The Humanity Of Leadership

Thank you for this post Lolly!
You described a leader that I aspire to be. One I myself would want to follow.

Lolly–

You have such a great, articulate vision of what “humanizing business” means. You offer a path forward according to the simplest statement of principles — principles that have too long been given lip-service while being privately dismissed or suppressed. Others have done this to us and yet we have also learned to do it to ourselves. The heart has been hurt and broken and has been fearful for so long, sometimes it does not want to get up off the floor or come out from the cell in which it has been hiding. But the heart also knows its own truth. Now is the time to re-awaken and reaffirm the way. Your courage inspires everyone else’s.

Lolly,

It’s refreshing to have the concepts of both business and heart brought together. Too often, we fail to give heart its place in business. To lead with heart takes nerve. Leaders need to find and hold their nerve as I describe in my own blog 10 Critical Factors Essential for Leadership Success.
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Dan,

Your thoughts speak of wisdom and knowledge.

I truly love the way you express yourself, you have a way of commanding the soul to step forward.

you understand that the heart answers us and it guides us home.

Your words honor the soul of humanity in order to manifest the heart. You understand what is required of us.

Thank you Dan!

Lolly:
This new post does, in fact, take the pulse and measure the very heart beat of the entire matter of human interaction. Success follows universal respect, consideration, and regard.
That’s always been the case, but it is not always acted upon. The forumula has got be set aside and replaced by the simple, felt fact: we must love one another. It’s an order. It’s a prescription. It’s a life-saver.
Wayne

Wayne,

I admire your wisdom and I love your passion.

Humanizing your leadership IS A LIFE SAVER!

You are correct!

I love reading your comments – you always provoke appreciate deep within my soul.

You are a true master!

Lolly

As leaders, it’s important that we encourage those we lead (as well as our children) to expect these important principles. We must lead by example and respond with shock when it’s missing.

Allowing your employees to speak freely, contribute, collaborate and share within the business “family” is truly leadership on a human level. Thank you Lolly

Great post Lolly!

Very true and meaningful words, and it is important for leaders to set the example through their actions every moment.

Jay

The essence of leadership is certainly how we communicate to each other Great article. .

I once worked with a principal who was a great manager and she led a tight ship. However, she lacked the humane factor. You could be torn to pieces in front of her and she wouldn’t show any sign of empathy. You cannot be an effective leader without having the ability to connect with people on a human level. Our humanity is the common thread that connects us. Leading from the heart is the only way to connect with people and develop credibility. Great post.

care, evaluation, acceptance and respect, must be the truth behind good leadership. That’s the key to humanize the world of business. I loved your post. Thanks to inspire, encourage and share.

Very thought provoking post again…Lolly.

Thank you.

along the lines of humanity and leadership…

I thought about this as a potential resource for you
and your readers. You may already be aware of it.

Born out of a decade of discussions between
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and…
International management consultant
Laurens van den Muyzenberg, “The Leader’s
Way”…is a unique meeting of two worlds…
the global landscape and Buddhism.

On the back of the audio set it says…

A new kind of leadership is needed…one that
sees events as they really are and understands
the interconnectedness…impermanence…and
interdependence of individuals…companies…
and the global economic system.

Thanks again for the post.

see you on the Tweet chat in an hour.

rockin steady…
Garren

Humanity is a beautiful thing as to leadership that comes from within.

Love the post Lolly and so well timed, for we must all take a step back and look deeply within to search our hearts for our humanity and our faith in it.

There are so many great young leaders out in the world that must be recognized and given encouragement, they need engagement to become voices in the world. We need their humanity to help lead the way. We need the youth of today to join in that quest of connection and discovery as the world unfolds.

The road to success is as it has always been, it is just that we are beginning to see what success really is, and it is NOT spelt $UCCE$$

Dialogar y liderar en torno al concepto básico de humanidad y con humanidad facilita el diálogo y la colaboración. Felicidades Dolly

Hi Lolly,

One of the challenges I believe business is facing today is the transition into a new workforce – Generation Y.

This group of workers is unlike any other industry has seen. For example, they are the most educated of all the groups. Furthermore, this generation expects more from their organizations – all the values you mention above for one.

