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Jul 2023
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113: Stop Being Nice and Start Leading K...

Zach White
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What’s the difference between niceness and kindness? What is the solution to our current leadership crisis? How can you neutralize negative self-talk?

 

Listen now for these answers and more!

 

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In this episode, we look at leadership through a new lens. Leadership expert and award-winning author Karyn Ross is on a mission to help us create a kinder and better world.

 

If power-hungry leaders who play the game of corporate politics have ever rubbed you the wrong way, or if you feel the pain of toxic leadership at work in any way, you will want to hear what Karyn has to say about kindness.

 

Karyn believes that kind leadership is the answer to our global leadership crisis.

 

Most engineering leaders also struggle with being kind to themselves. I’ll show you a simple exercise to neutralize that negative self-talk.

 

An artist, TEDx speaker, internationally recognized coach, Karyn is the owner of Karyn Ross Consulting and The New School for Kind Leaders. She is also the Founder and President of The Love and Kindness Project Foundation, a registered public charity and grass-roots movement, spreading kindness person to person around the world.

 

So press play and let’s chat… I may not always be nice, but I promise to be kind!

 

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