This year has truly been one to demonstrate the importance of compassionate leadership. As we look back, 2020 was a year that never stopped demanding that leaders respond with greater compassion. We’ve chosen the essential blog posts to help you gain a better understanding of compassionate leadership and how to operationalize it so that your organization embraces a compassionate culture.
While 2020 will undoubtedly live in history as a year that people will want to put behind them, these five books each offer wisdom that we will want to keep with us and take forward into 2021. Give yourself the opportunity to enjoy these books and deepen your appreciation for, and practices around, compassionate leadership.
This chaotic moment in history presents a golden opportunity to bring compassionate leadership into your organization. For courageous leaders ready to develop their own compassionate leadership capacities, this is the second of three posts offering a roadmap to developing these skills. This week we talk about the four dimensions to develop greater organizational compassionate cultures.
The urgency for compassionate leadership in this world is stronger than ever. For those interested in developing their own compassionate leadership capacities, we offer a roadmap to developing these skills over the next three weeks. This week’s post covers four dimensions of individual compassionate leadership, and will be followed by posts on organizational dimensions, and the tools to use to develop your skills.
Hearing is one of our five basic senses: we perceive an external sound via our ears. To listen, however, requires our attention. This practice helps us listen with presence, which is becoming a lost art in the backdrop of constant distractions, disconnection, and discontent. We offer this brief exercise to reignite our listening skills, crucial to effectively connect with others.
Elections are by their nature divisive. Each vote is an act of distinguishing, categorizing, and separating. As compassionate citizens and leaders, we don’t have to see the entire world through this dualistic lens. We each have the power to choose reconnection and reconciliation. Use these four approaches to constructing a more cooperative, compassionate world after the election.
Every time you meet another person, you have an opportunity right from the start to influence the flow of your relationship. A positive greeting can quickly jumpstart an environment of flourishing. These three principles will help you establish as positive a relationship as possible from the first hello, wave, or elbow bump.
What is compassionate leadership? It certainly includes both compassion and leadership, with compassion playing a primary role. It is responsive to suffering when it arises, and creates a culture that promotes employee flourishing to prevent the creation of suffering where possible. And, most of all, it is just what the world needs today. Read our definition here.
