Compassionate and Intelligent Leadership in Action

The webinar is for Senior Leaders in Local Government from Heads of Service and above.

Senior leaders today face complex challenges, high expectations and unprecedented organisational change. This 90 minute interactive session offers a thought provoking introduction to the principles of compassionate leadership, drawing on a blend of respected research, lived experience and proven practical approaches.
Designed specifically for Heads of Service, Directors and Chief Officers, the session explores how authentic and intelligent leadership enables stronger relationships, healthier teams and better organisational outcomes.

What this session covers:

• Intelligent leadership in an authentic working environment
  How personal human impact, grounded in self awareness and compassion, can strengthen performance and deliver meaningful business results.
• Bringing your real personality to work
  Examples of influential leaders who model authenticity and how this approach fosters trust, innovation and engagement.
• Identity, caring candour and positive intention
  Understanding how clarity, compassion and honest conversations create psychologically safe environments and robust support structures.
• Using the E.L.E.V.A.T.E. model
  A practical aide memoire to guide positive discussions and embed compassionate leadership behaviours.

Outcomes:

By the end of the session, senior leaders will gain:

• Tools to develop a constructive feedback culture
  Including the A.I.D. feedback approach for confident, meaningful conversations.
• Practical ways to build rapport and strengthen relationships
  Applicable across teams, services and partnerships.
• Confidence that authenticity drives performance
  Clear evidence and examples showing that being a compassionate and authentic leader enhances engagement and supports the delivery of strong organisational results.

Cost

• SEE Members – 2 free places (additional places £50 per delegate each)
• Non-Members – £50 + VAT per delegate

About your Facilitator

Michelle Harte, Hart Hub

SEE Associate Consultant Michelle is the Founder of Harte Hub (formerly HREsQue). Through her company, she has dedicated her work to human resources and organisational development interventions with a compassionate edge. Leveraging her FCIPD certification, she specialises in nurturing compassionate and purposeful leadership to drive strategic human resources management, most recently within higher education. She believes that compassionate leadership is the cornerstone of organisational success.

As a Visiting Lecturer and professional tutor, she shares her experience and facilitates discussions on Purposeful Leadership, Strategic HRM and HRD, Cross Cultural Working and Global HRM with the leaders of tomorrow. Combining academic rigour with practical insight, she enables students to translate theoretical knowledge into actionable strategies within the business landscape. Her role extends beyond the classroom, coaching master’s level students to excel in their professional journeys and to make meaningful contributions across a wide range of sectors.

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