The 2000-Year-Old Lesson We Haven’t Learned

Leadership Compassion dates to Jesus.

“The second (most important) is ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”- Mark 12:31 quoting Jesus.

Plenty of articles tell leaders to be more compassionate. Leadership compassion is one of our 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 elements. Hell, our cultural assessment targets the concept. Can you use the word hell in a post containing a biblical quote?

We often assume compassion means being soft on people, accepting excuses for poor performance, and letting results slide or be rationalized.

What leadership compassion?

• Col. Arthur Athens describes it as a question. Does this leader care as much about me as they do themselves? (Sound familiar)
• Compassion requires replacing judgment with curiosity.
• It requires genuinely engaging your people in sometimes awkward, uncomfortable, and emotional conversations to seek a genuine understanding of the issues from the other person’s perspective.
• Acting compassionately obligates the leader to adapt their approach to support the other person and collaboratively work to solve the issue.

Can leadership compassion coexist when driving for change and results? I would tell you that it can coexist and is a prerequisite for driving change and results.

If your change process doesn’t include a step to assess and understand the emotional and leadership health of your company, function, or team, your words may ring hollow with your people, and you are likely managing change, not LEADING change.

Anthony Casablanca

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