Sundar Pichai

Individualised Consideration

• Role model or guide and attends to worries (Ackoff, 1999)
• Shows compassion and respect and presents challenges (Bryant et al., 2011)
• One of the few that interacted with employees (Ghoshal, 2017)
• "As a leader, it is crucial to not only perceive your own accomplishment. But focus on the success of others" (Honan, 2016; Sharma, 2017)

Intellectual Stimulation

• Thinks outside the box and seeks opinions (Bass and Riggio, 2005)
• Inspire and promote innovation (Ackoff, 1999)
• "Simplicity Sprint" project (Elias, 2022)
• Higher productivity with higher staff employed (GlobalData, 2022)

Inspirational Motivation

• Engage and motivate peers
• Set expectations and express positivity (Avolio et al., 1991)
• Communicating with other outspoken and clever professionals (Honan, 2016)

Idealised Influence

• Express beliefs and maintain stances that encourage followers (Avolio et al., 1991)
• "Please take proper care of one another as you absorb this hard updates" (Bhaimiya, 2023)

Benefits & Drawbacks

Drawbacks

• Prioritizes long-term goals over short-term goals
• Requires continuous communication (Banks et al., 2016)
• Slows decision-making (Bycio et al., 1995)

Benefits

• Promotes Motivation (Odumeru & Ogbonna, 2013)
• Encourages professional development (Bryant et al., 2011)
• Clear vision and goal (Avolio et al., 1991).

Self-awareness

• Expresses real motivations, objectives, and principles, which provides them with perspectives to understand their individual qualities, capabilities, and vulnerabilities (Petan and Bocarnea, 2016; Gardner et al., 2021)
• Collaborate to overcome the crisis and suggest to work for fun rather than monetory benefits (Bhati, 2022)

Internalised Moral Perspective

• Integrate internal and external basic morals and ethics such as regard for others and justice (Petan and Bocarnea, 2016; Gardner et al., 2021)

• "I wanted to establish a sense of community" (Helft, 2016)

Balanced Information Processing

• Critically approaching all relevant data and advising other viewpoints prior to actually making a final decision (Petan and Bocarnea, 2016; Gardner et al., 2021)

• Establish an effective discussion with all members, ensuring that everyone in specific teams contributed significantly (Kolakowski, 2021)

Relational Transparency

• Upfront regarding their genuine emotions and thoughts to followers while encouraging an open discussion of ideas (Petan and Bocarnea, 2016; Gardner et al., 2021)
• Dedication to performing a significant enabling role in scaling up their ideas and reaching more customers (Livemint, 2021)

Benefits & Drawbacks

Drawbacks

• Inviting people to provide honest evaluation (Gardner et al., 2021)
• Might spark debate in the company and raise the likelihood of disagreement (Gruenfeld and Zander, 2011)

Benefits

• Growing in humility and self-awareness (Petan and Bocarnea, 2016)
• Feeling more at ease with one's own strengths and limitations (Antonakis et al., 2016)
• Increased motivation as a result of a better grasp of objectives (Friedman, 2008)

Benefits

The Benefits of a Compassionate Leader

• Increases staff retention and engagement (Fryer, 2013)
• Allows consumers to have excellent customer service experiences (Goetz et al., 2010)
• Increases productivity (Lilius et al., 2011)

Drawbacks

The Drawbacks of a Compassionate Leader

• Might be required to communicate certain terrible news or provide valuable criticism on occasion and might not always say what the group members would like to receive (Kulatunga, 2022)
• May try to gain an advantage from leader when too comfortable (Management Consulted, 2022)
• Could result in some group members' unethical behaviour being tolerated. (Hougaard et al., 2020)