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RELEASE!! Mr. Towery,
I am principal of Woodrow Wilson Elementary in Manhattan, KS
and our building mascot does so happen to be the "Wolves"!
We have used the same Kipling quote for several years in reinforcing
a building "team" concept.
Last summer, a faculty member saw your book and shared it with
me. At that time, I purchased and distributed the books to the
faculty at the beginning of the fall semester from Simple Truths.
I have continued to gift "Wisdom of Wolves" to each
new faculty member and make references to it throughout the year
in faculty meetings, with students, and sometimes even with parents.
Teachers use it to point out/make reference to life lessons during
teachable moments with their students. We also incorporate messages
into classroom and school character ed. lessons. In addition,
I utilize the video during orientation with parents and kids at
our back to school events.
"Wisdom of Wolves" is calming yet powerful in the way
it interrelates the beauty and power of nature with our personal
and professional lives. I commend you on creating such a valuable
resource that we can incorporate into our everyday interactions
at Woodrow Wilson Elementary "Home of the Wolves"!
I look forward to distributing this round at our upcoming back
to school faculty meeting.
Take care!
Eric
Eric B. Koppes
Principal
Woodrow Wilson Elementary
"Received Wisdom of Wolves as a 69th birthday gift from
a wise woman wife & son. Marvelous book & masterful blending!
Thank You!!"
Jim
"Dr. Towery,"
"The team loves the book! We are really have fun applying
the nature learning's to our business. I know this will help build
the strong culture I desire for the team."
Kurt Barry, R.Ph.
Area Sales Director
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
"I don't think I ever told you how I depended on the concepts
of Wisdom of Wolves in developing our sales people. As you know,
I presented a copy of the book to each member of our sales force
during their initial training. We discussed the concepts contained
in the book which helped them become better people, both professionally
and personally. We built the Janssen 'Wolf Pack' around these
concepts which we found very successful."
Mike Walsman
Janssen (Retired)
"Dear Mr Twyman"
"Just wanted to drop you a note to compliment you on your
book. It is a very
interesting and valuable read for me. It was a xmas present from
a friend.
One of my favourite poets is Rudyard Kipling. Now this is the
law of the
jungle - as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall
keep it may
prosprr, but the Wolf that shall break it must die."
"I hope you have a very safe and enjoyable new year. Next
time I am in the US
I will try and get to one of your conferences."
"Kind regards,"
Justin Ferguson
Sydney Australia
I just wanted to tell you how much I am enjoying reading your
book Wisdom of Wolves. I am so inspired by your words....I’m taking
notes along the way! With every page I read in your book I find
another wolf-characteristic and leadership lesson that is perfect
for us! My husband is our High School Principal and he and I are
thinking about using the book at staff meetings next year. I think
our teachers will love it!
Denise Wall
Curriculum Director
IKM-Manning Schools
"Wolves" should be required reading for every person in a managerial
slot. CONGRATS.
Don Hebert
Retired Health care Executive
"Your book arrived today. I have been tied up with this
dissertation and hadnt been to collect the post, so I am sure
it arrived before today. I am completely awed by this beautiful
work of art. It is a total transformation of the previous edition.
I just think this is extraordinary. The presentation, the feel
of the raised letters on the title, the gorgeous photography,
the entire layout is really a masterpiece. I dont know much about
this sort of thing, but I think this could be worthy of some kind
of an artistic award. I really mean this. My mother thinks this
is absolutely stunning. Whomever did this for you is truly worthy.
It is such an honor to the Wolves, too, isnt it. They deserve
to be presented with such beauty and grace, this is who they are!"
Patrice Campion
[Reviews
- The Wisdom of Wolves: Nature’s
Way to Organizational Success (Corporate Edition)]
"Our "Pilot" class, based on your "The Wisdom
of Wolves" book, went over very well last week and we are
already planning more for next year."
Jeff Forsythe
American Fidelity Assurance Co.
Corporate Training Dept.
"My name is Rob Sheader and I have been using your book "The
Wisdom of Wolves" for many years now in my transformational work.
I routinely get more copies that you are wonderful enough to personally
sign. I have a section on the management of change and survival
and at the end of it I talk about the wolf and give everyone a
copy of your book. I always get great reviews about the book.
Tomorrow I am hosting a benchmarking meeting for all manufacturing
plants in my company and I had asked them to prepare a powerpoint
presentation for the meeting. The presentation is intended to
identify the major social and technical changes that came from
the transformational process. I gave them freedom to construct
the presentation any way they wished. And now to the reason for
my message. Every one of the presentations used the wolf as a
semi transparent backdrop. One of them even described the new
change team as having "the heart of a wolf" Just imagine how much
influence you have had on these guys! Thanks you so much."
