How can leaders learn empathy? | Q+A

What got us here will not get us there.

We have to abandon the theories of the 80's and 90's and start putting our people's needs first.

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Simon is an unshakable optimist who believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together. Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Simon teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people. With a bold goal to help build a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every single day feeling inspired, feel safe at work, and feel fulfilled at the end of the day, Simon is leading a movement to inspire people to do the things that inspire them. Simon is the author of multiple best-selling books including Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, Together is Better, and Find Your Why. His new book, The Infinite Game, will be released in 2019.

Simon’s WHY: To inspire people to do the things that inspire them so that, together, each of us can change our world for the better.

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[mapalochibwe]

Simon Sinek teaches me that every video, to an absolute sum is that the best drives for growth are people and the quality with which we handle them. I would love to meet him one day.(One can dream)

[divyamurugesan]

Caring about people around us makes us a leader irrespective of whether we have a company or not. 😁😁

[PracticalInspiration]

If you want employees to invest themselves when working for you, they have to be the priority in your business. What's interesting is the results will often still follow, because those people will be more willing to go the extra mile to deliver results

[dancz]

I literally was told from HR during an interview that “you care to much about people and not enough for the company “.
Aren’t the people the company? 🙄

[bertmeza]

So connected to the human conditions...and his approach couldn’t be more human

[vinooshadoorga]

Simon your name will last forever for the history for the great job you are doing and the new movement your are bringing is just too great great

[harerama]

Absolutely correct. Leaders are not emerging in the industry by skill but are placed by preference and favoritism. My workplace is a perfect example of 18th century working culture where big corporation is functioning like a family business.

[daniel.adeyemi]

Simon Sinek is back at Microsft, hopefully, they give him a surface this time. I wonder how things have changed since the last time.


Brilliant points raised!

[cecewonderwoman]

Simon, and the message he sends, are amazing. I hope more companies listen to this.

[randahlbeach]

Hey Simon & team - TY for sharing these videos on various topics.
The insightful tips/hints regarding certain topics are EXTREMELY important so plz keep bringing this high content.
Empathy, compassion & respect are the top 3 characteristics that I look for in potential candidates to bring into our companies.
For me, its all about the employees and how they are trained & coached.
I see the lack of training & coaching everyday in many companies, ;grocery stores, restaurants, some hotels, etc in the form of lack of communication and how to treat the customer (or maybe the staff member is having an off day).
Glad you are tackling this subject.
All the Very BEST from Vancouver, Canada!!

[TechUrduPK]

i love this man and i wana hug tight love you sir simon and i didnt know either about gold watch

[terry]

so true, i have been a team member of some bad leadership. Not one time did i fault the leaders, i became more empathic as i seen them struggle in this area and was able to provide a listen ear and silent and soft wisdom.

[shauntacollier-rankin]

This is an awesome short snippet. I am so inspired by you Mr. Sinek. There is hope for our world if we would just adopt these principles.

[JieunleeMD]

“We speak in the order of our priority”—- YES! & I have yet to have seen or worked for any large institution that cares for its employees.

[datacentermechtalk]

My manager used “leading as a servant with empathy” over the past 6 months he’s gone from always negative to possibly the best boss I’ve ever had to date. He shared his secret with me “leading with empathy for your employees”. Every morning he builds up the team with genuine compliments and gives everyone a chance to speak. He takes the time to speak with me 1 on 1 and has completely phased out his previously confrontational style of management. It is such an amazing transformation that it’s brought me to this video. Being that I’m constantly trying to improve myself, I will now commence to watch 1000 videos on this subject and listen to audio books on my commute. My biggest hurdle is perception and reactive emotions to what I perceive. I’ve combed the internet to solve my issue. Stoicism was my last 1000 video, 30 book period of my life. This will now fill my time. Thank you!

[MonaMarMag]

First of all and the most important is the way you treat the other people .
People who work for you, your friends, family even people you do not know .
Those things we should teach all children around the world because they are the future .

[wamu]

Simon great insight for the day. I am going to work on it and lead my people. Thank you.

[TheCanonApologist]

Around 1:50 in the video,
Theres a slight on screen blackout.
Could just be me though.

Beyond that, I love this message so so so so much!!! This is exactly what I try to emphasize and seeing your teachings, I feel so justified. Thank you Simon.

[sicnarfghost]

Merci Simon. Je vous ai cité aujourd'hui et peut-être que le monde peut réellement changer 😃

[faisalmakruf]

Another brilliant video from Simon🔥🔥🔥🔥. Thank you very much!