Leadershipamp10is hard. How can you balance compassion for your people with effectiveness inamp10getting the job doneA global pandemic economicamp10volatility natural disasters civil and political unrest. From New York toamp10Barcelona to Hong Kong it can feel as if the world as we know it is comingamp10apart. Through it all our human spirit is being tested. Now more than everamp10its imperative for leaders to demonstrate compassion.But inamp10hard times like these leaders need to make hard decisionsdeliveramp10negative feedback make difficult choices that disappoint people and in someamp10cases lay people off. How do you do the hard things that come with theamp10responsibility of leadership while remaining a good human being and bringingamp10out the best in others Most people think we have to make a binary choiceamp10between being a good human being and being a tough effective leader. But thisamp10is a false dichotomy. Being human and doing what needs to be done are notamp10mutually exclusive. In truth doing hard things and making difficult decisionsamp10is often the most compassionate thing to do.As founder andamp10CEO of Potential Project Rasmus Hougaard and his longtime coauthor Jacquelineamp10Carter show in this powerful practical book you must always balance caring foramp10your people with leadership wisdom and effectiveness. Using data from thousandsamp10of leaders employees and companies in nearly a hundred countries the authorsamp10find that when leaders bring the right balance of compassion and wisdom to theamp10job they foster much higher levels of employee engagement performanceamp10loyalty and wellbeing in their people.With rich examplesamp10from Netflix IKEA Unilever and many other global companies as well asamp10practical tools and advice for leaders and managers at any levelamp10Compassionate Leadership is your indispensable guide toamp10doing the hard work of leadership in a human way.