I have been talking a lot recently about the choices that leaders have to make, all the time, between leading with fear or leading with empathy. Do we start the hard, messy conversation? Do we take action against the yeller? The decision almost always comes down to, do I want to go through something difficult in the short term?
All too often, the answer is no. It’s so much easier to ignore the elephant in the room and hope it works out. It usually doesn’t, as you probably know. The whispers that you ignore today will come back with a wallop soon, as I discussed with Lu Hanessian on her podcast, The Foreseeable Now. I’m so grateful to have had this deep and personal conversation. You can listen in here.