Transform Your Organization –
Get Your Compassionate Leadership Certification

Hundreds of leaders from around the world have taken our Compassionate Leadership Certification programs over the last few years. We’re happy to report that nine out of ten alumni surveyed said they’d recommend this course to others.*


Our 8-Week Online Certification Can Help You Transform Your Organization

Even though they were already committed to bringing the principles of compassionate leadership to their organizations before they took our course… 70% of our program alumni report witnessing changes on the organizational level since attending training.*

The evidence-based organizational benefits of compassionate leadership offer proven outcomes:

  • Stronger Organizational Resilience

  • Improved Employee Engagement and Retention

  • Richer Creativity and Innovation

  • More Effective Collaboration

  • Accelerated Learning and Agility

  • Improved Financial Performance

  • Clarity of Mission, Purpose and Values

  • Improved Service Quality

  • Improved Clinical Patient Outcomes in Healthcare

The benefits for individual leaders from compassion training are also powerful:

  • Improved self-compassion

  • Improved compassion for others

  • Improved compassion at work

  • Greater connection to others

  • Increased motivation and personal growth

  • Reduced stress, anxiety, and overwhelm

  • Increased resilience

  • Improved self-acceptance and confidence

The Compassionate Leadership Certification program runs 8 weeks, with one 90-minute session per week and one 1-hour long optional weekly discussion session. There are two cohorts, one for leaders in all disciplines and one specifically targeted for global health leaders. Our Compassionate Leadership in Global Health Certification runs on Tuesdays beginning 2/14/23, and our Compassionate Leadership Certification Program runs on Wednesdays beginning 2/15/23.

“Nothing short of life changing.”

Our programs are more than just their curricula... they are a shared experience that empowers everyone in our community, both professionally and personally.

“This course gave me so many insights into the true meaning of compassion and how to bring it actively into my everyday world…The interdisciplinary team presenting the course offer not only their academic expertise, but also their loving hearts into every session, which was palpable. This course is nothing short of life changing.”

– Marti Anderson
Auckland, New Zealand

Inspirational Faculty

The Compassionate Leadership Certifications are led by an interdisciplinary team that includes our Executive Director Laura Berland and Chief Operating Officer Evan Harrel, who leads the Center’s thought leadership efforts and the development and delivery of the Center’s leadership training programs.

Kenya Casey, MSW, serves as senior faculty for the Center for Compassionate Leadership’s Certification programs. Ms. Casey is the Director of Global Safety and Security for Emory University, having previously served as senior associate director of Overseas Operations for The Carter Center Health Programs for 7 years

Additionally, our Global Health Certification Course faculty includes David Addiss, MD, MPH, a leader in the field of compassion in global health. He is currently the director of the Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics at the Task Force for Global Health. In addition, he is the founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Global Health.

Watch Our Informational Webinar

The best way to decide whether you would benefit from our Compassionate Leadership Certification is to watch our informational webinar.

Ready to Apply?

“This seminar gave me the personal and professional tools to believe in the possibility
of transformational change, and then to dare take the first steps.”

– Ann DeGregorio GardnerNew York, USA

At the Center for Compassionate Leadership, we have built an experiential training framework to spark meaningful, compassionate shifts in your life and your organizations. We invite you to join us and a remarkable peer group of global compassionate change-makers for an impactful learning journey.

If you’re ready, apply for the Compassionate Leadership Certification Program here, and the Compassionate Leadership in Global Health Certification here.

*Results of independent research conducted by educational evaluators at Claremont Graduate University, July 2022.