There is a myth in business that compassion is secondary to the serious work of producing results. Leaders in financial services offer a different perspective: compassion can strengthen performance, deepen client relationships, and help us consider the wider consequences of our decisions. Compassion is good business.

The Women’s Global Compassion Gathering on March 28 welcomed participants from forty-one different countries around the world. Presentations from Kenya Casey, of The Carter Center, Liz Grant of the University of Edinburgh, and Monica Worline of Stanford University were interspersed with time for community reflection, sharing intentions and poetry, and restoration.