Belonging is a fundamental human need that we all experience and recognize deeply, and is crucial for your employees’ individual well-being and for the effectiveness of your teams and organizations. Here are three compassionate leadership methods we recommend to build a stronger sense of belonging among your entire team.
Creating Environments of Connection
Is your team really a team? Or is it just a collection of individuals? It doesn’t matter how many skills you have represented in your working group, or how talented each member is. Unless they work as a cohesive unit, you will not achieve the maximum effectiveness of the group or enable each individual to realize their full potential. Here are three ways to get your team moving together.
The Middle Circle of the Center for Compassionate Leadership’s Model: Compassion for Others
The middle circle of the Center for Compassionate Leadership’s Model is where the rubber meets the road. While the inner circle – self-compassion – and the outer circle – compassion for the greater good – both provide a foundation for acting compassionately in the world, compassion for others is where we interact and live in the world.