I was on a panel discussion at SOBCON2010 and ran into Steve Farber, who was speaking there. He talked about leadership and the importance of LOVE. When I talk to leaders and managers, I also mention the word LOVE. We recently got on the phone to chat about this on my podcast and you can listen to that here.

What is leadership love? It’s what we are sharing when we show employees, peers, managers, and others about what matters to us – what we are passionate about, why we love our business, and what about our work we are committed to.

As we mention on the podcast, all leaders can and should show love. Extrovert, introvert, verbose, or reserved. People commit to people, not enterprises. Employees feel connection to leaders, not missions.