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> LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner calls his leadership style “compassionate management,” which he describes as “putting yourself in another person’s shoes and seeing t

> LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner calls his leadership style “compassionate management,” which he describes as “putting yourself in another person’s shoes and seeing the world through their lens or perspective,” and claims it is inspired by teachings of the Dalai Lama. It’s good corporate marketing but only skin thin: He’d still fire your ass in a millisecond if he needs to or wants to, regardless of your personal predicament.

coldtea 4y ago
Unless you're also willing to forego maximizing profits for this, it's just a BS for-show "putting yourself in another person's shoes".
soulofmischief 4y ago
Amazing. Weiner discovered the Golden Rule thought it was his own creation, repackaged it in corporatespeak. "Compassionate management" should be the norm, and I'm suspicious of anyone who considers their own brand of management to be special for adhering to such a principle I understand that Weiner has probably dealt with a lot of uncompassionate managers, but that should be treated as the exception to the definition of management and not the rule.
- prox 4y ago
  There is a practice called “warm capitalism” or some term like that and the essence is that you not go for the lowest bidder, but for the one having the best values (say most environmentally friendly) which in turn creates interest in being more environmentally friendly. But it could also be other values like social equality and so on.
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
For sure, that's what managers do; sometimes for good reason, but often it's just a numbers game. I've seen this a few times; companies live by their values, until it comes down to money, then it's "just business". It's the public marketing face, and plenty of people are happy to live under its delusion, only to be confronted with the hard truth when it's time for reorganizations.

coldtea 4y ago

Unless you're also willing to forego maximizing profits for this, it's just a BS for-show "putting yourself in another person's shoes".

soulofmischief 4y ago

Amazing. Weiner discovered the Golden Rule thought it was his own creation, repackaged it in corporatespeak. "Compassionate management" should be the norm, and I'm suspicious of anyone who considers their own brand of management to be special for adhering to such a principle I understand that Weiner has probably dealt with a lot of uncompassionate managers, but that should be treated as the exception to the definition of management and not the rule.

prox 4y ago
There is a practice called “warm capitalism” or some term like that and the essence is that you not go for the lowest bidder, but for the one having the best values (say most environmentally friendly) which in turn creates interest in being more environmentally friendly. But it could also be other values like social equality and so on.

Cthulhu_ 4y ago

For sure, that's what managers do; sometimes for good reason, but often it's just a numbers game. I've seen this a few times; companies live by their values, until it comes down to money, then it's "just business". It's the public marketing face, and plenty of people are happy to live under its delusion, only to be confronted with the hard truth when it's time for reorganizations.