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Why Compassion Is Key To Succeeding At Leadership

Tanveer Naseer

Numerous studies have shown that employees have higher expectations of their leaders to not simply be effective at managing tasks, but at developing people. But how can we develop people – how can we help them be better than they are today – if we lack the compassion to care about their reality and what they need from us to be successful?

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My Top 10 Leadership Insights For 2015

Tanveer Naseer

Leadership Insight #7 – Our compassion motivates us to listen and learn about what our employees need to be successful [ Share on Twitter ]. Numerous studies have shown that employees have higher expectations of their leaders to not simply be effective at managing tasks, but at developing people.

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The Benefits of Taking a Slower Approach to Innovation

Harvard Business Review

In our experience, managers tend to focus their innovation efforts on processes that are either large in scale (new products and business models ) or swift in development (hackathons, rapid prototyping, or emerging platforms). Don’t forget that seeing isn’t observing, and hearing isn’t listening. Paul Garbett for HBR.