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// ]]>I’ve known Judy since she started Sustainable Business Network – truly a great person who’s exceptionally grounded and at the same time an exceptional visionary. She’s been an important personal inspiration in the development of my  expertise in values-driven leadership and she’s paved the way for a [...]

An excellent article from American Express Open Forum. Values-driven leadership means always sharpening empathy. We used to think if a leader was too empathetic then s/he was too soft. What we know now is that without empathy, leaders become self-absorbed tyrants who build dysfunctional teams. Still, we don’t know yet how to measure empathy or its effects on the workplace so it’s still not factored in to bottom lines.

You are not here merely to make a living: You are here to enable the world to live amply, with greater vision and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world and you impoverish yourself if you forget that errand.” – Woodrow Wilson
As a leadership coach whose worked [...]

There’s a version of the Golden Rule in just about every culture and religion. Here are a few:

From the Baha’I Faith:  “Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which thou doest not.”
From Buddhism: “Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.”
From [...]