Rob Sheader
"The Wisdom of Wolves is simply brilliant! It is an easy read,
yet clear, direct and most of all - powerful! I found myself reflecting
back on what these "Wolf"metaphors mean to me, my family, friends
and clients. Whenever I feel stuck or need clarity, I always go
back to this magnificent work for the answer."
Steve Borek
Professional Life Coach and Speaker
“Twyman Towery is a noted business consultant and author
who has written a book with the wonderfully alliterative name
- The Wisdom of Wolves: Nature's Way to Organizational Success.
It is a small book. Easy to read. And impossible to forget, with
many lessons about running businesses, organizations and movements.."
Amy McKenna Luz, President and CEO
Association for Enterprise Opportunity
“I was looking for a way to brand and bring my new team
together. As we are not located in one location it was important
for us to recognize the strength of the group. Each week I would
start my weekly update to my team with a chapter from your book.
It has given us a foundation as a unit that demonstrates the "Power
of One." When we started in January our team was #42 out of 46
teams. I am happy to report my team finished #8 out of 46 for
the month of August. I appreciate you personally signing each
team member's copy."
Victor E. Perkins
Director of Sales Yellow Transportation
“The Wisdom of Wolves isn’t a good book, It’s
a great book! It’s not just entertaining, it’s essential!”
Michael P. Scott
Northrup King Company
“This book will be as relevant 20 years from now as it is
today, and it is right on the mark for today’s fast changing
world.”
R. Clayton McWhorter
Former Chairman, Columbia/HCA
“With warmth and understanding, this book gently compels
us to re-examine our priorities. We are reminded that to lead
by example is the only true way to be a leader.”
Raymond Zimmerman
Chairman, Service Merchandise
“Your book on Wolves was delivered to my office yesterday.
I took it home with me last night hoping that I would have an
opportunity to begin reading it over the next few days. I awoke
at 1:30 or 2:00 a.m. this morning, could not go back to sleep,
so I decided to go downstairs and read a little hoping that it
would help alleviate my insomnia. I picked up your book and began
to read it and could not put it down until I had read the entire
thing. I went back to bed thinking I could go back to sleep. Wrong!!!
Your writing is so provoking, it compelled me, Don Hebert, to
reflect and reevaluate my professional career, me as a husband
and father, and me as a person. Have I in the past and am I today
practicing what I preach?
“Twyman, the book brings you back to focus on what is real
and what is important in life. In my opinion, it should be compulsory
reading for every CEO and for second and third level managers
in an organization. I have known you for I guess almost thirty
years. I have always been proud to consider you a friend. Thank
you for an exciting, entertaining and educational piece of work.
Good luck with it.”
Don R. Hebert, CEO
Bossier Health Center
“I was at a Texas Hospital Association meeting and found
The Wisdom of Wolves in a bookstore they had there. It talks about
leadership and organization and contrasts them with wolf packs
and how the packs have endured through thousands of years. It
causes you to reflect on how you can balance the demands of the
business world with personal and family life. It’s easy to
read. A neat little book.”
Kent Keahey, President/CEO
Providence Health Center
“Nashvillian
Twyman L. Towery, Ph.D., is a fellow of the American College of
Healthcare Executives and a member of the National Speakers Association.
He has been a respected organizational management consultant for
more than 25 years, representing clients both in the United States
and overseas.
“His first book,
Male Code: Rules Men Live and Love By, viewed the male-female relationships
through the perspective of the ‘male code.’
“In
his new book, The Wisdom of Wolves, Towery discusses at length
the teamwork, patience, play, survival, loyalty and factors of
change affecting wolves in a wolf pack.
“Towery
with great skill uses the daily crises and problems that concern
wolves to illustrate how people should relate to one another and
how businesses should grow, prosper and survive.
“His
examples, including these two, are instructive:
- Johnson
& Johnson directly confronted the Tylenol crisis when a
crazy person injected poison into Tylenol capsules.
- Southwest
Airlines understands and uses a sense of fun to promote its
organization and market share.
“His wide-ranging
use of statements from famous and wise people in all walks of
life to illustrate his ‘wolf points’ is helpful.
“Best
of all is Towery’s own view: ‘Wolves’ ability to
manage change is a major reason why they, along with man, are
among the most successful and durable mammals in the world.’
“Whether you are a lone wolf or a pack member or curious
about both, this is a delightful and informative book.”
