Leadership’s Most Underrated Ingredient

<p>Episode #265 // Em and I work our butts off every day to produce high-quality, practical leadership content that you can apply immediately, to improve your team’s capability and performance.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And, even though we talk about the emotional, psychological, and mental barriers that have to be overcome to achieve leadership excellence, what I don’t often talk about is the personal investment in the <em>relationship capital</em> that makes all this possible.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You may have heard me talk about the need to establish a <em>high level of trust</em> with your people, and to have <em>boundless empathy</em> (tempered with the strength to do what needs to be done, because you’re courageously committed to getting the absolute best possible outcomes).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But what it boils down to, in very simple terms is this: if you aspire to be one of those rare individuals who can move from being a competent leader to a <em>great</em> leader, it takes something more—a <strong><em>deep sense of caring</em></strong> for your people.</p><br><p>This is the ingredient that unlocks your ability to do the <em>really</em> hard work of leadership!</p><br><p><strong><em><u>Source Material</u></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Fast Company </em>article<em>:</em></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90955495/happiness-work-survey-unhealthy-relationship-jobs-hp?utm_source=newsletters&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=FC%20-%20Compass%20Newsletter.Newsletter%20-%20FC%20-%20Compass%209-22-23&amp;leadId=686272&amp;mkt_tok=NjEwLUxFRS04NzIAAAGOW7FvykIgnNIS7IIuPjCIGhzXzEWw3fpAZD_E5HYAn-WJJM0zxMFF_Nojmvjh7MppH3z-QU_RmUAaJLv3zJlzwUaWZmdrn6-fjUdZxJk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Grim survey finds workers around the world have a toxic relationship with their jobs</em></a></p><p><strong><em>ImpactEleven </em>website<em>:</em></strong></p><p><a href="https://impacteleven.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>ImpactEleven</em></a></p><p><strong><em>Seth Mattison </em>w