Having empathy doesn’t mean you don’t have boundaries.   Yes, I know that’s a double negative, but stick with me here. I hear so many leaders bemoaning the fact that they’re ‘too nice’: they ‘re overaccommodating, avoiding difficult conversations, handing out praise to everyone for no reason, and in the process,

Most of the time, people don’t decide to quit all in one day.  Sure, there are times when it’s awful enough that this does happen (I’ve done it), but usually there are signs.  Organizations are losing their people weeks, sometimes months or years earlier, and just aren’t paying attention. It