How to Lead When No One Follows
Jerry Maynard
- After
- electing
- the
- first
- African-American
- President
- of
- the
- United
- States,
- and
- after
- significant
- progress
- in
- the
- election
- of
- African-American
- leaders
- as
- mayors
- and
- state
- governors,
- why
- haven't
- our
- communities
- felt
- the
- benefits?
- Instead,
- the
- African-American
- community
- endures
- the
- highest
- prison
- incarceration,
- high
- school
- drop-out
- rates,
- unemployment,
- and
- healthcare
- disparities
- since
- the
- 1970's.Jerry
- L.
- Maynard,
- II
- issues
- a
- call
- to
- action
- to
- reverse
- the
- crises
- facing
- the
- African-American
- community
- and
- to
- issue
- a
- declaration
- that
- getting
- reelected
- is
- not
- a
- measurable
- outcome
- of
- political
- success,
- rather
- improving
- the
- lives
- of
- our
- citizens.How
- to
- Lead
- When
- No
- One
- Follows
- is
- a
- rebuke
- of
- a
- failed
- system
- of
- political
- leadership
- and
- an
- admonishment
- to
- the
- Black
- community
- to
- demand
- more
- of
- its
- leaders,
- and
- more
- importantly,
- itself.
- Jerry
- Maynard
- has
- fought
- for
- the
- Black
- community
- as
- a
- lawyer,
- politician,
- and
- pastor,
- and
- has
- seen
- the
- good
- and
- bad
- of
- it
- all.
- This
- book
- is
- a
- manifesto
- invoked
- by
- his
- passion
- for
- equality
- and empowerment.
