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Compassionate Leadership – why it works

Compassionate Leadership – what is it? Compassionate leadership expresses, in words, feelings and actions, a concern for others and a desire for their well-being. Compassion opens and softens your heart. It nurtures, and brings out the best in others, who are, in turn, more likely to be patient, forgiving, and compassionate with you. They are also more likely to pay it forward. Compassion begets compassion. Compassion is based in the felt-sense o…

July 20, 2016 No Comments

Women in Leadership: Not Heard, Not Seen, Not Utilized

…inclusion: such as: – Transparent criteria for performance or inclusion in leadership, leadership development – Creating a culture that involves inclusion and acceptance – Personal Leadership and responsibility for one’s own limitations 1/4/2011 5:07 PM Wally Bock wrote: Thank you for that thoughtful comment, Dale. Your response and Laura’s are exactly the sort of comments I hoped we would get when I invited Anne to post. 1/4/2011 2:04 PM marion c…

January 18, 2011 2 Comments

Leadership Karma – how to make it positive

…m that time on, Arjun was happier and more relaxed. He was even performing better, although still not in line with his capabilities. Positive leadership intentions create positive leadership karma …

October 19, 2017 No Comments

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5 Ways Women Redefine Leadership

…to be seen as a process of leaders engaging and mobilizing the human needs and aspirations of followers, women will be more readily recognized as leaders and men will change their own leadership styles.” (Leadership, p. 50) To receive your copy of the research report, sign up for Germane Insights blog posts by May 1, 2015….

March 5, 2015 1 Comment

Your Biggest Leadership Challenge in 2016 & How to Meet It

What’s Your Biggest Leadership Challenge? Your Biggest Leadership Challenge Your biggest leadership challenge lies within your biggest opportunity. Leadership is a catalyst for the evolution of humanity. Serving as a catalyst for the evolution of human kind is quite the opportunity and no small order. Earning a leadership title is just the beginning. It’s a privilege that provides you with the opportunity to turn the wheel of human evolution. Wil…

December 29, 2015 No Comments

Choosing Compassion Requires 4 Actions

…ur cold war ensued. Action 1: Some time ago I made a commitment to be more compassionate. To support that commitment, I’ve been practicing loving kindness/compassion meditations. The situation My evening flight from Boston to San Francisco was delayed by 3 hours. Instead of landing at 10:30 PM Pacific/1:30 AM Eastern, we’d be landing at 1:30 AM Pacific/4:30 AM Eastern. Not something any traveler looks forward to. I had a middle seat in a crowded r…

December 7, 2017 No Comments

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Beyond Middle Age – More Freedom and Joy

…ful for the resources to make it happen. A Less Difficult, Kinder and More Compassionate Life Practicing mediation trains your brain to maintain attention in, and on, the present moment by noticing body sensations, sounds, or the breath coming in and going out. You learn to notice when your attention shifts to re-living moments that have already passed or imagining and planning for future moments. The benefits of meditation spill over to my daily…

May 23, 2019 No Comments

Build Leadership Trust with One Simple Rule

…avid Horsager, author of The Trust Edge, (there are a plethora of books on leadership trust) lists 8 pillars of leadership trust and the top 10 inhibitors. Consistency Clarity Compassion Character Contribution Competency Connection Commitment Leadership Trust – Boiled Down Version While I don’t disagree with Horsager’s list, I think we can boil leadership trust down to one simple rule. You build trust by keeping people’s best interests in your min…

January 10, 2018 No Comments

Esme Says – Best Leadership Blogs Should Be Leaders

…rs of transformational leadership wrote, “[there is] a false conception of leadership as mere command and control. As leadership comes properly to be seen as a process of leaders engaging and mobilizing human needs and aspirations of followers, women will be more readily recognized as leaders and men will change their own leadership styles.” (p.50) As I understand it, the list of nominees come from Z’s readers. I trust he will correct this stateme…

November 21, 2010 36 Comments

Leadership and Gender – Why It Matters and How It's Changing

…e think of leadership as masculine in the first place? And how does seeing leadership in this way create a blind spot for leadership done differently but with the same – or even better – results? A brief history of leadership in the 20th century begins to answer the first question. In the early 1900’s when most people were not well-educated, the “great man” theory espoused leadership by a small number of men thought to possess superior intellectua…

July 2, 2009 4 Comments