About me

My professional and lived experience makes me determined to drive the momentum of compassionate leadership.  Through my networks and work, I want to help people sustain or improve their mental and physical health at work. I want to present the case for employers to give urgent attention, focus and support to this through compassionate leadership strategies:

1) I want to show managers that the ELEVATE model can help leaders hone their emotional intelligence skills. Let’s demonstrate and role-model compassionate leadership behaviour to improve performance, reduce absenteeism and discourage toxic behaviours like presenteeism and overwork.

2) I want to show leaders and managers how they can create a trusting place where people feel they belong; can show emotions and are supported, and build a positive culture.

3) I want to prove one size does not fit all- diverse teams are the best teams. Shoe-horning people to be the same stifles creativity, discourages engagement and is bad for business.

4) I want to replace assumptions that people are not to be trusted, encouraging more accountable, open, adult behaviours that build belief in each other.