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The importance of compassion in leadership, Laura Berland

Today, Shane is joined by Laura Berland, founder of the Centre for Compassionate Leadership to discuss the importance of compassion in leadership.

She begins by discussing her background before explaining why compassion is so important. She also discusses why compassion is important now more than with everything that has happened in the world in recent times. She also discusses her past experiences and how they have helped her on her journey to where she is now. Finally, she discusses the Centre for Compassionate Leadership’s plans for the near future.

Compassion in leadership, Laura Berland

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lauraberland?s=21

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraberland

Centre for Compassionate Leaders: https://www.centerforcompassionateleadership.org

About Laura

Laura Berland is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Compassionate Leadership. She is a weaver of transformative organizations and experiences, as a serial tech entrepreneur, Fortune 500 executive, meditation educator, transformational facilitator, nonprofit board member, executive advisor, and digital media creator.

Laura is a visionary activist who advocates that compassion for ourself, for each other, and for the greater whole is the key shift for these challenging times. She sees leaders as catalysts to open hearts and minds to our shared common humanity, and to develop solutions to global crises and suffering at scale.

Laura’s groundbreaking approach brings evidence-based principles of modern leadership and the latest scientific research together with the wisdom of contemplative practices. Laura and her team have extensive experience working with executives, entrepreneurs, educators, students, military veterans, and yoga/meditation teachers.

For nine years, she built Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk science media network into a top-ranked podcast and a 4X Emmy nominated TV show on Nat Geo, with a 1.5M+ YouTube following and extensive social footprint across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

She is an E-RYT500 (accredited educator) from Yoga Alliance, and C-IAYT (certified yoga therapist) from International Association of Yoga Therapists. Laura is an alumna of Cornell University and New York University.

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