Center for Compassionate Leadership

Are you feeling the call to lead with heart and humanity during these unprecedented times? What will it take to reimagine outdated, unsustainable systems that are breaking apart right in front of us? If you are passionate and ready to lead this movement, join us for our next global cohort of Compassionate Leadership Teacher Training. Learn the evidence-based tools, practices, and principles that will equip you to train and inspire leaders and changemakers to create lasting shifts. It’s time to bring our innate wisdom and the power of compassion to the forefront of leadership so that individuals, organizations, and systems can thrive. Lead Faculty: Laura Berland, Evan Harrel, Burrell Poe, Monica Worline. This program begins with our opening retreat May 6-9, 2025. Applications submitted before February 28, 2025 receive a $750 early bird discount. Find out more and apply now: https://lnkd.in/eWerXVPh #compassionateleadership #teachertraining #compassionateleadershiptraining #education #leadershipdevelopment

#WednesdayWisdom for these chaotic times, from Joan Halifax.

#WednesdayWisdom: "In a world where employees are seeking purpose and connection, human-centric leadership stands out as a beacon of hope. As more leaders adopt this approach, the future of work will undoubtedly become more compassionate, collaborative, and ultimately, more human." Read about the many benefits of compassionate leadership in this Fast Company article by NXTClean Fuels board director Lisa A. Holmes MSHR: https://lnkd.in/eQ2Y9bSP #compassionateleadership #compassionateconnections #EmotionalIntelligenceAwarenessMonth

#MentalHealthMonday: The wisdom is in the room! Honored to deliver a workshop on Resilience and Compassionate Leadership at the recent The REAL Summit on mental health at Deutsche Bank HQ in NYC. Wonderful to facilitate authentic conversation, deep engagement, and an honest dose of vulnerability. Thank you Shawn Lesser, Heather Kelly, and Justine Mana (N.) for creating The Real Summit and the invitation to contribute to its visionary mental health agenda. And many thanks to those bringing their wisdom to the workshop including Cristina Poindexter, Paul Peters, Joe Brizi, Anastasiya Kulygin, Amy Holmes, Chris Maher, Evis Pustina, Beth Sirull, Lisa DiStefano, Julia Balandina Jaquier, Sofie-Anne Heyse. #MentalHealthAwareness #CompassionateLeadership #Resilience

We invite you to join leaders from education, healthcare, finance, technology, media, government, agriculture, international development, consulting, coaching, and HR as we build a more compassionate future together. Our 3-week training program will build your compassion from the inside out and connect you with a powerful global peer community for ongoing growth, inspiration, and support. 90% of alumni said that they would recommend the course to their friends and colleagues. Lead Faculty: Laura Berland, Evan Harrel, and Burrell Poe. Our next cohort starts on January 30, 2025 and serves as prerequisite for our 2025 Compassionate Leadership Teacher Training. Super Early Bird Discount is available through Nov. 30, 2024 – Join us: https://lnkd.in/ePezJAYN #compassionateleadershiptraining #leadershipdevelopment #leadershipdevelopmentplan

#MentalHealthMonday: "Work-life balance is a tricky line to tread—especially in today's age of midnight emails and working from home—but it is possible. The recovery process can be lengthy, involving a lot of self-care, rest, and reflection, but on the other side of burnout, regaining peace and joy in your life is well worth it." In this mindbodygreen.com article, Sarah Regan cites self-compassion experts like Dr. Kristin Neff, lists signs that indicate you may be experiencing burnout, and provides recommendations for recovery: https://lnkd.in/gs_Vpbf3 #burnout #compassionaterecovery #selfcompassion #worklifebalance

#SundayReads: "Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), front-line nurses have faced not only daily work stress but also a high risk of infection and excessive workload, leading to unsatisfactory professional quality of life... Our study suggests that self-compassion and benefit-finding partially mediated the association between work stress and professional quality of life in Chinese nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic." Read the research report in Springer Nature’s journal BMC Public Health by Zhaozhao Hui, Caihua Wang, Wenjin Han, Tianmeng Wang, Xiaoqin Wang, Mao Ma and Xiaohong Liu of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Jiaru Sun of Xi’an Vocational and Technical College, Jing Li of Xi’an Medical University, Yuhui Fan of Xi’an Gaoxin Hospital, Wenjing Wu of Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital, Niuniu Sun of Henan University of Science and Technology, Zhenxiang Zhang of Zhengzhou University, and Fang Liang of Xianyang First People’s Hospital: https://lnkd.in/ga5d2uSw #selfcompassion #lifequality #compassionatehealthcare

#SundayReads: "There is a high probability of compassion fatigue occurring in helping professionals who work with traumatized clients or patients. Several instruments exist for measuring compassion fatigue, but all of them have methodological flaws." In pre-published research in Frontiers in Public Health, Júlia Halamová, Martin Kanovsky, Katarina Krizova, Bronislava Strnádelová, and Martina Baránková of Comenius University in Bratislava / Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave in Slovakia and Charles Figley of Tulane University propose improvements to the Compassion Satisfaction/Fatigue Self-Test for Helpers. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gJKJYXUf #compassionfatigue #compassionsatisfaction #compassionresearch

FREE ONLINE EVENT: Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 2:00-3:00pm ET – University of Minnesota Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing presents, “How to Move from Conflict to Convergence with Mariah Levison and Robert Fersh.” The webinar will focus on a new book, “From Conflict to Convergence: Coming Together to Solve Tough Problems” by Mariah Levison and Rob Fersh of the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution. This story-driven book is based largely on the authors’ direct experience of more than two decades each working to address intractable issues of public concern at the national, state and local levels. The webinar is intended to inspire and equip participants to become effective collaborative problem-solvers in their personal, professional, community, and public lives. A key focus of the webinar will be the mindsets that not only make us more likely to collaborate rather than clash over our disagreements, but also make us more successful in doing so. The webinar will also reinforce the value of preparing our own “inner selves” for success in collaborative problem-solving. This starts with finding ways to be as centered as possible, focused on listening well, and having the capacity not to be overly reactive to people and ideas we find disagreeable. Learning objectives: - Understanding the potential of collaborative problem-solving to address tough issues in a manner that provides mutual gains while building lasting relationships of trust. - Understanding the fundamentals of how to problem-solve collaboratively on a wide range of issues and conflicts participants encounter in their private and public lives. - Gaining an understanding of how collaborative problem-solving, if taken to scale, can contribute to healing divides and creating a less contentious society. Register: https://lnkd.in/gxhndsnd #collaborativemindset #problemsolving #compassionateworkplace #compassioninaction #compassionateleadership

Practice Matters: Wrap in Compassion The moments of life dart by. Sometimes they happen without much notice, and occasionally there are moments fueled by intention and awareness. What’s the difference? Everything, and nothing. Moments are moments are moments. That we know. We also know that entering each moment with intention can make all the difference about the quality of this moment, and each subsequent moment – how we feel, our thoughts, our relationships, and our actions. The essence of a compassionate life is to approach each moment, each choice point, with an intention toward compassionate action. That might be as simple as being intentional when we greet one another, or how we speak to a colleague or family member. Bringing compassionate intention to each moment doesn’t take any more time or effort. But it does take practice. Then we can show up with the awareness of compassionate intention and let that flow throughout each and every day. When can we practice? Always! If you'd like to explore additional Practice Matters, you can find them here: https://lnkd.in/dwuD7Fp #saturdaymotivation #practicematters #compassionateleadership #compassionateaction #compassionateintention