Feb. 24, 2026

Kindness Is the New Power: Rethinking Leadership in a World Tired of Burnout with Graham Allcott

Kindness Is the New Power: Rethinking Leadership in a World Tired of Burnout with Graham Allcott
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Season 5

We are living in a moment where success looks polished on the outside… but inside, many leaders feel quietly exhausted.

Disconnected.

Successfully stuck.

In this powerful and timely conversation, Lisa McGuire sits down with Graham Allcott, bestselling author of Kind: The Quiet Power of Kindness at Work and How to Be a Productivity Ninja, and founder of Think Productive. Together, we explore why kindness is no longer a “soft skill." It’s a strategic advantage.

If you’ve ever felt the tension between performance and humanity…
If you’ve wondered whether productivity culture is feeding an unworthiness epidemic…
If you sense leadership must evolve, but you’re not sure how…

This episode is your wake-up call.

Kindness is not the opposite of high performance.
It is the foundation of it.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Kindness is a strategic advantage. It’s not weakness.

  • Self-kindness is the foundation of leadership.

  • Scarcity thinking (“I’m not enough”) drives hustle culture.

  • Empathy is neuroplastic. It can be learned and strengthened.

  • The biggest source of accidental unkindness is busyness.

  • Truth delivered with grace is real leadership.

  • Trust eliminates friction and fuels innovation.

  • Leadership is about how things operate when you're not in the room.

  • Self-care isn’t selfish. It’s generous.

CONNECT WITH GRAHAM

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamallcott/

WEBSITE: https://www.grahamallcott.com/

BOOKS BY GRAHAM ALLCOTT:

  • KIND: THE QUIET POWER OF KINDNESS AT WORK:
  • THE PRODUCTIVITY NINJA

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