Leading With Love When You’ve Been Hurt
Leading with love is easier when things are going well. Budgetary requirements are being met. Employees are happy. It’s smooth sailing.
You won’t always lead in good times. There will be rocky days, months, and years.
Maybe the finances are no longer there. Perhaps a close colleague turned their back on you.
Leadership has times of extreme pain.
How do you lead through these times of hurt? How do you lead with love during the hurting times?
That’s a good question. We should be asking this question, so we know what to do when we get hurt.
Leading With Love When You’ve Been Hurt
I’m going to offer three ways you can lead with love when you’ve been hurt today. These are not going to be easy things to implement. Some of these are going to require you to fall on your sword or accept responsibility when you’re not the one at fault.