By Alison Beard — 2013
An interview with Maya Angelou.
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CLEAR ALL
When it comes to supporting employees to thrive despite the emotional fallout of the pandemic, leaders (and mindfulness) have a critical role to play.
Research has found that incorporating compassion into your leadership strategy can increase productivity and happiness.
Empathy is divided into cognitive, emotional and applied empathy, all of which are valuable. For empathy to truly be useful to the human condition, our kids must have applied empathy, or compassion.
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Compassion has become increasingly recognized as a foundational aspect of leadership.
During the global pandemic and racialized unrest, we all need pathways to calm, clarity and openheartedness. While it’s natural to feel fear during times of great collective crises, our challenge is that fear easily takes over our lives.