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15. Leaders who care are leaders who give a damn and make sure everyone knows it.

Leaders who care are leaders who give a damn and make sure everyone knows it.

Leaders who care know that Black Lives Matter. I first wrote All Lives Matter. They do. Always. Yet, right now that seems to diminish the underlying racism in America and Australia. Known and unspoken.

12. Leadership and Care

Leadership and Care. On caring, Christian Madsbjerg (Sensemaking, 2017) writes:

“When you have a perspective – when you actually give a damn – you intuitively sense what’s important and what’s trivial. You can see what connects with what, and you know the data … that matter. Caring is the connective tissue that makes all things possible.

8. Agility precedes survival and sustainability

Agility precedes survival and sustainability. It’s an emergent property not a set of practices. It’s enabled by all we think, say and do. Agility is seen by others in our ability to respond to change.

On the inside, leaders have a deep responsibility for the response-ability of their enterprise.  

5. On values and leadership

On values and leadership. I was asked for my thoughts on leadership based on fear and pressure vs. passion and love. And, it raised a deeper consideration.

‘Pressure leading to fear’ and ‘passion leading to love’ contrast how leaders exercise power. Leaders hold it over people or share it with people, or both.