The Way of the Healer is Part I of a Four-Part Series on leading with compassion in the workplace.

1. COMPASSIONATE
LEADERSHIP: THE
WAY OF THE HEALER
Dr. Janet Ver Fine

2. CONTENTS
• Use of Self
• CORE Values
• Deep Listening
• Diving Below the Waterline
• Mindful Awareness
• Diversity Consciousness
• Compassion in Action (CAPS)

3. THE USE OF
SELF AS
INSTRUMENT
FOR CHANGE

4. LEADERSHIP FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Leadership is not simply something we
do. It comes from somewhere inside us.
Leadership is an expression of who we
are. It is our being in action. Our being,
our personhood, says as much about us
as a leader as the act of leading itself.

5. • Our ability to use ourselves
potently relies on the level of
awareness we have about the
impact we make.
• Awareness is the key.
SELF
AWARENESS

6. SWOT ANALYSIS

7. CORE VALUES

8. VALUES OF INCLUSIVITY
• Non-judging
• Empathy
• Acceptance
• Patience
• Beginner’s mind
• Trust
• Non Striving
• Letting Go
• Gratitude
• Generosity

9. DEEP LISTENING

10. DEEP LISTENING

11. BELOW THE WATERLINE

12. MINDFULNESS
MATTERS

14. COMPASSION IN ACTION
I LIKE YOU BECAUSE
ACTIVITY
MOVE TOWARD LOVE RAISING DIVERSITY
CONSCIOUSNESS
DEEP LISTENING

15. DIVERSITY
CONSCIOUSNESS

16. AWARENESS
OF OTHER
• Holding space/ Breath Work
• Regulating your mind through your
breath
• Bless space between us
• Wound we carry
• Peeling the onion
• Clearing negative blocks
• Finding the nuggets in nots

17. COMPASSIONAT
E LEADERSHIP
• It is a process, an intimate
expression of who we are.
It is moving from passive
observer to active
participant.

18. • Compassionate action I will take
• How will I do that
• When will I do that
• With whom
COMPASSIONAT
E ACTION PLAN
(CAPS)