Decentralised decision-making needs a new leadership model
Empathy is the master leadership skill. Throughout her career, Sophie Wade has been confronted with cultural norms, beliefs and behaviours that have literally caused her to stop and think. From rigid European workdays to Asian social habits and the American can-do spirit, she became an expert assimilator and realised that empathy was the key to unlocking understanding of all these different ways of working and living. Sophie now uses that empathy-based approach to help organisations evolve their leadership and workforces to be fit and flexible for the future. In this episode Sophie shares why empathy is vital in multi-generational teams and how curiosity can help with navigating complexity.
Why you should listen: a leadership perspective on what drives Gen Z
Corporate cultures of the future will thrive with empowerment and empathy
We explore leadership principles for the future of work
Cultivating a curious leadership mindset
Team development strategies based around empathy
Flexible leadership frameworks are the way forward
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About Sophie Wade:
Work Futurist, Sophie Wade, talks about empathy as the master leadership skill.
Sophie Wade is a speaker, author and authority on Future-of-Work issues. She has held senior management, strategy and finance roles around the world—in Asia, Europe and the U.S.—working in media, technology, and venture capital for companies such as IMG and Yahoo. With a strategy and finance focus for her first career, she assisted entrepreneurs and major corporations identify, develop and execute strategic initiatives, build teams and ventures and create partnerships.
Sophie's latest book is Empathy Works: The Key to Competitive Advantage in the New Era of Work
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About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.