Applications Now Open
Opening Retreat May 6-9, 2025

Are you feeling the call to lead with heart and humanity during these unprecedented times? What will it take to reimagine outdated, unsustainable systems that are breaking apart right in front of us?

If you are passionate and ready to lead this movement, join us for Compassionate Leadership Teacher Training. Learn the evidence-based tools, practices, and principles that will equip you to train and inspire leaders and changemakers to create lasting shifts. It’s time to bring our innate wisdom and the power of compassion to the forefront of leadership so that individuals, organizations, and systems can thrive.

What You’ll Experience:
– A powerful learning journey to deepen your understanding of the science of compassion, proven leadership development practices, and the integration of the two to create more effective teams and work environments.
– A supportive and engaged community of fellow compassionate leaders bringing change to organizations, promoting employee flourishing and creating a better world.
– A concrete framework for architecting cultural change to shape the roles, routines, culture and networks of a given context to create a more successful organization.
– Practices to deepen personal compassion and leadership capacities – both for yourself and those you teach and lead.
– A foundation of self-compassion to lead yourself and others with greater ease and authenticity.

What You’ll Learn
– How to facilitate the Compassionate Leadership Certification Training 8-week program, a 12-hour, research-based training shown to grow self-compassion, compassion for others, compassion at work, and compassion for the greater good
– A deep dive into a compassionate and human-centered approach to creating positive change in organizational contexts. You will learn to embody and teach deeper awareness and compassion and apply it at an individual and organizational level. This includes skills for creating psychological safety, fostering compassionate communication, building environments of deep belonging, and strategies for changing systems for the benefit of all
– How to respond to real world obstacles and challenges that keep individuals and organizations stuck in outmoded forms of leadership. Learn how to build a compelling case to inspire leaders and organizations to adopt compassionate principles and practices in alignment with the organization’s mission.
– Grounding in the fundamentals of scientific research relevant to compassionate leadership, including psychology, neuroscience, and organizational behavior
– Research-based structures & approaches to creating cultures that are both compassionate and effective
– How to create environments of safety, connection, and belonging in your courses and in leadership
– Tools and practices for leading compassionately that you can teach others and use in your own life

Program Description:
Compassionate Leadership Teacher Training is approximately 8 months in duration, consisting of two phases: Learning & Practice, and the Teaching Practicum.

Learning & Practice Phase (5 months)
The 3-day, in-person Opening Retreat in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, May 6-9, 2025
The beautiful Emory University Conference Center Hotel hosts this powerful kick-off gathering of community, faculty, and mentors to catalyze our teacher training journey

– 5 months of live online training sessions, including sixteen 2-hour classes consisting of
– 9 full cohort sessions to explore concepts and practices through experiential exercises, lecture, group discussion, and small breakouts
– 7 teaching pod small group sessions to practice teaching and give and receive feedback

– Membership in a close-knit, supportive community of peers on this journey to bring more compassion into leadership
– Readings and videos to build your familiarity with evidence-based concepts and research
– Special live guest faculty bonus sessions, including Q&A
– Fieldwork assignments with tools to practice compassionate leadership principles in your personal and professional life
– Daily contemplative practices to deepen your embodiment of awareness and compassionate leadership

Teaching Practicum Phase (3 months)
– Teach a full Compassionate Leadership 12-hour training practicum with an audience of your choice
– Coaching and supervision from teacher training faculty and mentors to strengthen and sharpen your teaching skills
– Certification conferred upon successful completion of the Practicum Phase

Extensive Resources and Support
– Access to validated curriculum and presentation materials
– Teacher Facilitation Guide
– Monthly teacher meetings after the Learning and Practice Phase
– Marketing materials and email templates
– Pre- and post-program survey instrument
– Library of practices, including audio recordings and transcripts
– Research bibliographies
– Video library of prior public cohorts taught by Lead Faculty

Admission Requirements
Required:
– Experience leading, teaching, or facilitating groups
– Deep commitment to building a better world through compassionate leadership
– Prior completion of a Compassionate Leadership Certification Training or immersion program
– Regular personal contemplative practice
– Lived experience working in an organizational setting as a leader or contributor

Valued Experience (not required):
– Previous training in compassion practices from courses or retreats (e.g. CCT, MSC, CBCT, meditation training and retreats)
– Certification as a teacher/facilitator in other leadership and/or awareness-based programs (e.g. SIY, MBSR, CCT, MSC, CBCT)
– Coaching certification (e.g. ICF, EMCC)

Certification Requirements
-Attendance at all Learning & Practice Phase sessions. Compassionate Leadership Teacher Training participants may miss up to three live modules and still meet the attendance requirement by completing make-up work.

-Demonstration of readiness in all areas of the Compassionate Leadership Teacher Competency Model:
-Conceptual Clarity
– Helping Participants Apply Learning
– Leading Exercises and Meditations
– Creating a Container of Connection
– Embodying Connection and Compassion
– Completion of Practicum Phase, including teaching a full 12-hour course and attendance at mentoring sessions.

Investment
Total tuition for the program is $4,750. Applications submitted before February 28, 2025 receive a $750 early bird discount. Tuition covers the entire Compassionate Leadership Teacher Training program, beginning with the 3-day in-person Opening Retreat, 5-month Learning & Practice Phase with your practice teaching pod, and the 3-month Practicum Phase with guidance, supervision and coaching. Tuition also includes access to all curriculum materials, presentations, practices, marketing materials and email templates, research, and bibliographies.

Program participants will be responsible for the room and board charges of the 3-day Opening Retreat. These fees total $1,200 for single occupancy, $1,025 for double occupancy, and $650 for commuters.

A non-refundable deposit of $500 is due upon acceptance into the program to reserve your place. Payment of the balance is due thirty days after acceptance. Payment plans are available if needed.