Larry D. Woods
Nashville Banner
“This brief, easily digested book uses the ways of wild
wolf packs as a metaphor for achieving business, family and personal
success. Towery, a business and organizational consultant, clearly
conveys the sense of life in a wolf pack, its organizational structure
and strategies for survival. With intermittent quotes, anecdotes
and simple exercises for relating the wolf pack to business organizations
and families, the author explores such values and virtues as patience,
curiosity, loyalty, communication, perseverance and learning from
failures. Towery notes that ‘while human social order seems
to be falling apart…the organization of the wolf pack remains
the model of playfulness, teamwork, efficiency and sharing.’
While their numbers have dwindled considerably (thanks to humans),
wolves have maintained a consistent and effective culture, even
while adapting to environmental changes. Practicing a kind of
‘natural population control’ and living always ‘in
balance with nature,’ wolves, Towery asserts, have values
that ‘are never compromised.’ Wolves remain devoted
to the group and affectionate, and place the education and care
of their young above all else. There is much to learn from these
creatures, Towery asserts, illustrating simply but powerfully
how people can incorporate wolves’ successful strategies
into human organization.”
Publishers Weekly
“This book is very well written and easy to read. It is
aimed primarily at business people, but almost anyone who deals
with other human beings will benefit from reading it. The author
uses vignettes about wolves to illustrate desirable characteristics
for businesses, families and individuals.
“I found the information about wolves very
interesting. The vignettes made the author’s points very
clearly, yet allowed him to do so without preaching and in a manner
that will be remembered longer than if he just stated what people
should do. The author also includes a bibliography of informational
resources for people to learn more about wolves, in case his vignettes
have peaked the reader's curiosity.
“I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn
more about how to grow and succeed in their life, their family
and their business.”
Stephanie Smith
Independent Publisher
“Twyman Towery has made a name for himself as a management
consultant guru in the fastest-moving industry around, hospitals
and health-care companies, which have come to be actively predatory
while being stalked by the specter of government-mandated health
care reform."
“So it’s not surprising that his new motivational book,
The Wisdom of Wolves, looks for its inspiration in the most successful
predatory organization in the world, the wolf pack.
“It’s a kinder and gentler book, for
those who may be turned off by stuff like Leadership Secrets
of Attila the Hun, and each chapter has insights for business,
family and personal application."
“Towery uses Del Goetz’s Wolf’s Credo to
set the tone for this book on wolf-pack wisdom:
- Respect the elders
- Teach the young
- Cooperate with the pack
- Play when you can
- Hunt when you must
- Rest in between
- Share your affections
- Voice your feelings
- Leave your mark
“Each of these chapters make a meditation,
with delectable quotes from leaders in government, business, sports,
and intellection, plus a series of queries, rather like in the
Quaker tradition, to challenge ourselves as to whether we really
grasp the moral lessons underlying the abstract ideas. (It was
no coincidence that in the 18th century, at least, Quaker businessmen
and mill owners named Barclay, Cadbury, and so on exemplified
the new spirit of capitalism that succeeded by treating employees
as something other than wage-slaves.)
“Here is a sampling drawn pretty much at random:
- “Wolves do not run aimlessly around their intended victims,
yipping and yapping. They have a strategic plan, executed through
constant communication. When the moment of truth arrives, each
understands his role and understands exactly what the pack expects
of him” (Attitude).
- “While the wolf pack may be Nature’s most formidable
hunting machine, they have a failure rate of approximately 90
percent. In other words, at best, only one time out of ten does
the wolf have a successful hunt, which is so necessary to the
survival of the pack. As a result, wolves are often hungry.
Their response is not lethargy, surrender or defeat. They don’t
brood or go into depressive funks as we people often do, but
simply rededicate themselves to the task at hand” (Failure).
- “People died because of crazed individual filled Tylenol
capsules with poison. The positive lesson of this tragedy was
the way the company responded. They didn’t deny, lie, or
shift blame. They were honest with the public, recalled their
product, and re-engineered their packaging…Tylenol is still
number one” (Strategy).
- “Southwest Airlines is a company that seems to thrive
on zaniness. Whether it is a creative Halloween costume proudly
work by a ticket seller, or a goofy game for the passengers
orchestrated by the airlines’ colorful chairman—Southwest
means fun at work. It also means success. This ‘low fare’
airline has been rated number one by airline passengers”
(Play).
- “Wolves seem to practice a type of natural population
control, automatically curtailing or escalating their reproductive
rate in relation to the prey and space available. While we blissfully
ignore the fact that the world's human population is careening
out of control, the wolf pack continues to live in balance with
nature” (Change).
