Many challenges leaders face in being compassionate stem from their false assumptions about unwanted outcomes. Here are some examples .
If I’m compassionate, they will think I agree with them.
Some leaders worry that if they show someone compassion, that …
Last month’s article was about how to be a compassionate leader. Almost all the challenges that keep you from being a compassionate leader involve judging others. Diane Berke1 writes, “The major block to compassion is the judgment in our minds.” Here …
You are meeting with several of your direct reports who have just told you that the division’s latest acquisition is not going well. Key leaders of the acquired company are not cooperating and they’re finding that the culture is so …
If you want to get all the information out on the table so you can make the best decision possible, you need to be genuinely curious. That means asking genuine questions.
Unfortunately, many leaders think they are demonstrating genuine curiosity, …
When we worry that people might not support how we plan to achieve our goals, we sometimes keep our plans or the reasons behind them private. When we do this, we undermine our chances of success by creating risks we’re …
Blue sticker dots marked a small statute of David I had brought back from Rome in 1985 at my father’s request, two small cream-colored nested ceramic bowls that my father had made when he briefly took up pottery almost twenty …
Next week, throughout the United States, you may be one of the many families who will be getting together for Thanksgiving. You may get together for the day or several days. Depending on whether you are host or guest, you …
My eighty-six year-old mother fell and fractured her hip the other week. After hip replacement surgery, she is now recovering in a rehabilitation center (she’s doing fine). Anyone who has either recovered in a rehab center or visited one knows …
Last month I wrote about how my son, when he was in sixth grade, faced challenges in team projects, because he never learned from his teachers how to work in teams. Last week, my daughter Hannah, who is in high …
One evening at the dinner table, when my son Noah was in sixth grade, we were discussing his day. “How’s your science project going?” I asked. His class was learning the scientific method. Working in groups of three, the students …
