leadership is a dream for some, a career for others and a distant wish for many. We strive through the conversations we facilitate around the world--to create connections between people that ultimately benefit individuals and institutions. And if we strive to develop platforms that enable people m "be heard," we also dedicate ourselves to promoting opportunities for them to "be connected" to experiences and to people that lead m the greater good.
Read the complete reviewhere at The Free Library.
February 23, 2010
February 22, 2010
Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant Visits Spelman College Campus for Financial Literacy Convocation
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Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant
Visits Spelman College Campus for Financial Literacy Convocation
Bryant Focuses on Principles from his book LOVE LEADERSHIP and
building wealth for community and family through Banking on Our Future College Edition
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(ATLANTA, GA) - February 22, 2010 - Operation HOPE (HOPE) Chairman, Founder and CEO John Hope Bryant, surrounded by 1,000 Spelman College freshmen, sophomores, and faculty members, delivered a message centered on the building blocks of family and community wealth at the "Financial Literacy Convocation" held in honor of Operation HOPE's work to produce financially literate adults. There Bryant joined Spelman President Dr. Beverly Tatum and Leadership Center Director Dr. Jane Smith as he shared his philosophy of LOVE LEADERSHIP, and stressed his belief that this current economic crisis is a crisis of leadership.
Special to the Huffington Post: Reset: Jobs and What We Need to Do Now
In August 2009, Jossey-Bass released my new, now bestselling book Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World, which spoke to a crisis of "virtues and values" amongst leaders at every level, all around the world, and the need for "a new way."
In December 2009, I wrote a piece entitled "Reset," which made the case that what we are going through now is not a recession but a reset.
I have subsequently written here in the Huffington Post that we have "Lost Our Story Line."
Today, I speak again on reset, but in a new series of pieces again inspired from my work at the organization I founded, Operation HOPE, and Love Leadership, which seeks to frame out and set forth a vision of "where we need to go from here." Remember, I said we need a "reset," and not a "reboot."
Read the complete story on the Huffington Post here.
John Hope Bryant is the founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE, vice chairman of the U.S. President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy as well as chairman of the Council Committee on the Under-Served, financial literacy advisor to the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council, a Young Global Leaders for the World Economic Forum, and author of LOVE LEADERSHIP; A New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass), which debuted in August, 2009, as the Amazon.com #1 Hottest New Book (for Leadership), on the CEO Reads Top 10 Best Seller List, and was published in November, 2009 in digital audio book format on Audible.com, iTunes and other audio book retailers . Love Leadership has retained its spot amongst the Top 25 Books for CEO Reads for 6 months after publishing.
February 21, 2010
A mother's wisdom
Sometimes wisdom is HAS to come from your mother. The following is a beautiful, funny, wise, insightful, amazing poem sent to me from my mother, Ms. Juanita Smith. Enjoy.
The Commonwealth Club Presents John Hope Bryant: Recession or Reset? The Way Forward
John Hope Bryant: Recession or Reset? The Way Forward
John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Operation HOPE; Vice Chair, U.S. President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy; Author, Love Leadership
Don J. McGrath, Chairman and CEO (retired), Bancwest Corporation - Moderator
As a 26-year-old upstart at a thriving local business firm, Bryant realized his life's mission as he witnessed the Los Angeles riots. Since then, his speeches have inspired many people and his personal philosophy aims to help everyone become a better leader, using love and respect. Bryant, the founder and CEO of Operation HOPE, a nonprofit organization that aims to eliminate poverty through its ‘Silver Rights Movement,' has shown how leaders can make lasting positive change. In fact, Bryant has raised more than $500 million for these causes. Through a business perspective, Bryant will explain how to lead in today's economy by combating a fear-based world and focusing on giving. He will demonstrate his five secrets to personal success by helping others. Bryant's latest book and national bestseller, Love Leadership, is a testimony to his success in business by leading through love, and a call to others to do the same.
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program
Cost: MEMBERS FREE, $20 non-members, $7 students (with valid ID)
For more information check here.
LOVE LEADERSHIP ALERT: First 5-Star rating for audio version of book on Audible.com!
"Love Leadership (Unabridged)"
By: Keaver (USA)
February 01, 2010
eBooks can be enjoyable entertainment. Receiving inspiration from the book is at least necessary. Listening to Love Leadership (Unabridged) downloaded to my Blackberry allows me - on the go - inspiration, nuggets of encouragement, and tactics I use to conquer the financial strongholds of the entertainment business and to grow healthy relationships to run a lucrative corporation. As a female in this industry, John confirms vulnerability is truly powerful and my integrity and transparency goes a long way to keep me on top!
