By LeadershipNow Staff — 2013
Phil Jackson’s principles support the idea that a leader’s job is to build leaders at all levels.
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Research has found that incorporating compassion into your leadership strategy can increase productivity and happiness.
Simply put: compassion is lovingkindness in action.
At its essence, compassion is a gift of the spirit—one with the power to change lives, reduce stress, and heal depression.
Compassion gets a lot of attention in positive psychology, and for good reason – it’s a major concern of many religious and philosophical leaders, including the Dalai Lama and Pope Francis.
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Compassion research is at a tipping point: Overwhelming evidence suggests compassion is good for our health and good for the world.
Loving-kindness meditation and compassion training boost empathic resilience.
“Accepting and sending out” is a powerful meditation to develop compassion—for ourselves and others. Ethan Nichtern teaches us how to do it in formal practice and on the spot whenever suffering arises.
Dr. Richard Davidson explains that well-being is a skill that can be practiced and strengthened.
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