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What is Compassion?

What is Compassion?

Compassionate leadership starts with compassion. While we may not hear compassion much in organizational settings, it is a necessity for the success of leaders, their organizations, and the world. So, let’s explore: What is compassion?

There is Always Time For Compassionate Leadership

There is Always Time For Compassionate Leadership

In surveys of participants in our Compassionate Leadership and Resilience Training program, the number one hurdle to leading more compassionately is shown to be “excess demands on my time.” Where will more time come from to learn to lead compassionately? The process for growing compassion is different from that for growing other skills. You can start growing your compassion today.

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.

We Are All Just Human

We Are All Just Human

In one unexpected fell swoop, the boundaries between work and home came tumbling down. Now that this genie is out of the bottle, what will we do with it?

Can Customer-Focused Brands Teach Healthcare Anything About Compassion?

Can Customer-Focused Brands Teach Healthcare Anything About Compassion?

The need for compassion is almost universally recognized in healthcare, but there is a “disconnect” between recognizing that need and meeting it. As we learned at the 2019 Compassion in Action Healthcare Conference, applicable best practices are all around us – in customer-focused brands like Starbucks, Nordstrom, and the Boston Red Sox.