Psychologist-led Compassionate leadership training

We have developed this programme to share evidence-based insights in the leadership space. Traditional hierarchies are shifting to more holistic, psychologically informed approaches that focus on:

  • Developing relational leadership skills for emerging and existing leaders.
  • Building a shared foundation for how people work together and create stronger, healthier team cultures.
  • Strengthening both individual and organisational performance.
  • Supporting wellbeing and team connections throughout the workplace.

What does compassionate leadership training cover?

We focus on:

  • Encouraging open communication and safe feedback cultures

  • Deepening self-awareness through reflective practice

  • Leading through discomfort and understanding how we respond to challenges

  • Introducing coaching skills for compassionate leadership

  • Supporting courageous, values-driven responses to complexity

compassionate leadership training

Learning outcomes

Studies suggest that showing genuine concern for employees is the single most important thing a manager can do, with a huge impact on employee wellbeing, job satisfaction and both individual and organisational performance. We will discuss how we can become more compassionate leaders, and how we can maintain and develop our compassion in the face of various challenges.
Workplace Connections

Relational leadership

Relational leadership is leading in a way that takes into account relationships, the ways we connect with each other, and the impact this has on our wellbeing. We can enable those we lead to feeling valued, respected and cared for, so they can reach their full potential.

Supportive environments

Safe Spaces

Helping managers understand their role in open communication and creating a safe environment for employees to explore new things while offering a safe haven to return, one that is supportive and non-judgmental and to notice and respond to early signs of poor mental health.

Safe spaces

Defining compassion

What does leading with compassion look like? Exploring attributes such as sensitivity (paying attention rather than ‘turning a blind eye’), our emotional responses, empathy (recognising and making sense of feelings) and being non-judgmental.

strengths focused

Supporting mental health

The importance of looking after your own mental health, making reasonable adjustments so staff can do their work well, and recognising how leaders can help people thrive through opportunities, purpose, autonomy, and fair treatment.

continuous learning

Coaching and reflection

A space to reflect and engage in a process of continuous learning that will help facilitate organisational change. We will consider both successes and challenges, sharing learning from both: what’s gone well, what felt difficult, and how we can improve in the future.

Holistic approach

Benefits for organisations

Organisations who create the time and space to reflect on embedding wellbeing into the fabric of the workplace can lay the foundation for increased productivity, energy and team happiness. This supports staff wellbeing, improves performance, and enables better outcomes for the whole organisation.

Compassionate leadership training sessions

This course includes 6 teaching days, typically delivered over 6 months, though timings can be flexible.

  • Session 1: Explore why traditional leadership models often fall short today, and how compassionate leadership supports wellbeing and performance.
  • Session 2: Cultivating psychological safety and identifying barriers
  • Session 3: Mastering how we communicate with our teams to build connections.
  • Session 4: Leading through discomfort and navigating challenges
  • Session 5: Coaching skills
  • Session 6: Facilitating reflective practice in teams

 

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How has this training helped others?

Allows personal reflection Encourages us to approach team issues with open and honest discussions

Really enjoying the course, great delivery, great tutor and facilitators, all very knowledgeable. Learning lots which is empowering!

We really had some deep conversations about sitting with discomfort. Really liked the case studies and bringing together learnings from before.

Found the coaching session really engaging and useful. At first I thought I knew what coaching was, then for confused with overlap between mentoring. But after practicing it became really clear.

Get in touch

All of our workplace wellbeing programmes are developed from the ground up to meet the needs of the organisation we are working with. We will build a bespoke programme based on your requirements and our experiences.

 

Get in touch with our team of workplace wellbeing experts and see how we can help your organisation.