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What does it mean to lead with empathy?

Do you know a leader who struggles with managing conflict?

If you shift the focus away from the word "conflict"

and, instead, focus on the intent of helping someone to improve,

the conversation gets easier.

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Do you know a team or an individual who is burned out (or headed that way)?

Let's look at why that might be:

• Are they afraid to speak up about having too much to do?
• Are they trying to prove themselves to someone?
• Does it make them look better to be so busy?
• Does it make them feel more important?
• Are they afraid to ask for help?

The root of the issue may be a focus on work ('what'),

rather than a focus on 'why' and 'how'.

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Empathy is the ability to see things from another's perspective.

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Leading with empathy is about changing the focus

to being human-centric.

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When you change the focus of difficult conversations,

when you dig deeper into the root cause of issues,

when you care enough to see the human behind the work,

you are a different type of leader.

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...and the transformation?

When your team feels seen, heard, and valued as people,

it's amazing the difference that makes.

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In my experience,

it is the difference that gets noticed

by your boss,

by other teams,

and in overall morale, productivity, & retention.

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It's when other leaders start asking you

what you did (or are doing).

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It's when survey scores jump to the 90th percentile

in less than 1 year.

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It's when the wrong people leave

and the right people stay.... and excel.

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If you, your team, or your organization wants to know more,

just reply or DM me to talk about how to get you there!

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📩 Reader, reply with "I'm In!" 📩

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Enjoy Podcasts?

Catch the latest episode of Kayla Lyn's podcast "live well. lead inspired." where she and I discuss:

Transformational Leadership & Leading With Empathy

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This podcast episode is available on Spotify here.

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Wishing You Success,

Stephanie Weiss

Your Empowered Leadership Coach

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P.S.

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