Great leadership begins with being a whole human being.   No single challenge has been greater for me as a leader than learning how to take better care of the people I lead, and to create a safe, supportive space in which they can thrive. Like mo…

Prof Paul Gilbert interviews Dr Rick Hanson in Derby after his ‘Hardwiring Happiness’ workshop for Compassionate Wellbeing. http://www.compassionatewellbeing.comSee it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

It’s a culture of defensiveness, a system that beats the empathy out of people, and simple lack of training, that destroys patient experience and leads to bad outcomes.That was the message delivered by author, CBC personality and emergency room p…

Yet empathy is a word I have always distrusted. Deep and enigmatic, at best it means being present to or with another being; at worst it calls forth a moral surround as exclusive as it is well intentioned.Along with sympathy, and often confused with it…