empathy – two minute tactics

Stop idolizing assholes as great leaders! They push their people and get stuff, not because they are difficult, but despite their behaviour!

Great leaders know empathy is a tool, that caring has a bigger roi than most "top-down initiatives" for growing your business 5x not 1.5x

Traditional management confronts you with a false dichotomy of being nice vs being productive. you can either be productive, or you can be nice!

what people are missing, though, is that when someone feels safe, they can access the flow state more easily! they are more in-tune, they feel more confident to explore, and they know, that they don’t have to act on self-interest alone.

“i work for the greater goal, because i know it will benefit me as well!”

win-win.

instead of being stuck, always trying to get the bigger share, always optimizing for self-interest, an organization built on empathy, leads to trust and trust leads to speed!

try it, you’ll be amazed how well it works! but it has to genuine. empathy can’t be faked, you have to really care for people for them to start trusting you!

only when you let go of your own self-interests you become a true leader, serving your people instead of yourself!

till next time, ciao!