https://ericjacobsononmanagement.blogspot.com/2016/07/how-to-lead-by-using-10-elements-of.html

In their book, Millennials Who Manage, authors Chip Espinoza and Joel Schwarzbart, quote Donna Hicks‘s explanation about how dignity is different from respect.

• Dignity is different from respect in that it is not based on how people perform, what they can do for us, or their likability. Dignity is a feeling of inherent value and worth.

Therefore, Espinoza and Schwarzbart recommend that leaders treat those they are leading with dignity and follow Hick’s 10 Essential Elements of Dignity: