Welcome to Compassionate Leader
We help cultivate leadership skills and work cultures for a better world.
About
Wendy Saunders is the founder of Compassionate Leader, LLC. Wendy has studied mindfulness and compassion intensively since 2012 and has actively integrated these concepts into leadership development and workplace training curriculum for a number of years with the largest non-profit organization in the United States (the YMCA), as well as with other organizations, companies, schools and districts, and groups.
Fostering Positive Leadership
cultivating mindfulness
Leading with compassion
Enhancing Mental Well-Being
Bring Mindfulness & Compassion to Your Workplace or School
Mindfulness for self-care series
Mindfulness & inclusion series
Leading with compassion series
SEE Learning® training & support
Emory University’s CBCT® Course
Offerings
Compassionate leaders recognize that their full-time staff spend roughly a third of their lives at work. They realize that quality of life for their staff is in large part dependent upon the quality of their life experience during their working hours. Transform your workplace culture—and the quality of life for your staff and colleagues—through leadership development offerings like these:
Leadership Training
- Positive leadership fundamentals
- Developing Engaged, High-Performance Teams
- Cultivating emotional intelligence & Psychological Safety
- Leadership Coaching & Providing feedback Effectively
Change Management
- Positive approaches to successful change management
- Compassionate Terminations & reorganizations
- Assessment, Feedback, & Coaching for Leadership Success
- Advancing a Compassionate Workplace Culture
Compassion in Organizations
- Leading with compassion
- Advancing a compassionate workplace culture
- Finding Self-Compassion in the workplace
- Compassionate Terminations & reorganizations
Critical Thinking and Thought Leadership
- Critical thinking and thought leadership for a better world
- Introduction to thought leadership journey
- Strengthening critical thinking
- Thought leadership & innovation
Why are organizations and schools investing in mindfulness & compassion?
Less Stress & Anxiety
Leaders and staff learn how to lessen stress and anxiety levels and increase ease, well-being, clarity, focus, and productivity.
Resilience
Leaders and staff become more resilient and work more effectively with challenging emotions, thoughts, and workplace dynamics.
Presence & Connection
Leaders and staff become more present for and connected with colleagues, staff, clients, family members, students, and others.
To transform Workplace Culture
Cultivating a more compassionate culture can drive higher staff engagement, retention, collaboration, and accountability.
to Strengthen Leadership Skills
Further developing critical leadership qualities, such as emotional intelligence, psychological safety, inclusion, and decision making.
It’s Evidence-Based
Thousands of research studies demonstrate the effectiveness of training in these two skills. Workplace studies available upon request.
Reach Out To Us
We’d love to connect with you and learn about your vision for a more compassionate workplace and a better world.