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Leadership Love: Learning to Lead With Care, Starting With Ourselves
Behaviour and Mindset in Leadership Sharon Smith Behaviour and Mindset in Leadership Sharon Smith

Leadership Love: Learning to Lead With Care, Starting With Ourselves

Leadership love often begins in a place we overlook. Ourselves. In the pressure to be capable, steady, and available for others, many leaders forget to extend the same care inward. This piece explores what it means to lead with compassion that does not dilute standards, starting with how we speak to ourselves, manage our energy, and respond under pressure. Because the way you lead others is always shaped by how you lead yourself.

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