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Compassionate Leadership

16 Simple Ways to Engage and Inspire Your Team at Work
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Compassionate Leadership by Paul Axtell explores how integrating compassion into leadership can transform workplace dynamics. It provides practical advice on building genuine connections, fostering a supportive environment, and enhancing overall organisational effectiveness, making it a valuable resource for leaders looking to inspire and motivate their teams.
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You might enjoy this book if you are interested in enhancing your leadership skills through empathetic and effective communication techniques. It offers insights into building stronger connections and transforming workplace environments by fostering a culture of understanding and compassion.

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Reveals sixteen simple steps you can start taking right now to become a manager who leads with compassion.

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Actionable steps for connecting with your team to improve employee engagement and morale.

Learn how to be a good boss and become the leader everyone wants to work for.

People want to work for someone they respect, someone who is on their side. And when employees feel seen, heard, and valued by their supervisors, employee engagement improves, productivity increases, and the entire organisation benefits.

In his new motivational management book on authentic leadership, award-winning author and personal effectiveness trainer and consultant Paul Axtell reveals sixteen simple steps you can start taking right now to develop your emotional intelligence and leadership skills and become a manager who leads with compassion.

Compassionate Leadership is a quick one-hour read and is for any business leader or manager looking to improve their organisational leadership in order to lead high-performing teams thatβ€”above all elseβ€”feel trusted, respected, and motivated in their work.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781728234762

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 May 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Simple Truths, LLC

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 185.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 168

About the Author

PAUL AXTELL provides consulting and personal effectiveness training to a wide variety of clients, from Fortune 500 companies and universities to nonprofit organizations and government agencies.

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