HBR Live Webinar: Compassionate LeadershipHBR Live Webinar: Compassionate Leadership

Companies strive to create more connected and caring workplaces where people can thrive and do their best work. But every day leaders need to make decisions that impact people’s lives. They have to cancel projects, manage unpopular changes – and sometimes let people know they no longer have a job.

How do leaders do the hard things that come with the responsibility of leadership, while remaining a good person and bringing out the best in other people?

In their new book, Compassionate Leadership the Potential Project’s Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter marshal research from thousands of leaders, employees, and companies in nearly a hundred countries. They reveal that being hard and being human are not mutually exclusive. Indeed, the most successful leaders – and those most valued by their employees – have mastered the ‘wise compassion’ that balances concern for their people with the courage and candor to get hard things done.

On 1st February, Rasmus will share how we can approach our own roles with care and compassion even in the face of the pressures and stresses of daily work.

This event is for any leader trying to balance what it takes to be strong and effective with compassionate caring for their people – I hope you can join us!

Rasmus Hougaard is the founder and Managing Director of Potential Project, the global leader in customized leadership and organizational training programs based on mindfulness. Potential Project works with Fortune500 companies in thirty countries across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, including clients such as Accenture, Nike, American Express, Microsoft, and Sony. Hougaard has been nominated by Thinkers50 as one of the eight leading leadership thinkers in the world as well as one of the emerging business thinkers most likely to shape the future of business.

Register to confirm your place. You will receive the online link to the event in your confirmation email.

The event is free to HBR subscribers and followers. Click here to learn more about HBR and how to subscribe.

UK residents can also purchase a copy of Compassionate Leadership at the discounted price of £18.00 by choosing the webinar + book ticket option.