Lead with empathy and compassion from "summary" of Total Leadership by Stewart D. Friedman
As a leader, it is essential to approach your interactions with empathy and compassion. This means truly understanding and feeling for others, putting yourself in their shoes, and considering their perspectives, feelings, and needs. By leading with empathy and compassion, you can build stronger and more meaningful connections with your team members, colleagues, and stakeholders. This approach fosters trust, respect, and collaboration, creating a more positive and productive work environment. Empathy involves listening actively and attentively to others, seeking to understand their experiences, emotions, and challenges. It requires you to set aside your own biases, assumptions, and judgments, and to focus on the other person with an open mind and heart. By showing empathy, you demonstrate care and concern for others, which can help them feel valued, supported, and motivated. This can lead to improved communication, problem-solving, and decision-making within your team and organization. Compassion is about taking action to al...
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