Bad news, leaders are often the ones who make the rules that prevent kindness.

Good news, leaders are also the ones who can change the rules.

In this episode, how leadership and results improve when kindness is at the center of our work.

This is coaching for leaders episode 693.

Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.

Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born. They're made. And this weekly show helps you discover leadership wisdom through

insightful conversations. The chief value in our home is kindness. It's also

the chief value in our business.

And so when I came across today's guest and his work in his book,

I knew right away, it was a book that I would learn a lot from

and also would want to share with so many of you.

I'm so pleased to welcome James Re.

He is a former high school teacher and Harvard Law School graduate

who became a private equity investor and unexpectedly an acclaimed CEO.

He bridges math with emotions by marrying capital with purpose

while composing systems that bridge peoples, disciplines, and ideas.

He is the author of Red Helicopter, lead change with kindness plus a little math.

James, what a pleasure to have you on.

Hey Dave, thanks for having me and hello everyone. I loved this book and I think

we'll probably get into why you wrote it because it's it's really key to the story. And part of the story you share in this book is the story of your parents,

and you talk about both of them extensively, and you write about your mom, and I'm quoting you,

for my entire life, starting when I was a child, I saw my mom as vulnerable and isolated, kept back by her poor grasp of English.

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