This is a YouTube video titled "Empathetic People The Best Leaders? | Leadership Shorts" containing a discussion between two speakers about leadership qualities, particularly empathy versus direct communication and principles, recorded in early 2023. The speakers share personal perspectives on effective leadership based on their experiences.
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When I was running and gunning and shooting terrorists for a living, I didn't go to the most empathetic as a leader. I don't know if empathy is the most important leadership quality. Obviously Gary Vee is probably a super empathetic guy, you know, and maybe that makes him a great leader. I'm a fairly decent leader and I don't do that through empathy. I do that through, like open lines of communication, being very direct with people and also like just being true to my principles. Does that make me empathetic? Not particularly. Does it make me effective? Yes.
