50 Episodes

  1. Dave Hembrough, positively affecting lives in Sheffield City Region and beyond

    Published: 2/4/2021

  2. Dame Jackie Daniel, equipping Newcastle Hospitals for success

    Published: 1/21/2021

  3. Stephen Trzeciak, Compassionomics: the evidence base for compassion

    Published: 12/3/2020

  4. Mark Harrison, changing the things I cannot accept

    Published: 10/22/2020

  5. Nadine Smith, healing the rift between Government and the citizen

    Published: 7/23/2020

  6. Rayek Rizek, modelling peaceful coexistence in Israel-Palestine

    Published: 6/11/2020

  7. Michael Arterberry, the parable of the farmer and the donkey

    Published: 5/28/2020

  8. Sunny Dhadley, addiction to leadership

    Published: 5/14/2020

  9. Laura Berland and Evan Harrel, The Center for Compassionate Leadership

    Published: 4/30/2020

  10. Donna Hall CBE, the future of public services

    Published: 4/16/2020

  11. Dame Julia Unwin, reframing the discussion on poverty in the UK

    Published: 4/2/2020

  12. Mark Brown, Outward Bound lessons for a life of leadership

    Published: 3/19/2020

  13. Sarah David II, the leader as philosopher, learner and listener

    Published: 3/5/2020

  14. Dr Nate Regier, conflict without casualties

    Published: 2/20/2020

  15. Marie Cooper, “What’s the worst that can happen?”

    Published: 2/6/2020

  16. Rob Copeland, believing, belonging, behaving, and becoming at the AWRC

    Published: 1/23/2020

  17. Lara Bundock, supporting survivors of human trafficking

    Published: 1/16/2020

  18. Michael West, a compassion masterclass

    Published: 1/2/2020

  19. Tracy Allen, "What is your leadership for?"

    Published: 12/19/2019

  20. Lisa Leighton, every day is a learning day

    Published: 11/14/2019

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A series of interviews with public, private, and third sector leaders for whom compassion is central to their practice. We explore compassion for one another, for teams and for oneself. It continues a journey that Chris started when he wrote Compassionate Leadership (www.compassionate-leadership.co.uk), a book that combines life experience, psychology and neuroscience to create a point of departure for leaders that are seeking to create places of belonging at work. It's based on the observation that people thrive when they feel seen and heard, they are loyal when they are growing and developing, they are motivated when they understand the vision of the business. At the same time we acknowledge the diversity of people and the sophistication of the human mind. It's a sophistication that makes us a temperamental thoroughbred as opposed to a sturdy draft horse. We can be agile, creative, imaginative and empathetic but also obsessive, recalcitrant and depressive. Compassionate leadership involves embracing the messiness of the human condition and working with it. Chris is a coach, writer, and speaker, whose blog can be found on Medium (https://medium.com/@chris-97488). You'll find him on Instagram at chriswh1tehead.