“Connect with empathy?” “Lead with compassion?” But I need tasks done!

Saw that headline above on Harvard Business Review this morning. Only started to read the article a bit, then gagged, then urinated myself laughing. How many leaders are capable of doing these two things? Maybe 10 percent as a ceiling? “Lead with compassion?” Leaders by and large don’t give a shit about that. They have boxes to check and tasks they need done, and their…