Leadership is hard.
With rich examples from Netflix, IKEA, Unilever, and many other global companies, as well as practical tools and advice for leaders and managers at any level, Compassionate Leadership is your indispensable guide to doing the Hard work of leadership in a Human way..
Using data from thousands of leaders, employees, and companies in nearly a hundred countries, the authors find that when leaders bring the right balance of compassion and wisdom to the job, they foster much higher levels of employee engagement, performance, loyalty, and well-being in their people.
As founder and CEO of Potential Project, Rasmus Hougaard and his longtime coauthor, Jacqueline Carter, show in this powerful, practical book, you must always balance caring for your people with leadership wisdom and effectiveness.
In truth, doing Hard Things and making difficult decisions is often the most Compassionate thing to do.
Being Human and doing what needs to be done are not mutually exclusive.
But this is a false dichotomy.
How do you do the Hard Things that come with the responsibility of leadership while remaining a good Human being and bringing out the best in others? Most people think we have to make a binary choice between being a good Human being and being a tough, effective leader.
But in Hard times like these, leaders need to make Hard decisions--deliver negative feedback, make difficult choices that disappoint people, and in some cases lay people off.
Now more than ever, it\'s imperative for leaders to demonstrate compassion.
Through it all, our Human spirit is being tested.
From New York to Barcelona to Hong Kong, it can feel as if the world as we know it is coming apart.
How can you balance compassion for your people with effectiveness in getting the job done? A global pandemic, economic volatility, natural disasters, civil and political unrest.
Leadership is hard
