Compassionate Leadership : For Individual and Organisational Change.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Papworth, Kirstie Drummond.

Series:

De Gruyter Transformative Thinking and Practice of Leadership and Its Development Series

De Gruyter Transformative Thinking and Practice of Leadership and Its Development Series ; v.4

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023.

Summary:

Experts increasingly recognise that our volatile, complex, and fragile world requires a new type of leadership. More than ever, we need leaders who understand how compassion connects them with their employees, stakeholders and wider communities. Yet compassion in organisations is often misunderstood, with many leaders reluctant to embrace it lest they appear weak. Compassionate Leadership draws on new and established research in psychology, behavioural science, neuropsychology and leadership theory to show that compassion, when correctly understood and applied is, in fact, a formidable and sustainable force for positive leadership. This book explores the common myths, pitfalls, and concerns about leading with a compassionate approach. It discusses the leadership, organisational and individual benefits of compassion and shows how leaders can design an organisation which establishes, then reinforces, a compassionate culture. A practical guide, this book provides evidence-based tools, appraisals, and frameworks which emphasise everyday applications that leaders, managers, and business students can adopt both individually and for their organisations. Compassionate Leadership presents a new model of compassion, an approach based on multidisciplinary research in a variety of organisational settings. It gives leaders a theoretical and practical underpinning they can use for deeper reflection and personal growth to turn their new-found knowledge into action.

Contents:

Intro

Advance Praise for Compassionate Leadership

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Contents

Chapter 1 The case for compassionate leadership

Chapter 2 A new construct of compassion

Chapter 3 Mistaken identity: What compassion is and is not, and why this matters

Chapter 4 Compassion: Dubious reputation and accusation

Chapter 5 Research &amp

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reality: benefits of compassion

Chapter 6 Compassion and cognitive bias

Chapter 7 Self-compassion for leaders

Chapter 8 Developing compassionate leadership

Chapter 9 Designing a compassionate organisation

Chapter 10 The future of compassionate leadership

Further resources

References

List of figures

List of tables

About the author

About the series editor

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

3-11-076312-5

OCLC:

1385455938