INTRODUCTION
So, You Think You’re a Caring Leader?
No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.Theodore Roosevelt
“Caring leadership is more art than science.” I heard this come out of the mouths of those I interviewed for this book many times. Why art? When we think of art, we might think of creativity, fluidity, flexibility, and beauty in between the strokes. When do we know that the artist has completed his or her creation? When we experience it through our senses, and our hearts sing. The same is true for caring leadership.
Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so too is the follower the one who knows and judges ...
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