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…]
Self-Compassion Questions
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…]
2019: A Time for Anti-Harassment Training
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…]
Compassionate Response to a Death in an Employee’s Family
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.
[Read more…]Do not overlook the importance of employee engagement
“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)
(Employee Experience vs. Engagement: What’s the Difference? by Ryan Pendell, Gallup, 10/12/18)
The Practice of Being Emotionally Intelligent
“Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.”
(Roger Ebert)
Compassion for Creation
(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)
Compassion and the Marginalized
(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)
Compassion Fatigue
(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…]
Self-Compassion
(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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