“Towery finds it significant that prehistoric
man depicted in its cave paintings not humans but animals.
“We can learn from wolves and lots of other creatures from
the natural world. In a visit to Huntsville, last weekend, Towery
announced his next book is going to be learning from dolphins….”
David Bowman
Huntsville News
“Not many years ago when corporate types sought inspiration
for business direction, they turned to books like The One Minute
Manager or Megatrends. Now business owners and entrepreneurs seeking
to maximize profit and promote leadership within their organizations
are learning that business success also depends on understanding
the human side of a business.
“In his book The Wisdom of Wolves, Twyman
L. Towery draws on his background in organizational psychology
to show his readers a rather unique philosophy of managing and
living—living by the wolf credo. That’s right. This
160 page quick-read uses the wolf pack as a metaphor for today’s
human organizations.
“Each chapter is a
combination of stories describing the organizational similarities
between the wolf pack and modern business organizations. The stories
are mixed with spirited quotes and examples which both stimulate
and motivate.
“Most people will agree that Dr. Towery
presents a fascinating, fun book full of principles that not only
serves as a guidebook to modern organizations, but also to everyday
living.”
Butch Eley
Business Nashville
“Man has a lot to learn about success,
and he can learn it from wolves,” says author Twyman Towery.
‘With corporate downsizing resulting in massive layoffs,
no wonder there's so much mistrust between employees and management
these days’, says Dr. Twyman Towery, speaker, management
consultant and author of the recently published The Wisdom of
Wolves, Nature’s way to Organizational Success.
“AT&T cut 40,000
jobs. And while these people are out of work, the executives at
the top are making more money. Not only do you have dissension,
but the workers who weren’t laid off have lost their confidence
in their employer,” the author explains. ‘It’s
this lack of confidence that leads to a lack of loyalty in many
of today’s companies,’ he says.
“The book was written
to remind employees and management that individual growth and
potential lead to the strength of the organization, and that the
strength of the organization leads to the strength of the individual.
It’s the organizational characteristics of the wolf that
inspired Dr. Towery to make the comparison of wolf with man.
“For centuries man
and wolf coexisted, viewing each other more with awe than with
fear,” he tells his readers. ‘Each respected the other’s
social order and hunting skills. They were partners in maintaining
the Earth’s intricate balance. They understood that they
were a part of nature, rather than nature being a part of them.’
“Dr. Towery explains
how, as man evolved, he no longer honored the wolf’s right
to exist. ‘Whether out of envy or ignorance, man set out
to destroy the wolf, nature’s mirror image of man in so many
ways. Bounties were offered to encourage man to poison, shoot
and cruelly trap wolves everywhere. Though diminished, the wolf
pack has persevered against all odds, protecting its successful
organization and social structure.’
“The author notes
that the wolf is making a comeback in many parts of the world.
‘Today the human social order seems to be falling apart,
while the wolf family remains intact. Our organizations and the
people within them are disoriented from the aftershocks of divorce,
crime, overpopulation, reorganization, downsizing, mergers and
work redesign, while the organization of the wolf pack remains
a model of playfulness, teamwork, efficiency and sharing.
“Our educational system
is staggering, while the wolf pack, as always, puts the education,
protection, parenting and mentoring of their young first. They
know that herein lies their future and act accordingly.
“Wolves exist for their pack, and
the pack exists for the wolves,” he says.
“Teamwork is essential
for the success of any group,” Dr. Towery says. ‘Whether
it’s a family, a company or a pack of wolves, each member
assumes a share of responsibility for the welfare of its group.
"Each member must
be prepared to not only carry his own load, but to assume greater
leadership at any time. The viability of the organization may
well depend upon it.
“Using the wolf as a metaphor for
our lives and organizational behavior, people not only learn valuable
principles, but have a great time in the process. The lessons
of the wolf pack visually demonstrate a management philosophy
that every organization wants to foster among its employees.”
Karen Nazor Hill
Chattanooga Free Press
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issues we face (i.e. who we are as individuals and professionals,
how we relate to one another in those arenas and how our priorities
fit into and influence our personal and professional lives.) Along
with The Wisdom of Wolves, The Power of Eagles has become required
reading not only for me and my staff, but for our clients as well.”
Frank Bradley, CEO
Notch/Bradley, Inc.
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With
the modern-day emphasis on leadership and the growth of family values,
it is not always easy to remember that the strength of the wolf
is the pack, and the strength of the pack is the wolf. This book
will remind even the most corporate-minded that individual growth
and potential lead to the strength of the organization, and that
the strength of the organization leads to the strength of the individual.