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It can be very challenging to take action when human and financial resources are strained. The evidence is in though, that it's more critical now than ever before that those working with people are supported to develop strong self-regulation, resilience and compassionate leadership skills.
The Compassionate Leader Programme is a win-win solution. By investing in the middle manager, s/he is supported through quality training and cpd certification, so that resilience, supervision and compassionate leadership skills are anchored within the organisation.
This one training could see a
typical Human Services company
such as yours have
60% less sick days from burnt out managers
You're an HR professional under constant pressure to reduce long term sick leave, resignations, and the subsequent ongoing cost of recruiting.
Imagine being able to comprehensively meet this growing challenge in just six weeks by helping managers to regulate themselves, so they're grounded, and bring calm, resilience, and authentic mindful leadership to the whole organisation.
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Burnout
According to the World Health Organisation, burnout results from ongoing, unmanaged stress at work. Burnt-out employees often feel exhausted, low on energy, and distant from their jobs. They’re more likely to leave their current positions, take more sick days, and be at best less productive and worse, unsafe when at work. Even worse, they’re more likely to experience long-term physical and mental health issues.
Burnt out employees are 60% more likely to take a sick day and 52% of workers in Ireland have experienced burnout, with those working for charities and not for profits reporting much higher incidences of 68%.
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Impact Of Wellbeing Resilience Training
An analysis by the US Centre for Disease Control and prevention) documents how implementing effective health programs can lead to a 25% savings on both absenteeism and healthcare costs. Read more
Harvard researchers also document how absenteeism costs are reduced by about $2.73 for every dollar spent on wellness programs and medical costs are reduced by about $3.27 for every dollar spent.
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Direct Costs
We can quantify the cost of employee burnout in increased absenteeism, reduced productivity, and high employee turnover:
- Turnover of just one employee can cost 1.5 – 2 times their salary.
- Lost productivity to depression and anxiety disorders costs the global economy $1 trillion every year , and this cost is carried by every workplace large or small.
- Additionally, burnout leads to disengaged employees, who end up costing their employer an average of 34% of their annual salary.
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The Compassionate Leader Programme
This cutting edge programme is a win win solution. The middle manager learns to manage their own stress, and build their resilience, and to lead others in the organisation to do the same. The unique offering of six month follow on support ensures the student, those s/he works with, and the whole organisation benefits.
By investing in the middle manager, resilience, supervision and compassionate leadership skills are anchored within the organisation.
Burnout is significantly reduced , and the organisation is no longer bleeding financial resources.
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The Compassionate Leader Programme
Because those of us in leadership
roles need a safe, welcoming place
to be and to become.....
We know now that the challenges of the last few years have really catapulted individuals, teams and organisations into much higher levels of stress and overwhelm, than even this fast-paced environment of working with others is used to.
Also as resources get scarce, and demands on us increase, we need to find smart, efficient ways to build resilience and wellbeing. The evidence based Compassionate Leader Programme draws on my twenty plus years experience as a supervisor, facilitator and workplace mindfulness coach.
There is never a perfect time for over busy, overstretched individuals and organisations involved in working with people to invest in compassionate leadership training.
2024 though is a very important time to read the room, to understand the individual and organisational cost of burnout, and to take action. This is the time to pause, to regroup, and to strengthen supervision, resilience and wellbeing skills. The way to do this is by investing in individuals, strengthening teams and organisations, and maintaining high quality of service to those our work supports.
The Compassionate Leader Programme is a valuable resource for middle managers in any human-facing work environment.
Below is a list of core sectors that have been supported with this wellbeing, resilience and compassionate leadership support. If your profession or sector is not listed below, this does not mean the programme is not suitable - much more likely that we just have not had an opportunity to deliver it in your particular context yet.
