Leading with Compassion (TH354)

Telling the truth with compassion.

Changing lives with empathy, compassion and skill.

She persuaded Vodacom Foundation Chairman, Mthobi Tyamzashe (himself born with a cleft lip), to sit in on one infant’s life-changing operation, in spite of his deep aversion to hospitals. To make doubly sure, Naiker got Vodacom’s then CEO, Alan Knott-Craig (who spent the first 5 years of his life in leg calipers and much later suffered a life-changing near-fatal heart attack), to attend a subse...

Leadership with conscience, compassion, and commitment.

I would like to thank the Northeastern University School of Pharmacy for the honor of being named the 2003 John W. Webb Visiting Professor. Before I prepared this lecture, never had I consecutively read the Harvey A. K. Whitney or John W. Webb speeches. Never before had I read Bill Zellmer’s essays organized by topic. Never before had I read three books in one weekend. Our busy worlds do not ge...

The experience and meaning of compassion and self-compassion for individuals with depression or anxiety.

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to explore the meaning and experiences of compassion and self-compassion for individuals with depression and anxiety. DESIGN An interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) epistemology and methodology were adopted as the study was focused on understanding the meaning and experiences of participants towards self-compassion from existing theory. M...

Compassion for Others and Self-Compassion: Levels, Correlates, and Relationship with Psychological Well-being

Compassion for others and self-compassion are assumed to be closely related concepts. Yet, as they have been mostly studied separately, little is known about their relationship and to what extent they differ or resemble each other with respect to their correlates. This cross-sectional study aimed to gain knowledge on their mean levels, interrelationship, and relationships to psychological well-...