Leading with Love: Building a Better Future

Will the future of work be filled with more love?



When Felix Maradiaga was 12 years old, he was a political refugee from his home country of Nicaragua. Alone, without his family, he escaped the civil war there, swimming the Rio Grande river to enter the United States. With a foster family’s help, he became the man he is today — one who returned to his home country to create jobs and new sources renewable energy for Central America. He is currently Managing Director, Pioneer Capital Partners.





As you read his story, could you dedicate your life to love in the degree he has?




He believes that’s the only path to an amazing and wonderful future for all of us.






"In my leadership training for activists, I teach Authentic Leadership. When you try to learn from others and understand their perspective, then you become a more diverse, flexible and authentic leader."




Tap Into Your Emotions

"You need to use the power of your emotions to make decisions. The way we’ve been trained in business school is that leadership is a set of attributes in which compassion, love and the search for truth are not that relevant. That it’s better to speak well and have the ability to influence. One of the key challenges in being a leader is to feel comfortable with ourselves and know ourselves and use love and compassion as your inner energy in how you mobilize people.




"Be willing to be called a traitor to your own tribe in order to advance reconciliation with others."




Release Your Inner Mandela

"That does not come from hard skills. It comes from the search for the Inner Mandela within ourselves — serving those that may have done harm to us, we can find a great source of inner peace and faith. Also, our leadership grows to a higher level.




Leading With Love

"In my companies, I have to deal with people who put my family into prison, and tortured my family. If I was not leading from love, my perspective and history might get in the way of my ability to build consensus and to help others.




"This has a powerful implication for every industry. If we try to lead thinking that everything is a fierce competition and we have to destroy our competitors, that may hurt our creativity. When you are in a state of emotional flow — when you feel comfortable with your emotions — you are more creative. When your ability to inspire others is based on love, your power grows.




"Especially in the developed world, those in positions of authority do not feel comfortable using their positive emotions. In using love as a force to mobilize others."


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