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The Unlocked Leader
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The Unlocked Leader

Dare to Free Your Own Voice, Lead with Empathy, and Shine Your Light in the World

Hortense le Gentil and Caroline Lambert
Wiley, 2023

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8

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The best leaders have empathy and demonstrate that they care about their employees. Employees, in turn, strive to achieve the goals empathetic leaders set. Leadership coach Hortense le Gentil, writing with Carole Lambert, explains how run-of-the-mill “superheroes” — her tag for today’s supposedly ideal but aloof executives — can transform themselves into humane, effective leaders who demonstrate that they have their people’s best interests at heart. Le Gentil urges superhero leaders to engage in “mindshifts” that lead to “mindbuilds,” so they can eliminate the negative “mindtraps” that hold them back. (Notice the book’s index which helpfully features links to numerous related books, articles, and podcasts.)

Take-Aways

  • Leaders must be empathetic.
  • Your negative mindsets can become “mindtraps.”
  • Mindtraps lead to unhappiness, depression, and burnout.

About the Authors

Executive leadership coach Hortense le Gentil is a frequent public speaker. She also wrote Aligned: Connecting Your True Self with the Leader You’re Meant to Be with Caroline Lambert, who collaborated with Hubert Joly on The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism. Lambert has been Deputy Asia Editor and a foreign correspondent for The Economist. 

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