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Now is the Time for Asking Questions

February 21, 2019 By Kevin Pokorny

The skill of asking questions is quickly fading into the sunset.  A business colleague recently told me how discouraged he is that graduate students he is teaching, do not ask questions.  All they want to know is what they need to memorize for upcoming exams. [Read more…]

Filed Under: facilitation, Mindfulness, workplace training

Self-Compassion Questions

February 7, 2019 By Kevin Pokorny

Self-compassion “involves treating yourself the way you would treat a friend who is having a hard time. . .a practice in which we learn to be a good friend to ourselves when we need it most.”  (The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristen Neff, PhD and Christopher Germer, PhD, 2018)

This past week, I facilitated a self-compassion seminar for bank employees.  I began by asking the participants to reflect on these questions: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Compassion, facilitation, Mindfulness

2019: A Time for Anti-Harassment Training

January 24, 2019 By Kevin Pokorny

This is an important reminder:  If you did not provide anti-harassment training for your staff in 2018, then do it in 2019! 


Nurturing a respectful and safe workplace is a continuing process.
Here are a number of reasons: [Read more…]

Filed Under: business strategy, facilitation, workplace training

Compassionate Response to a Death in an Employee’s Family

January 10, 2019 By Kevin Pokorny

I have not written a blog since my father died in mid-November.  My mother died in 1995.  It is a strange feeling to have both parents gone.  I thought I was prepared for this, but I’m finding out I was not.

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Filed Under: business strategy

Do not overlook the importance of employee engagement

November 8, 2018 By Kevin Pokorny

“You can spend a lot of money on internal branding, but if an employee has no friends at work, they are likely to feel disconnected from your culture anyway.”
(Employee Experience vs. Engagement: What’s the Difference? by Ryan Pendell, Gallup, 10/12/18)


[Read more…]

Filed Under: business strategy, facilitation, leadership, workplace training

The Practice of Being Emotionally Intelligent

October 25, 2018 By Kevin Pokorny

“Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.”
(Roger Ebert)

 

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Filed Under: facilitation, leadership, Mindfulness

Compassion for Creation

October 11, 2018 By Kevin Pokorny

(This is a continuing blog series from my attendance at the Boundless Compassion Retreat and Facilitator Training in June 2018.  Some of the contents are quoted or adapted from Boundless Compassion – Creating a Way of Life by Joyce Rupp, 2018, with permission from Joyce Rupp, author).

“No matter what world we live in now, we are all people of the earth, connected to one another by our mutual humanity.”
(Angeles Arrien, The Four-Fold Way)


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Filed Under: facilitation, leadership, Mindfulness Tagged With: compassion, mindfulness

Compassion and the Marginalized

September 27, 2018 By Kevin Pokorny

(This is a continuing blog series from my attendance at the Boundless Compassion Retreat and Facilitator Training in June 2018.  Some of the contents are adapted from Boundless Compassion – Creating a Way of Life by Joyce Rupp, 2018, with permission from Joyce Rupp, author).

“When any person or group is regarded as lesser than others who consider themselves superior, marginalization occurs.”
(Boundless Compassion – Creating a Way of Life by Joyce Rupp, 2018)


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Filed Under: facilitation, leadership, Mindfulness Tagged With: mindfulness, mindfulness practice

Compassion Fatigue

September 13, 2018 By Kevin Pokorny

(This is a continuing blog series from my attendance at the Boundless Compassion Retreat and Facilitator Training in June 2018.  Some of the contents are adapted from Boundless Compassion – Creating a Way of Life by Joyce Rupp, 2018, with permission from Joyce Rupp, author).

“None of us wants to see our surgeon crying as we are being wheeled into the operating room.”
(Night Call – Embracing Compassion and Hope in a Troubled World by Robert J. Wicks, 2018)


At times, our compassion in caring for others can result in what is called compassion fatigue.  It is the stress and strain due to caring for others who suffer.  The fatigue begins when we do not practice self-care.  Symptoms of compassion fatigue can be: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Mindfulness Tagged With: compassion, mindfulness, mindfulness practice

Self-Compassion

August 9, 2018 By Kevin Pokorny

(This is a continuing blog series from my attendance at the Boundless Compassion Retreat and Facilitator Training in June 2018.  Some of the contents are adapted from Boundless Compassion – Creating a Way of Life by Joyce Rupp, 2018, with permission from Joyce Rupp, author).

“People who faithfully offer compassion to others often neglect to do the same for themselves.”
(Joyce Rupp, Boundless Compassion – Creating a Way of Life, 2018)

 

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Filed Under: facilitation, Mindfulness

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