In this episode, Bart is joined by Dr. Nate Regier to speak about his new book, Compassionate Accountability. Nate explains that kindness and high performance are not mutually exclusive but actually deeply interwoven. He explains how to
embrace the yes and mindset of compassionate accountability, and how to practice it day in and day out as an individual leader. He also explains how companies can institutionalize the concept to improve their culture. Whether you’re asking employees to return to the office, giving difficult performance feedback, or even making decisions about who should be in what role, Nate’s framework and new book will prove invaluable for inspirational leadership today.
Get Nate's book today at https://www.next-element.com/resources/books/compassionate-accountability-book/
00:28 Show intro
01:02 Welcoming Nate
01:56 Background to writing this book on compassion
02:23 Raised as a Mennonite
03:35 Story about first act of violence
04:48 The Narcissist
05:15 Corporate world journey
07:16 Founding Next Element
08:46 Journey of Compassion
08:57 Define compassion and accountability according to Nate
09:19 Compassion: Struggling with other people
10:18 Compassion is learnable and teachable
10:24 We are valuable - capable - responsible
11:30 Define accountability and responsibility
13:01 Self-compassion
13:18 business compassion
13:38 inclusion compassion
13:57 Pandemic effect on compassion
14:04 The pendulum of compassion
15:27 Pandemic divisions
15:51 Cancel culture
17:05 Compassion without accountability
17:43 Accountability without compassion
17:57 Command and control not working with younger employees
18:15 Examples of each
20:13 Accountability and Compassion are not at odds
21:44 Mindset matters
21:59 What is the compassion mindset?
22:19 What holds people back?
22:32 How people see themselves and others
23:02 Mindset is attitude and is a choice
25:10 Thought experiment about RTO
29:07 Three great places to start
29:38 1 Get over yourself and start being vulnerable
29:51 Burnout
30:28 2 Ask for help
31:11 3 Don't compromise on priorities
33:44 How to implement these on an organizational level
34:22 What's missing from a lot of leadership books
34:56 How to set behavior norms in an org
35:54 Performance management and reviews
37:36 Example of nurse manager
40:37 How to find out more about this
41:33 Thank yous
42:02 Outro