Chapter 1
Isn’t Kindness a Sign of Weakness?
Kindness is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of confidence.
Colin Powell, retired four-star general and former US Secretary of State
Discussion: Kind Leader Theory and Ideas for You to Think About
As discussed in the introduction, on the surface, the words ‘leadership’ and ‘kindness’ don’t seem to go together. When I began telling people that I was going to write a book about kind leadership, I was met with a barrage of questions: Isn’t leadership about ‘strength’? About making tough decisions and having the fortitude to carry those decisions out no matter how difficult they are? And what about kindness? Isn’t kindness a type of weakness? Don’t kind people get walked all over? If leaders are ...
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