- childcare/youthwork
- hospitality and service
- social care/social work
- disability
- law
- social welfare
- education
- counselling & therapy
- medical care
- pastoral
- community development
- policing
- HR
- hospitality
- emergency services
- senior care
Being time poor and financially challenged does not necessarily mean ignoring this fundamental human need for self care, resilience and compassionate leadership for ourselves, and those we support. The Compassionate Leader Programme is the smart, evidence-based way to meet this need and more.
The Compassionate Leader Programme has been specifically developed for individuals, teams, and whole organisations who work with people. The training integrates cutting edge evidence based practices from the two key disciplines of Cross Professional Supervision and Compassionate Leadership. There are six self-paced modules which students can return to again and again to deepen the learning for a six month period after completing the training.
Students who are enrolled on a bespoke Compassionate Leader programme as part of a dedicated team or organisation, will be supported with six live zoom one hour group coaching sessions to ground the learning in the values, culture and circumstances of their particular organisation.
After completing the programme each student will receive 18 hours CPD certification from Mindful Facilitation. S/he will also be invited to continue to learn and be supported with six month complimentary access to the Nurturing Compassionate Leadership Academy bi-weekly general live coaching sessions.
Students who enroll as individuals will have immediate access to the six self paced programme modules, and on completion of these will also be invited to continue to learn and be supported with six month complimentary access to the Nurturing Compassionate Leadership Academy bi-weekly general live coaching sessions. Self paced students will qualify for 18 hours CPD certification from Mindful Facilitation on completion of the six programme modules followed by attendance at a minimum of eight live coaching sessions.
Students will learn how to:
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Respond more wisely rather than reacting to stressful situations
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Cultivate the foundational skills of self compassion and equanimity
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Establish and model clear boundaries
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Build resilience with sustainable self care and self regulation practices
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Deliver robust, evidence based supervision support
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Lead Mindfully
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The Compassionate Leader Programme
This is an immersive training in a group coaching environment.
This blended, cutting edge, evidence-based training is a combination of:
* Live Online Teaching
* Bite Sized Self Paced Learning
* Group Coaching
* Workplace Implementation
Why Attend?
Understand how building your own resilience is the foundation for authentic compassionate
leadership of yourself and others,
Develop your own practical resources for building your own wellbeing and strengthening
your resilience
Deepen your understanding of wisdom supervision
Learn by participating in the six group coaching sessions how to strengthen
psychological safety, and to deepen reflective practise
On completion of the training continue your learning and workplace implementation with six
months complimentary access to both the programme hub, and the Nurturing
Compassionate Leadership Academy bi-weekly open group coaching sessions.
Specifically designed for those who:
Are in emerging or middle leadership roles in an organisation whose work is in
service of people,
Need to deepen and grow their compassionate leadership and supervision skills,
Are time poor, and yet aware of the need to invest in their own real self care,
wellbeing and resilience in both professional and personal spheres,
Format
Students complete the self paced one hour of training ahead of each of the
six one hour live sessions,
Each live session is a combination of teaching, skills practise, and hot seat coaching
Three of the sessions will include some peer coaching
Six hours live teaching, six hours self paced learning, and six hours workplace implementation
CPD certification from Mindful Facilitation will be awarded on completion of the eighteen
hours of the programme.
Graduates of the programme will have six months complimentary access to both the programme hub,
and the Nurturing Compassionate Leadership Academy bi-weekly open group coaching sessions.
Details
Dates and Times: TBA per bespoke programme
Enquiries to hello@mindfulfacilitation.com
How to register: Please fill book an enquiry consult by clicking the button below. The live, bespoke
programme investment is €1495 per person with a siding scale for six or more participants.
Self Paced Option For Individual Students
Individuals can access the self paced programme for a one-off fee of €220.
This includes six months access to both the hub and its resources, and access to
the Nurturing Resilient Leadership Academy bi-weekly open group coaching sessions.
On completion of the six self paced modules, and attendance at a minimum of eight bi weekly coaching
sessions, 18 hours CPD certification from Mindful Facilitation will be awarded.
