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The Mind of the Leader
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The Mind of the Leader

by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter
March 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 32m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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Lead for a Compassionate Organization

Nancy Green, CEO of Athleta, a Gap Inc. brand, experienced compassion early in her career. When she joined Gap, she was twenty-five and soon after she became pregnant with her first child. “I didn’t think I could do the job because I didn’t see other women that were doing the job as mothers.” But there was one exception. Another woman on the team pushed her to come back or else she’d never know what was possible. It worked. Nancy continued to grow at the company, leading to successive leadership appointments all the way to the C-suite—while raising four children.

The experience of being shown compassion made Nancy commit to always strive to cultivate a compassionate culture in her teams. In our interview ...

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ISBN: 9781633693432