Why leaders should lead with empathetic pragmatism during difficult times
The modern workforce requires you to tap into both.
In recent weeks, we’ve seen high-profile workforce moves gone wrong and insensitive comments from former industry executives. Unfortunately for them, some of these comments have gone viral, adding to the long list of blunders by organizational leaders in the post-COVID era. (See for example, a former Sony executive’s blunt advice to laid-off workers in the gaming industry—“Go to the beach.”)