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compassionate leadership

Mindful active listening is essential to compassionate leadership

In Strategy #5 in our ongoing video tip series on compassionate leadership, I talked about the importance of asking questions AND listening to the answers.  In today’s tip, I’d like to further explore the value of listening when it comes

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compassionate leadership

Compassionate leadership means being available to your staff

Today’s post is Strategy #7 in our ongoing video tip series on demonstrating compassionate leadership.  The strategy is to make it easy for your employees to reach out to you. Make it easy for your employees to reach out to

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compassionate in the workplace

Thinking before you speak will make you more compassionate in the workplace

In today’s post, I am continuing in our video tip series on tools to be more compassionate in the workplace.  Back in Strategy #2 in this series, I talked about the importance of slowing down so that you can observe

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empathetic workplaces

In empathetic workplaces, leaders ask questions, listen to the answers, and then go one step further

Today’s post is another strategy on how to create more compassionate and empathetic workplaces.  And the tip shouldn’t surprise you.  It is to ask more questions, and then to listen to the answers with interest and attentiveness. Ask more questions

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compassion at work

Offering to help others IS compassion at work

Today’s post is strategy #4 in our series on tools to build more compassion at work.  The tip is to offer to help. Offer to help others Offer to help someone who seems overloaded.  This tool is effective not just

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compassionate leader

A compassionate leader takes the time to get to know their staff better

In our last video in this series on strategies to be a more compassionate leader, I talked about the importance of increasing your self-awareness, with a goal of recognizing when things aren’t right with your people. Get to know your

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