A caring leader cares about the people and the outcomes. A caring leader moves beyond the surface and focuses on the development of the team and continuously improving. Bob DeKoch and Phil Clampitt join Kevin to discuss the caring leader. Caring leaders ask how they can help by removing barriers or discovering a plan of action, not doing the work. Their mindset shifts from who has the answer to how do we come up with a better outcome?

Key Points

Bob DeKoch and Phil Clampitt define shallow vs. deep caring. 

They discuss the connection between: caring and uncertainty, caring and collaboration, and caring and learning. 

They share how to turn pushback into progress.

Meet Bob and Phil

• Name: Bob DeKoch and Phil Clampitt 
• Their Story: Bob DeKoch and Philip Clampitt are the authors of Leading with Care in a Tough World: Beyond Servant Leadership. Bob is currently the founder of the leadership consulting firm, Limitless, www.lmtlss.biz. Rising to senior executive roles in numerous organizations, Bob has developed and put into practice the many teachings in his books. He has over four decades of experience across major market sectors: the construction services and real estate development business, the pulp and paper industry, the beverage industry, and the chemical industry. Phil (Ph.D., University of Kansas) is the Blair Endowed Chair of Communication at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. He was previously designated the Hendrickson Named Professor of Business. Phil has won numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship. His students started calling him “Dr. So What” because he asked, “So what?” so often, as a prod to encourage them to think about the implications of their ideas (see www.DrSoWhat.com). 
• Worth Mentioning: DeKoch and Clampitt have worked in a partnership for over thirty years. In addition to Leading with Care in a Tough World: Beyond Servant Leadership, they have co-authored Transforming Leaders into Progress Makers: Leadership for the 21st Century and Embracing Uncertainty: The Essence of Leadership. They have a passionate interest in helping others become successful leaders.

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Book Recommendations

Leading With Care in a Tough World: Beyond Servant Leadership by Phillip Clampitt and Bob DeKoch

Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

Resistance: The Underground War Against Hitler, 1939-1945 by Halik Kochanski

Story : Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee

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