Preparing for your
Power of Compassionate Leadership
Lunch and Learn Session
(PART 1: 11.30 - 12.30, 9th June 2022)
(PART 2: 13.30 - 14.30, 28th June 2022)
We can agree that almost everyone who starts a job is excited about it and wants to do their best.
- What causes people to lose their motivation and eagerness along the way?
- Why do people get stuck in rut?
- Why do Gallup’s numerous surveys show employee engagement is lower than 15 percent?
Many surveys point in one common direction: Leadership style.
Different studies show that between 57 and 80 percent of employees give up their job because of their boss.
People share that:
- They felt disrespected
- They didn’t feel trusted
- The work environment was toxic
- Everything was about results
- All they talked about was deadlines
Results are an essential part of the business but, when that is the sole focus, many pay a pretty high price for it – anxiety, lack of sleep, stress, and burnout .
What is the missing link here?
The answer is simple… are you ready?
Understanding… One of the deepest needs we have is to feel understood and seen.
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The deepest form of understanding is to put yourself in the other person’s shoes – which is the definition of compassion according to former Linkedin CEO Jeff Weiner, who transformed LinkedIn from a simple work-related network to the central place of finding our job nowadays.
Being a compassionate leader doesn’t mean that you are a softy whom people can walk over. On the contrary, it is being a leader who is willing to understand, empower and act with tough-love when needed. When you are a compassionate leader, you genuinely care for the well-being of the company as well as the well-being of your employees.
In part two, we will focus on discovering how to create a compassionate and inclusive environment.
The benefits of developing a more compassionate leadership style includes:
– Creating a more inclusive environment
– Increasing the number of engaged employees
– Creating a team spirit
– Reducing the level of staff turnover
– Diminishing toxic stress
– Developing a more resilient workforce
– Facilitating greater levels of performance
Anyone who has line management responsibility