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Barry Kibrick's "Between the Lines" show on PBS moves the needle for Love Leadership book
While I was resting in Los Angeles last night, my new friend and noted producer of "Between the Lines" on PBS was shaking things up and moving the Love Leadership needle on his show which aired last night in Los Angeles.
My book has consistently stayed (to my appreciated amazement) on the bestseller list for 1-800-CEO READ over the last six months, but after a strong start (#1 Hottest New Book and 100 Top Books on Leadership) Amazon.com rankings have ebbed and flowed during the same periods. Well, as a result of the airing of Barry Kibrick's show, "Between the Lines," today Love leadership is ranked once again amongst the TOP 100 BUSINESS LEADERSHIP BOOKS on Amazon.com. And this was following just the Los Angeles airing! The show will repeat in Los Angeles and then air in multiple markets across the country in coming weeks. Look for listings in your area, or ask your local PBS station to carry "Between the Lines."
Thanks Barry and the entire "Between the Lines," KLCS-TV and PBS teams.
February 20, 2010
LOVE LEADERSHIP ALERT: Tonight on PBS "Between the Lines" Los Angeles stations!
PBS Show "Between the Lines" to Air Interview with
Bestselling Author John Hope Bryant on Love Leadership
at 8:00 pm PST on Saturday, February 20, 2010, in Los Angeles
"Silver rights" entrepreneur and author shares secrets of success
in life and business and where we go from here
LOS ANGELES - February 18, 2010 - John Hope Bryant, Chairman, Founder and CEO of Operation HOPE (HOPE) sits down with Barry Kibrick, host of the treasured "Between the Lines" talk show, and discusses themes from his bestselling book LOVE LEADERSHIP:A New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World on Saturday, February 20 at 8:00 pm on KLCS-TV.
The episode debuts on Saturday evening, February 20, and repeats again on Sunday night, February 28th at midnight and will air throughout the next two weeks. In the coming days, the episode will also air on the web at www.la36.org and on other PBS stations around the country.
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John Hope Bryant "live" in Discussion this morning on Facebook
If you want to have a discussion with me personally, around "Fear" or any of the 5 Laws of Love Leadership, or of course the work of the organization I founded 18 years ago following the civil unrest in South Central Los Angeles, Operation HOPE, I am standing by this morning to talk to you, and respond this morning, on my Facebook Fan Page for LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World.
Simply become a Love Leader "Fan," leave your thought, comment or question in the Discussions section and I will respond this morning!
One person can change the world. Be that one person.
Onward with HOPE
John Hope Bryant
LOVE LEADERSHIP ALERT: 20th 5-Star, 4-Star level reader review on Amazon.com!
 A Book to Reference Forever, Fear is "False Evidence Appearing Real", and unfortunately many of us lead lives, lead others, and follow leaders with fear in our hearts and minds. Fear is crippling and contagious, and in no way a healthy ingredient to any relationship. John Hope Bryant shares his five laws of love-based leadership that serve as infectious layers of hope for every leader (no matter what your level or the capacity in which you lead at work or at home). |
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February 19, 2010
John Hope Bryant speaks at Howard University during National Entrepreneurship Week
I am honored to be speaking on hope, financial literacy, economic empowerment and Love Leadership at Howard University's School of Business, Institute of Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Innovation next week, as part of its National Entrepreneurship Week celebrations.
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- Operation HOPE Receives $500K Commitment from U.S. Department of Commerce
- Credit & Money Management Seminar at the Harlem HOPE Center, this Saturday, March 6, 2010
- The way Love Leadership is suppose to be read
- Images of YGL John Hope Bryany and friend and political hero President Bill Clinton in Davos, Switzerland
- New date for John Hope Bryant and Love Leadership on PBS, Chicago
- 5MK Co-Chair Quincy Jones speaks on the power of 5MK and "Making Smart Sexy"
- A special YGL thank you to two leaders to give
- John Hope Bryant and Love Leadership on PBS, Chicago this Wednesday!
- John Hope Bryant hanging with the great Devi Dev at 93.5 KDAY Radio, Los Angeles
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Dedicates More than 500 Volunteers for Operation HOPE’s 5MK Initiative
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