Leading with Empathy with Jimmy Burroughes

In today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked, Eric speaks with Jimmy Burroughes, a consultant and leadership executive advisor who works with organizations to help them build high-performance cultures. He focuses on the human side of development, which boils down to helping leaders build trust, connection, and clarity of purpose with their teams. Jimmy is also a nomadic globetrotter who’s spent the last 40+ years on a journey of exploration and has visited 69 counties. His home base is in Mexico.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

1. Jimmy’s version of a high-performance culture and how that applies to new managers.
2. What leaders often get wrong and why it’s difficult to let go of being a high-performing individual contributor.
3. Two common challenges managers face and how they can address them head-on.
4. The three consequences of getting the concept of high-performance culture wrong.
5. Why Jimmy says new managers have to establish trust with their teams and his seven-point framework for doing that.
6. The role of empathy in management and how it differs from sympathy.
7. His responses to Eric’s lightning round questions.

Connect with Jimmy Burroughes:

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Website

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