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The Kind Leader
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The Kind Leader

by Karyn Ross
September 2021
Beginner to intermediate
218 pages
5h 23m
English
Productivity Press
Audiobook available
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Preface

The best kind of leader is a Kind Leader.

Karyn Ross

Why I Decided to Write a Book about Kindness in Leadership

I can’t say that I ever expected to write a book about kind leadership. Yet, here I am, doing just that. Now, you very well may be asking yourself, “If Karyn never thought she’d write a book about kind leadership, why is she writing one? And why now?” So, here’s the answer.

Because it’s what’s needed.

Perhaps, like me you’ve noticed an increase in unkindness in the last few years. In politics, as we’ve seen from recent elections in different countries, world leaders and political candidates don’t seem to think twice about bad-mouthing and ridiculing other candidates and their followers. On the streets of our cities and neighborhoods, ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781000434651