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Love Is Free. Guac Is Extra.
- How Vulnerability, Empowerment, and Curiosity Built an Unstoppable Team
- Narrated by: Monty Moran
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Imagine you’re one of 75,000 people working in a huge company, and the CEO wants to talk to you, one-on-one, to get to know and understand you. That’s what Monty Moran did 20,000 times as he built the extraordinary culture that took Chipotle Mexican Grill from a regional burrito chain to a Fortune 500 superstar.
In Love Is Free, Guac Is Extra, Monty shows how he used curiosity, vulnerability, love, and a unique understanding of the true meaning of empowerment to build a distinctive and wildly effective culture. From his teenage days befriending homeless people at a Colorado Dairy Queen to his nuanced navigation of a complex co-CEO relationship, Monty demonstrates a relentless humility and desire to understand the person across from him.
This is not your average leadership book. This is a book about business leadership executed in a way you’ve never encountered before, by becoming the best version of yourself.
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- Jessica
- 25-03-2021
Love and compassion is key
Thank you for sharing your Love and Leadership in this book.
It was like listening to someone living in my world where compassion and love are the core guides to my own leadership style.
This book has enhanced my comfort and confidence to know that very successful business can be accomplished without the cutthroat approach of old.
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- Gabriela
- 10-08-2022
Such an inspiring book
I love that this book talks about heart-centred leadership, where a leader inspires and empowers their people to be their best and truly cares for them and asks good questions. I'm so happy there are good leaders out there and I'm inspired to be the same
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