Do you feel forced to choose between your well-being, caring for others, and delivering peak performance? By leading with compassion, we can thrive in all aspects of personal and professional life. We highlight three hallmarks of compassionate leadership that can elevate your teams and organizations to experience less stress, greater flourishing, and higher performance.
We live in a world of constant distraction, making it a challenge to stay focused on long-term goals. Yet, the world’s growing complexity makes a guiding long-term perspective more important than ever. Where attention goes, energy follows. How do we keep focused in a world screaming for our immediate attention? Here are four guiding principles for leaders embracing the long road to change.
Exclusion and othering are as old as humanity, with tragic impacts. The marginalized suffer violence, poorer health outcomes, shorter lifespans, food insecurity, reduced access to work and housing, and routine indignities in everyday interactions. There is hope, however. The same neuroscience that explains our urge to other also shows us the way forward and away from othering.
We are living through a time when everything is in upheaval. As we move forward into a new era, we have an exceptional opportunity to put the pieces together in a way that will lead to a safer, more just, more sustainable world. Is that possible? Yes! Compassionate action, catalyzed and led by compassionate leaders and organizations can play a central role in creating a more humane global society.
Compassionate leadership can be found in many settings, some expected and some surprising. Three recent events within the NBA show that compassion can be practiced even within hyper-competitive environments. Here are three recent examples that display traits of compassionate leadership: awareness, empathy, collaboration, and the promotion of diverse teams.
Although our brains desire certainty, we live in a highly uncertain world. This can lead to over-controlling behaviors. By letting go of these behaviors, leaders can unleash powerful innovation and energy within their teams and improve team performance. Here are three principles to help you let go of control in order to lead more effectively.
Work has always been serious. On top of this, COVID-19 has disrupted most of our work norms, and we are finally facing a global reckoning after centuries of systemic racism. Is it okay to have fun, too? YES! Playfulness, fun, spontaneity, and silliness are all attributes that contribute to organizational success, and will help us to thrive in the face of the very serious challenges of the world.
