Many leaders know compassion on a personal level: pausing to listen, offering support, extending care. This is leading WITH compassion. The next step is scaling it across the organization in order to lead FOR compassion. By shaping roles, routines, networks, and culture, organizations create the conditions for both people and performance to thrive.

Compassion in leadership is exactly what is needed in these challenging times. Trailblazing leaders already bringing this approach into their organizations see the positive impact and change, and at the same time recognize that the path is not easy. If we are to lead compassionately, we must first be willing to non-judgmentally acknowledge things as they are, not as we wish they would be.

Compassionate leadership has the power to create thriving workplaces with employees who flourish. So, what is it? At the Center for Compassionate Leadership, we define it as treating those you lead with compassion in all situations and creating a culture of compassion that supports the flourishing of everyone connected with that culture. Let’s explore further...