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Communicate with Compassion
August 26, 2021
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First, From the Heart
Difficult events and circumstances around the globe remind us again of the urgency for compassion and compassionate leadership. We are together on this journey because we hear the call, and choose to do our best with what we have in this moment to respond. We are also together to support and learn from each other, so that we have the tools to support and learn from everyone we interact with in life.
The power of our connection with others is strengthened by applying skillful compassionate communications in every interaction. Yes, that’s hard to do on a consistent basis! Especially when we are weary, overextended, or distracted. It takes intention, practice, and patience.
This September, we offer three opportunities to join together in community to support each other on the road to compassion. On September 10 we welcome self-compassion pioneer Kristin Neff as our special guest for a Global Compassion Community Gathering. On September 28 and 29 we start two fall cohorts of our signature 8-week online Compassionate Leadership and Resilience program.
We look forward to learning, listening, and connecting with you soon.
Peace.
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Best of the Blog
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As leaders, small differences in our language can have profound effects. These six phrases will help you build an environment of psychological safety, trust, respect, listening, and belonging for all members of your team. Read more.
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Research Worth Sharing
The Role of Positivity and Connectivity in the Performance of Business Teams: A Nonlinear Dynamics Model
by Marcial Losada and Emily Heaphy
in American Behavioral Scientist 2004; 47; 740
Feedback and communication are critical tools to improve team performance. They can shape psychologically safe work environments, and lead to effective development of shared goals and objectives within the team. High-performing teams communicate differently than mid- and low-performing teams in three significant ways. Read the research.
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Practice Matters
What Can We Hear?
When the quiet is deep and all-encompassing, it feels profoundly generous. Within each of us is a personal sanctuary of stillness that opens to a vast portal of intelligence. Can we enter with curiosity and wonder? Might we release all of our certainty before entering into the space?
Open all the channels to listen deeply and recognize what is there for us. Open all the doors to receive the gifts that are sent to us. Now we hear what is meant for us.
This loving guidance is always present, and yet we often need a reminder to visit. Tune into your compassionate heart to enter the path inward. Our small still voice will coax us onward.
When can we practice? Always!
If you'd like to explore additional Practice Matters, you can find them here.
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Upcoming Events
Global Compassion Community Gathering
Free Community Event + Guest Speaker Kristin Neff
September 10, 2021 12:00-1:15 PM EDT / 16:00-17:15 UTC
We invite you to gather to practice, inspire, and ignite our collective hearts and minds to birth a more compassionate world. Our guest presenter and practice leader is Kristin Neff. Kristin is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, conducting the first empirical studies on self-compassion nearly twenty years ago. She is the author of the bestselling book Self-Compassion. Her newest book is Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive. The event is co-hosted by Laura Berland, our Founder, and Monica Worline, co-author of Awakening Compassion at Work and Stanford University researcher with the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. Please register for the free event to reserve your spot. Find out more and register here.
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Recommended Reads
Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the Heart
by Diane Musho Hamilton, Gabriel Menegale Wilson, and Kimberly Myosai Loh
Are we losing our ability to communicate respectfully with each other? In Compassionate Conversations, the authors dig into topics as varied as power, privilege, political correctness, bias and show us that no matter the hurdles, compassionate, productive conversations are possible for those willing to proceed with kindness and a caring recognition for the other. Read more.
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