Leading Means Strength With Compassion

Well, let me just give a little bit of a picture of what I call strength and warmth. So strength to me is the capability to get things done. And it can show up in a lot of different ways. It can be skill, it can be social skill. It can be anything that allows you to accomplish what you're trying to do. And it's usually a combination of competence and assertiveness. So it's not enough to just know stuff. You also have to be able to put yourself out there a little bit. Yeah, and that's one of these judgments that people really prioritize when they're figuring out, hey, are you worth my time? Should I listen to you? Should I follow you? But the other judgment, warmth, is just as important. And I think this is one where it's really tricky sometimes to think about. What does that look and feel like in a work setting, for instance, because warm sounds. Well, warm, the way I define it is that you're showing people you share their concerns, their interests and their emotions, or at least you understand those things and you're accounting for them. You know, it's one thing to be really strong and all about yourself, and it's a very different one to show people that you are other centered as well, and you can really put yourself in their shoes. And most of us tend to lead with one of these or the other as a default.