Kindness doesn't mean staying silent: the courage to speak up is what sets a true manager apart.
Discover the 3 key forms of courage behind managers who successfully balance performance and well-being in their team: the courage to be truthful and authentic, to collaborate, and to innovate.
20 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
You will walk away with
- the manager's first 3 forms of courage: truth, collaboration, innovation
- a welcome clarification: kindness doesn't rule out firmness
- ideas for sharing your leadership on the ground, beyond the manager's chair
Target audience
Any manager looking to promote a model of collaboration that inspires boldness, agility, and ownership
Learning objectives
- Develop the courage to be truthful and authentic with your teams, to earn their trust and make it contagious.
- Stop confusing kindness with a lack of courage: dare to be firm when it's needed.
- Develop the courage to collaborate by stepping out of the manager's chair to share leadership on the ground, especially when the future is so unpredictable.
- Build the courage to innovate and step outside your comfort zone by proposing, pitching, and testing new ideas as part of continuous improvement.
Module outline
- Articles
- A LinkedIn post by Nolwenn Bernache-Asoolant on kindness and courage
- Telling kindness apart from a lack of courage
- The qualities of a courageous leader
- Expert video“Managerial Courage - Part 1”9'06The 3 major types of managerial courage: the courage to be truthful, the courage to collaborate, and the courage to innovate
- AnchoringA quiz and True/False questions to explore the topic further and anchor what you've learned
- Memo cardA downloadable memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
- BonusA selection of videos to go further (TED, YouTube)



