Comments on: What does Caring have to do with Leadership?

By: Omar Ting

Omar Ting — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:31:32 +0000

Caring — great insight and first time I’ve seen it highlighted. I think one example of dehumanizing employees is how quickly some managers will “fire” someone these days — rather than using it as an absolute last resort after all avenues have been exhausted. Rather, it’s more like fire and hire with some companies these days.

By: paul k

paul k — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:48:13 +0000

Interesting quotes. The person who quoted leadership as:

“The ability to inspire people to pursue your dreams as if they were your own.”

to me, this guy is clueless. this type of leadership does not last the test of time.
i think real leadership is 90% having the right strategy and 10% inspiration.
to be a real leader one needs a track record that speaks for itself. i rather have
a boring person who sees the correct vision rather that a great inspirational person
who leads his team to a dead end.

i think in general -all this leadership stuff is over weighted on the inspiration and
creative side- it is way way overvalued. if you have the wrong vision then all the
inspiration and creative leadership stuff becomes the stuff of “snake oil salesmen”.
one constantly has to change their venue or people because they lose followers
just as fast as they gain new ones.

more attention should be focused on how to help leaders discover the right vision and
strategy for their organization- at the end of the day results rule and strategy is
far more important than charismatic leadership.

just my thoughts

By: So-Young Kang

So-Young Kang — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:49:49 +0000

Thank you for your comments. I really do believe that if we start to really lead by caring for those around you, it’s amazing what will happen. I have been doing this with my own team, my creative collaborators, my clients, my vendors, my family, my friends…When I make the conscious choice to care about them first, the outcomes are drastically different than when I just try to accomplish a task or achieve my goals.

By: Johnbm

Johnbm — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:32:47 +0000

Not bad article, but I really miss that you didn’t express your opinion, but ok you just have different approach

By: josurr

josurr — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:42:28 +0000

I’m looking forward to getting more information about this topic, don’t worry about negative opinions.

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By: Dan Wilt

Dan Wilt — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:42:29 +0000

Transforming ideas here, So-Young. When one leads in the ways you’re describing, we see a fresh vision of humanity stirred in the heart of those following.

They believe that they can lead, deep in their bones, because they have felt re-humanized in the process of the interaction.

In this way, effervescent leadership such as you describe is essential for the healing of the planet, as well as for accomplishing great things.

Thanks for the insights.

Dan