Leadership is not an easy endeavor. Because it involves other people makes it one of the hardest aspects of growing your company. I often get asked for the most crucial skill for a leader. After years of building my own companies and helping others to grow, I feel like empathetic leadership is the most crucial skill. The art of empathetic leadership provides the connection that your people crave as they are working the day-to-day. My guest today is Samantha Barnes, Founder, and CEO of Raddish Kids. His company was ranked #362 in the 2019 Inc 5000 list. Samantha shares her background as a middle school teacher that required massive amounts of empathetic leadership. We look at how that skill has benefited growing her company fast and through some significant strategic pivots. Discover how to embrace empathetic leadership in today's interview. Get the show notes for Embracing Empathetic Leadership with Samantha Barnes with Raddish Kids Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Samantha Barnes with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/SamanthaBarnes #EmpatheticLeadership #Leadership #GHepisode523 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!