Modern Leaders Must Display Empathy & Vulnerability
Empathy and role modeling vulnerability must be on the front page of every modern leader's playbook. Only when diverse perspectives are included, respected, and valued can we start to get a full picture of the world: who we serve, what they need, and we can successfully meet people where they are.
Daring leaders fight for the inclusion of all people, opinions, and perspectives because that makes us all better and stronger. That means having the courage to acknowledge our own privilege, and staying open to learning about our biases and blind spots. It is also listening, centering, and honoring stories that reflect experiences that are different from our own.
It is important as leaders, we must look for the humanity in everything we build. In my leadership role at Transhuman, I have strived to combine structure, science and lived experiance alongside using evidence-based principles, neuroscience frameworks by my CoFounder Dr Roy Sugarman for human approach. Check out our patents and products in mental health and EmotionAI.
Courage is listening, learning, unlearning, knowing when to lead, and knowing when to let others lead. If you're feeling left behind, now is the time to learn evidence based strategies and frameworks on how you can optimise these learnable and buildable skills in emotional intelligence.
by Amanda Johnstone
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About the author:
Amanda Johnstone is an altruistic pioneer whose inventions are directly playing a role in lowering the suicide rate globally. Her inspiring approach to the intersection of emotion, empathy, vulnerability and technology make her an exceptional leader and a captivating evangelist for the positive change toward mental wellbeing for all. Her passionate life purpose is to provide access to care for those who don’t feel they deserve a place in the world, by modeling vulnerability. Amanda has tailored both her personal and professional life to live this message with authenticity.
“She Lost Too Many Friends to Suicide, Now Her App is Saving Lives” - TIME
“There are few human experiences as unifying as the tragic and overwhelming grief of suicide, with not a single life having not been touched, in some way or another, by its devastating effects — be it among close friends and family, those you’ve merely met briefly or only heard of. For Amanda Johnstone, learning about suicide didn’t come from the periphery, but by experiencing first-hand what it was like to lose loved ones.
As a result of that personal experience, in 2004 Johnstone began a texting system with her friends that was a means of checking in each day, something she hoped would prevent having to grapple with yet another loss. Little did she know, that system would later become the catalyst for a first-of-its-kind mental health app that wouldn’t just prevent suicide nationally, but spark lasting change globally.”- Her Black Book
“Armed with influential thought-leadership skills and a tenacious drive to transform the role of technology, it is Amanda who is propelling the future wellbeing of the human race.” - The CEO Magazine
“Her impact extends beyond providing hope and lending voice to those that are voiceless, it closes the gaps for the most vulnerable among us." - Thrive
