Compassionate Leadership: Creating Cultures of Trust, Inclusion, and High Performance (FD30JUN26)

AvailabilityPlaces available (course only available for users whose main occupation is dental trainer/faculty or gp trainer/faculty or medical trainer/faculty or public health trainer/faculty)  Remove from basket
SubjectFaculty Development
DescriptionDictionaries define compassion as feeling pity, mercy and sympathy, and yet being compassionate is far more than feeling sympathetic or being kind to someone. Compassionate leadership is more than just being a compassionate individual and caring for a colleague who is in pain. Some leaders fear that if they show compassion people might start taking them for granted, see them as a “soft touch” and take advantage of their compassion. A compassionate leader, as well as being a compassionate person, encourages compassion and caring in the team. This workshop explores the principle of Compassionate Leadership from both a self-reflection and a practical implementation perspective, and is inspired by the writings of Michael A. West.
Additional information

GMC approved AoME domains covered: Domain 1, 6 CPD points

Booking courses

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Joining Instructions

This is a virtual course, the joining instructions for the virtual meeting will be added to the documents section (above) before the course. Please ensure that you are able to access this before the course so that you are ready to join on the day.

Booking cancellation

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VenueVirtual (Zoom), - Virtual  View details
Date & timeTuesday 30 June 2026, 09:15 to 16:00
LecturerDedici  View details
Target audience

This course is only available to Educational Supervisors, Education Leads, Training Programme Directors and Senior Faculty within Yorkshire and the Humber.

Mandatory: Dentist, or Doctor, or Public Health Professional

Course styleWorkshop
CateringNo catering
CPD points6.000
CostNo charge
Aims

This workshop explores the principle of Compassionate Leadership from both a self-reflection and a practical implementation perspective.

Objectives

- We will define Compassion and its importance

- Share Leadership ideas, assumptions and beliefs

- Introduce theories on what leading with compassion might look like

- Discuss barriers to Compassionate Leadership

- Promote leading a psychologically safe team

Learning outcomes

By the end of the one-day workshop, you will be able to:

- Describe how compassion is important for improving outcomes, colleague wellbeing and performance, and an inclusive culture

- Define leadership behaviours that demonstrate compassion to colleagues

- Identify personal strengths as well as areas for development in moving towards a more compassionate approach to leadership