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Benefits of Empathetic
Leadership
Empathetic leadership delivers
tangible benefits to
organizations, especially if
corporate leaders succeed in
instituting more empathetic
cultures.
Empathy reduces resistance to
change; it helps leaders
anticipate various types of
resistance to change and handle
them gently.
When corporate leaders create
cultures of empathy with high
love quotient (LQ), it makes
organizations more attractive to
talented innovators who hate
bureaucracy and look for an
inspiring and empowering
environment.
Empathy brings out the best in
employees. Being led
empathetically, employees
perform better because human
beings have a tendency to work
better when they feel being
loved and cared about.
Empathy makes collaboration and
creative teamwork easier. A star
team performs better than a team
of stars. Empathy celebrates
complementary capabilities of
team members and makes teams
more collaborative, innovative
and successful.
"Empathy allows us to create bonds of
trust, it
gives us insights into what others may be feeling or thinking; it helps
us understand how or why others are reacting to situations, and informs our decisions."
~
Bruna Martinuzzi
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