Empathy – Simon Sinek

Leaders’ core responsibility is to take care of their employees. 

The two most vital leadership qualities are empathy and perspective. Yet leaders rarely practice them, often because they focus on preserving their status within their organization. Many leaders fail to recognize the core differences between executing a job and leading.

Junior employees’ sole responsibility is to excel at their jobs. They receive training to do their jobs even better, and if they succeed, promotion awaits. Thus, many high achievers are suddenly elevated to a position in which they have to lead others – and then find themselves at a loss. Their natural instinct is to manage how other people do the jobs they themselves formerly did well, but micromanaging is not leadership.

Leadership is a trainable skill.

Organizations often neglect training people for leadership positions. Yet leadership is a skill like any other: you ...