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Leadership development & OD

Compassionate Leadership

This session explores what it means to lead with compassion, both for yourself and for others. You will discover the evidence-based benefits of compassionate leadership and understand why leading with kindness is one of the most courageous and impactful decisions you can make in the workplace.

Date Tuesday, 06 January 2026 14:00 PM - 15:00 PM
Where Details Online Online - MS Teams
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What you'll learn

  • The principles and importance of compassionate leadership
  • How leading with empathy benefits both staff and the organisation
  • Strategies for modelling kindness while maintaining accountability
  • Practical ways to foster a compassionate culture within your team
  • How to balance personal wellbeing with leading effectively

Who is this webinar for?

  • Current and aspiring leaders seeking to strengthen compassionate leadership skills
  • Managers and team leads wanting to create supportive and empathetic work environments
  • Staff interested in developing leadership approaches grounded in empathy and kindness
  • Anyone looking to enhance staff engagement, wellbeing, and team culture through compassionate leadership

Lead facilitators

Andy Mitchell

Andy is Assistant Director at NHS Elect and works across the AEC and Acute Frailty Networks.  Andrew has over 20 years’ experience in Urgent and Emergency Care, Acute Medicine and Critical Care within the NHS and internationally.

Andy initially developed his clinical career in a number of EDs as well as other acute and critical care areas, becoming a Service Lead and Advanced Nurse Practitioner.

Andy has previously developed and implemented a nurse-led AEC service and during his time with NHS ELect has worked with over 50 Trusts and other providers across the UK in optimising their SDEC offers. He has particular interests in Experience Based Design, nursing workforce and development, and Quality Improvement techniques.

In addition to his work at NHS Elect, Andy has undertaken interim strategy posts and provides consultancy to nursing agencies.  Andrew has been a visiting postgraduate lecturer in Emergency Practice and is passionate about promoting Advanced Nursing.

What participants say

96%

of attendees would recommend this session to a colleague.

“ I enjoyed the whole session and every single minute of it, I am highly motivated to be more compassionate as I feel that I can make a big difference in what I do. ”