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Publish date : May 2020
Written by : Sebastien BAERT
According to numerous studies, #compassionateleadership perform better and foster more #loyalty and #engagement by their #teams. Compassion becomes especially critical during a #crisis. While a crisis might seem like the time for leaders to put their head down and exhibit control, it is just as critical to #tuneinto personal fears and anxieties so as to be able to #turnoutward to help employees and colleagues grapple with their own reactions.
This #introspection and #projectionofcare are critical for connecting and dealing with people’s immediate needs and setting the stage for business recovery.
1. Create space to attain a keener awareness of what is going on within and around you.
2. Be bold in exhibiting vulnerability by lowering your guard and confronting what is unfolding.
3. Demonstrate #empathy to better tap the emotions others are feeling, and act with #compassion to make individuals and groups feel genuinely cared for.
The benefits of compassionate leadership under crisis - May 2020 - article réalisé par Sebastien BAERT
In his last contribution, Manfred Kets de Vries from #INSEAD advocates the benefit of being patient and provides several approaches to familiarize one's mind with one of the three kinds of patience.
In his recent contribution, Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic discusses why we tend to favour charisma over humility when choosing our leaders.
Back to work... #Prediction, #adaptation and #resilience will help leaders advance where they can, retreat as soon as they must and adapt as needed.