Toolkit for leaders
Leadership is most effective when it truly cares about people, and it values empathy, respect, and our shared humanity.
Whether in a small business, big corporation, school, hospital, agency, or nonprofit, we can build trust across differences and address the root causes of our problems.
These free guides are for anyone interested in this kind of leadership -- in organizations, communities, or public life.
The Background to Compassion
Compassion is about truly seeing another person. We all carry burdens, stresses, and losses - and compassion opens the heart to recognize them, and to ease them if we can.
We all suffer - and we all have rights, needs, and wants, and deserve understanding and respect.
Compassionate Leadership
Compassionate leadership rests on a sincere dedication to the well-being of others. It combines effectiveness with kindness, personal goals with the common good.
Compassionate Politics
Laws, policies, and governments can do much good - or cause much harm. Compassion in politics pays attention to suffering, strengthens the institutions of civil society, and nurtures the bonds that knit a society together.
Influencing with Compassion
Laws, policies, and governments can do much good - or cause much harm. Compassion in politics pays attention to suffering, strengthens the institutions of civil society, and nurtures the bonds that knit a society together.
The Young Person's Guide to Systems Change
From “The 50 Percent,” this guide is a roadmap for anyone -- especially young changemakers -- looking to understand and transform the complex systems that shape our world. It explores systems thinking, the power of community, and how to reimagine the future together.