Embrace compassionate leadership or face a post-pandemic reckoning
Malaria-induced bed rest gave Paul Hargreaves, author of The Fourth Bottom Line, food industry entrepreneur and B Corp advocate, a chance to really think about his purpose and impact on the world. Now he wants other businesses to do the same, through compassionate leadership that doesn’t sacrifice people or the planet in the name of profit.
Why you should listen: Leadership principles for a positive impact
Leadership empathy is the key to success
The imperative for corporate culture to care
A leadership model that achieves more by doing less
We explore the end of experts, the dawn of leadership empathy
Why ‘Being’ leadership is the way forward
Using ‘Love’ in your leadership language
Creating a corporate culture of fun and feelings
👉🏼 Want to share your experience? Ask a question? Share a resource? Jump on our podcast Facebook page here.
Shownotes:
About Paul Hargreaves:
Author, speaker and BCorp ambassador Paul Hargreaves shares his leadership principles for a positive impact
Paul Hargreaves is on a mission to help businesses make a positive difference in the world and reverse some of the injustices which are increasing year by year. He is the CEO of Cotswold Fayre, who supply retail outlets across the UK and Ireland with artisan food. Cotswold Fayre is one of the founding UK B Corporations – companies that meet the highest standards of overall social and environmental performance and in their recent recertification achieved one of the highest B Corp scores for FMCG companies in the UK.
As well as continuing as CEO of a rapidly growing business, Paul is a B Corp ambassador and professional speaker, who inspires and equips organisations of all sizes to find their purpose and do their part to create a better world. For years, Paul has also invested time and company resources into an orphanage and schools in Western Kenya, one of the poorest parts of the world. His first book Forces for Good was named Management Today’s second top ‘Business Book to Read in 2019’ and covers some of the changes UK businesses need to make in order to create a better world.
***
Related episodes on leadership principles:
183 Leadership principles with Promise Phelon
163 The best leadership principles work anywhere with Barnie Van Wyk
17 Leadership expert Zoë Routh talks to Carrie Leeson about compassion in leadership
***
About your host, Canberra leadership expert 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 staff 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.