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Jacqueline Carter and Marissa Afton are senior partners at Potential Project, specializing in leadership development and organizational transformation.
Known for: Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way
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Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way
Compassionate Leadership explores how leaders can balance wisdom and compassion to create workplaces that are both high-performing and humane. Drawing on research from the Potential Project, the authors show that effective leadership requires courage, empathy, and mindfulness, offering practical tools for leading with humanity while achieving results.
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Balancing Results with Humanity
At the heart of compassionate leadership lies the balance between results and humanity. In the modern workplace, leaders often feel the pressure to choose one over the other. On one side is the drive for performance — quarterly goals, shareholder expectations, competitive advantage. On the other sid...
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Compassion and the Difference Between Empathy and Compassion
One of the biggest misunderstandings in leadership today is the confusion between empathy and compassion. While both are essential, they function differently. Empathy is feeling with someone — mirroring their emotions and understanding their perspective. Compassion goes a step further: it is feeling...
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About Marissa Afton
Jacqueline Carter and Marissa Afton are senior partners at Potential Project, specializing in leadership development and organizational transformation.
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