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Empathetic Leadership: Think Being Empathetic is a Soft Skill? Wrong! It Drives Hard Results

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Workers want managers who are empathetic leaders. Gone are the days when managers only had to make choices and tell others what to do. Now, a leader must be able to connect with their team and support every member’s career aspirations and growth. Before you stop reading because you think this is just “fluff”, showing empathetic leadership isn’t a sign of weakness in business leaders. It’s a misconception that showing empathy makes you a soft leader or inhibits you from achieving results. Quite the opposite, empathy is a powerful tool that can drive long-te rm success. “Empathy is important. As a leader, you need to align your team, understand their perspectives, and make them feel part of the culture. Listen more, talk less, check for alignment, and focus on the importance of an inclusive culture.” Karl Fessenden, CEO BrandSafway Empathetic leadership is upskilling from monitoring people to finding innovative ways to lead with care and kindness. Because this is what people need to be m...

Tech-HR Partnership: Driving Business Impact

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  Trends in human resources change as HR professionals are no longer confined to the traditional roles of policy enforcement, payroll management, and administrative tasks. Leading organizations are at the forefront of this transformation, recognizing that talent is central to solving business challenges and seizing opportunities.  These trailblazers  are redefining success, demonstrating through their innovative HR practices that a positive, strategic approach to human resources can lead to outstanding business results.     The good news is that this evolution of HR maximizes business value because investing in talent secures a competitive edge. As  Gartner  showed, achieving success when cost challenges emerge, and employee expectations keep shifting demands a critical focus on this aspect.   When CHROs are recognized as business leaders, they can progressively adapt the HR domain to balance personnel, strategic planning, operational processes, a...