Maxwell Leadership Executive Podcast #373: The Empathetically Driven Leader
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Dec 4, 2025 Explore what it means to be an empathetically driven leader, balancing care with accountability. Discover how empathy can combat burnout and enhance team engagement. Learn actionable behaviors that leaders can adopt to demonstrate empathy and foster psychological safety. The discussion emphasizes the importance of sharing personal failures, avoiding double standards, and inviting diverse voices. Ultimately, it highlights the need to combine empathy with drive for meaningful connections and lasting results.
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Empathy + Drive Equals Transformational Leadership
- Combining empathy (care) with drive (results) produces transformational leadership and far higher effectiveness.
- Only about 15% of leaders excel at both, yet they rank in the 91st percentile of effectiveness.
Empathy Drops As Leaders Climb
- Individual contributors tend to score higher in empathy while executives excel at drive.
- Losing empathy at the top threatens trust, engagement, and long-term organizational health.
Audit And Remove Double Standards
- Eliminate visible double standards by auditing your privileges and work habits regularly.
- Ask how your team would describe differences between their work experience and yours.