Unlike my generation (Baby Boomers) Generation Y will quickly look elsewhere if their needs are not met. As you write, If we don’t recognize the importance of these values, we will not have anyone to lead.

I once asked a retired banker, who also practiced contemplative prayer, how his practice of contemplative prayer changed his approach to business and managing. His answer, “It made the workplace more humane…it made me more humane.” I think centering prayer, contemplative prayer, meditation is a great entryway into what you have written..thanks for your words.

Brilliant article Lolly! I just talked to a leader last week who said his expectation for his leaders for each year was the following: Do whatever it takes to make this the very best year of each of your people’s lives professionally, personally, and spiritually. This request and expectation would never be accomplished if the leader was not focused on the humanity issues that you mention. Awesome! Thanks so much for all you do in advancing key leadership principles.

“Gone soon will be the days of power, control, secrecy and silos”

I have been thinking about that recently as I seek to connect personally with the people who choose to follow me. Not sure what Silos means 🙂 but power control and secrecy are definitely becoming things of the past as social media becomes even more prominent.

There is no longer space for secrecy about reality. I love it. Gurus become part of the past because people connect with people and want to be lead by people they can truly relate to, not people who want to pretend things are more perfect than they are, who seek to control without loving.

Great post.

This is amazing quote “The genius of leadership is its humanness and heart”.

Humanity (human/people) is main aspect for business, cause the business (company) start form Man (human), Machine, Method, Material, and the last is Money.

Leadership without humanity and heart will only create dictator and chaos. In business will be possible to be lost, cause paradigm is drifting, this not only about win or lose, but how we growth together. Since I change to be WE, there only remain to survive is interdependence, it’s mean there should be partnership is based on heart. How we do (sell) by heart. Profit not just COGM $1000 and COGS 1250, but how they satisfied, when they satisfied then we gain profit.

Leadership is how we build the bridge, not wall.

When Industrial Revolution to be proclaimed, conscious or not, willing or not, accept or refuse we create human become machine, but Industrial Psychology try to make it balance between machine and man job.

When human needs is fulfilled (recognition, openness, acceptance, respect, etc.), how hard the situation I still believe it will survive.

And “cool” business now is involving Social aspect within Profit, that’s it.

Thanks for sharing inspiring and persuasive article.

Lolly – Thank you for sharing your heart wisdom and for inspiring so many of us who joyfully walk the leadership path. The new gold-standard of leadership excellence is our ability to forge meaningful relationships through human connection. Your brilliant post shows us the way.

With gratitude,
Dave

Lolly!
Congratulation on flashing a wonderful post.
Oozing out from the heart is more deeply rooted.
Leadership ~ Heart ~ People
Is the magical connectivity you have dreamed.
Blessed you are, and God may bless you more!

Congratulation Lolly!!!!
I’m so impressive about this.
I’m a teacher of peaceful character education and after going through your website I realize that we are almost on the same way.
Here’s our website where you can see everything we do. http://www.peacefulcharacter.org
After going through you can tell me what you think.
Thanks very much and wish you. all the best…..

Lovely Lolly!
I loved the article.. its just huge. and heart weight concept.. sometimes it feels heavy when we realize the fact of humanity. Sometimes it feels guilty too when we realize we are not in that right path. Yes its true.. “Each/Every person deserves to be valued”

Words are like just medicine.. if we take it in a right way it will help us to heal.. if we take it in a wrong way, then it has a power to kill.. such a powerful thing. which you have a power of word. Keep on inspiring us. you are such a great mentor & leader.. God Bless You.. You Born With Purpose..

Lolly, I just discovered your blog. Love your writing style and the great way you incorporate tweet this quotes!

Thanks for sharing this.

Lolly, as ever you define and embody heart to heart communication. And while the brain defines us as different, it is the heart that makes the difference human.

Heartfelt thanks for my regular dose of soulspiration!

David

Really enjoying your blog. Your posts help keep me honest and grounded as a leader, and validate that I’m on the right track. Your work is helping so many! Thank you.

Human sustainability is what we need to drive sustainable growth….. Human sustainability is possible through genuine leadership, Lolly keep us honest on human sustainability….

Nice, great Article. indeed!

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I like the the “idea ” of universel principles based upon what comes from the heart. Fill your heart with good things or principles . This will effect your actions. . Great article Lolly Daskal!