Human love, in its purest form, is quite simply making your whole self available to the growth of another human. In order to notice the human needs of another, you must first notice and acknowledge the human need in your self; in other words make yourself available to be loved and love yourself.
Loving has nothing to do with being "hard" or "soft", "weak" or "strong". Nor is it connected with giving everything away, including your wealth or your power, although we often make up that it is. We can still be hard on someone yet see them kindly and want for them their biggest, most beautiful self. The impact and eventual outcome of such an interaction is affected by the way the one sees the other and by how the other feels seen, mutually.
It takes courage to love; courage to BE different. To love is a radical act. To love is to invest, where the risk is insignificant in reality, if not in your imagination; the cost is only in terms of your fear of losing control, and the yield is very high. Increasing staff and client retention challenges and issues of loyalty and sickness all tell me there is a strong case for love in business. If you think your organisation is slow to adapt or seems timid or ossified, there is a strong case for seeding love there. Being a leader in these cases is about being the first to break the mold, the first to BE out-of-the-box, the first to create movement.
YOU and I are both responsible: lead by example.
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