How to be both kind and authoritative?
Authoritative in the sense that other people don't wipe their feet on you, taking kindness for weakness. For example: if there is an outcast in the team, then all the other members of society beat him up, scold him, etc., and if you do not help them in this, then you will also be considered a sucker. Is it possible to find a compromise in such situations, so as not to be a freak and a sucker?
My sincere belief is yes, of course!
A reasonable one.
Under kindness I understand – constructive, creative actions aimed at supporting and helping others. Most often, kindness is manifested in the predominance of positive sthenic emotional reactions: joy, faith, optimism, hope, satisfaction.
Authority, in my understanding, is a status in society, an influence on other people due to a well-deserved high respect.
Thus, caring for people successful joint actions and good positive actions, well-built interaction aimed at obtaining high joint results lead to an increase in your credibility, with a completely good relationship. Which is just unrealistic, in my opinion, with an evil (destructive, negative, hard-manipulative) approach to people. Interesting and unusual information about this is written here and here.