Compassionate Leadership
How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. Few of the main causes of burnout are lack of adequate social support and poor workplace culture. Team dynamics are key when it comes to overcoming workplace stress and this is where compassion......more

It might be 5 starts as well. Very good research on the topic, practical advise for approaching hard things. The one star I took for 2 aspects: authors took too a long route to the essence (I thought I still would rate the book 2 starts at the second chapter), and the structure of the book seems not......more

There’s nothing especially new, radical, or groundbreaking in this book. It basically says that good leadership comes down to being open, vulnerable, wise, and compassionate—and that the way to get there is by building strong, trusting human relationships. Simple, right? But somehow, a lot of leader......more

I read this for work and found it easy enough to skim for the important concepts. I appreciate the use of charts to illustrate comparisons and conceptual relationships, such as egoism, empathy, and compassion. In fact, the most compelling lesson from the book was the distinction between empathy and......more

There were some really useful concepts in this book covering the dangers of relying too much on empathy as a leader, and the burn out it can bring, the benefits of exercising compassion, especially during difficult conversations and decisions, and the concept of caring candour. All based on extensiv......more