"Compelled by Compassion"

I am convinced that nothing will set a leader apart more than being compelled by compassion.

Compassion is seeing what others see, hearing what others hear, and feeling what others feel. When we are willing to enter into another person’s life and into their pain, we are able to be moved with compassion.

Compassion does not eliminate the importance of other great traits of leadership. But we should strive to influence all elements of our leadership with compassion:
Confidence with compassion
Competence with compassion
Authority with compassion
Intensity with compassion
Follow-through with compassion
Due diligence with compassion
Leading with compassion

Compassionate Leadership is not calling for us to dumb down major leadership needs. leadership is calling for a new kind of leader that does each of these and more with great compassion.