by Lisa Boesen | May 3, 2018 | Blog Posts, Civility, Compassion, Empathy, Self-Management, Work Life Balance
At the beginning of my compassion seminars, I generally started with these three questions: It’s easy to be compassionate when…. I find it hard to be compassionate when…. I’d love to be more compassionate when… Most respondents say it is easy to be caring when people...
by Lisa Boesen | Feb 2, 2011 | Blog Posts, Civility, Compassion, Empathy, Encouragement, Managing Change, Resiliency
It’s 22 in Houston, TX and we are having purposeful, rolling electrical outages to manage the demand for heating. I may not have the data accurate, but for the past six hours, 45 minutes on, 15-30 minutes off, the lights go out, the heat turns off and I try not to get...
by Lisa Boesen | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog Posts, bullying, Civility, Compassion, Empathy, Kindness, Self-Compassion
In Sunday’s Houston Chronicle, Brene´Brown discussed the adult addiction to reality tv and its potential tie to bullying behavior in children. In essence, uncivil behaviors such as humiliation, gossiping, name-calling, derisiveness, screaming and exclusion are...
by Lisa Boesen | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog Posts, Civility, Compassion, Empathy, Encouragement, Kindness, Self-Compassion, Uncategorized
Let’s face it. Networking is an art – an art that may be an innate gift or a learned skilled. For some individuals, networking can be as natural as walking or reading. For others it can be a challenge just to enter a room full of strangers and manage introductions....
by Lisa Boesen | Apr 15, 2010 | Blog Posts, Civility, Compassion, Empathy, Kindness, Team Communication
I started this journey when I was three, maybe four. Researchers indicate we learn compassion at an early age through role modeling and I was fortunate to have two parents who ingrained empathy and compassion into their children. My first memory of helping others was...
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