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Compassionate Leadership Practice Series: Lovingkindness

Compassionate Leadership Practice Series: Lovingkindness

Lovingkindness is a core practice for developing Compassionate Leadership. It’s foundational for developing a compassionate stance toward ourselves, toward people we like and also those we dislike, and for the greater whole of all beings.

Your Roadmap for Compassionate Leadership, Part 3

Your Roadmap for Compassionate Leadership, Part 3

In this third post in our series on creating your own compassionate leadership roadmap, we turn from the dimensions of individual compassionate leadership and organizational compassionate cultures covered in weeks one and two to the tools and levers to use to build and implement your action plan.

Compassionate Leadership Practice Series: Interconnected

Compassionate Leadership Practice Series: Interconnected

This exercise is designed to help us remember that we are connected to everyone and everything. When we do that, it becomes easier to relate, respect, and trust others. Recognizing our shared human experience with others leads us to deeper places of cooperation, collaboration, and connection. It helps us break through the isolation and loneliness that are rampant in today’s fast-paced society.

Compassionate Leadership Practice Series: Note to a Dear Friend, a Self-Compassion Exercise

Compassionate Leadership Practice Series: Note to a Dear Friend, a Self-Compassion Exercise

How kind is that voice in your head, toward YOU? When you make a mistake, or are struggling in a situation, or something really tough is happening in your life, how do you speak to yourself? Whether you are new to compassion practices or an experienced practitioner, this is a short, simple, effective exercise that will offer you new awareness and a path towards self-kindness.

Compassionate Leadership Practice Series: Ready, Set, Go – A Compassion Reset

Compassionate Leadership Practice Series: Ready, Set, Go – A Compassion Reset

Did you ever wish you had a reset button to change your mood or create an open mindset? Discover this simple, effective tool that anyone can use, whether you are new to compassion practices or an experienced practitioner. This personal reset practice is patterned after a practice doctors and nurses rely on during the very brief time available moving from patient to patient.

Compassionate Leadership Practice Series: Just Like Me

Compassionate Leadership Practice Series: Just Like Me

In these turbulent times many factors can cause us to feel separate from others. The separation can be initiated by differences in identity or by people’s behavior. The cause can be conscious or it can be unconscious. Yet, there is a more compassionate approach to dealing with these challenges, an approach that will help bring us together instead of drive us apart. Try the simple practice of Just Like Me to experience a more compassionate response.