The Compassionate Leader Programme Individual Pathway
If you are a professional who values growth, you want to build resilience and achieve success while making a difference, and you want to be in community while doing it, we encourage you to apply.
You will have six months access to the six self paced modules of the Inner Compassionate Leader Programme, followed by a further six months complimentary acces to both the programme hub and the live online bi-weekly group coaching sessions in the Nurturinf Compassionate Leadership Academy.
Before purchasing, please fill book your enquiry consult below so we can have a conversation to make sure this is the correct investment for you.
€220.00
The Compassionate Leader Bespoke Programme
Are you an executive, human resources manager, or leadership development professional, and you want to enroll your team in The Compassionate Leader Bespoke Programme?
Or perhaps you work at a company, and you’re interested in taking the programme with your coworkers?
If so, we’d love to connect with you to share more about our special pricing for small, medium, and large groups
Live teaching of the six modules of The Compassionate Leader within a closed group.
On completion of the programme students will have a further six months complimentary access to both the programme hub, and the bi weekly
Nurturing Compassionate Leadership Academy group coaching sessions.
The investment is €1495 per student with sliding scale reductions for groups of eight or more.
Please book your enquiry consult below, so we can schedule a conversation to explore if this is the correct investment for your team or organisation at this time.
So Why Have I Developed The Compassionate Leader Programme?
As a younger woman, working in frontline, management and later as a consultant in the not for profit sector, I was the original 'teflon coated', 'resilient' 'ever ready' professional, passionate about my work,and maybe a tad hard on myself as I strived to be perfect. My burnout came out of nowhere and it cost me dearly.
And so my lifelong passion since then has been to ensure that no leader or team member in human services burns out on my watch. Something that I like to remind myself and others of is that 'we are humans, not machines'.
For years I worked in four different ways as a Spiritual Companion, Wisdom Supervisor, Retreat Facilitator, and Mindfulness Teacher, each offering the wonderful but often depleted leader a different pathway away from burnout, and towards a life of success, meaning, purpose and happiness.
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Spiritual Companion
- I have been an Anamcara or Soul Friend to 450 individuals wanting space for meaning making or a deepening spirituality that is authentic and supportive.
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Retreat Facilitator
I designed and delivered one day to eight day silent retreats for over 700 participants wanting to have a time of deep rest, space, nourishment and connection.
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Wisdom Supervisor
I have been a supervisor providing deep listening and skills building with over 600 people in leadership roles, and 290 human care organisations.
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Mindfulness
I have delivered Mindfulness courses including Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, (MBSR), Mindfulness and Self Compassion, and many Wellbeing and Resilience Trainings to over 2000 participants.
Why now?
I have now distilled my experience of supervising, coaching, and facilitation into cutting edge, bite size, holistic, yet practical bite-size training for the depleted human service professional.
I have brought my twenty plus years of experience to this because we need to address the current challenges of, stress and burnout. Never before was it so important to build resilience, competency and compassionate leadership than in today's overworked and under resourced leaders.
As a Compassionate Leader
you can face any situation without
becoming overwhelmed as you grow your capacity to respond wisely, rather than reacting in the moment of stress or challenge.
SOME OF THE VERY MANY KIND WORDS
Johnathan Hussey
Youth Employment Programme
Cherryorchard Ireland
Learning the simple tools and techniques for daily pausing along with the many benefits was invaluable.The programme has definitely helped with leading in a more mindful way, and also instilling the importance of self care practices for all our team. I hope that this will embed further in the culture of our Centre.
Katie Hourigan
Regional Coordinator
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland
I would highly recommend Dee Hennessy as a passionate and experienced mindfulness teacher. She has years of practice supporting people working in in human care organisations and community groups in how we respond to stress and improve our well-being. Availing of Dee’s service as in investment in yourself. My work has benefited for it as has as my personal life.
Dorothy Surrett-Thomas
Programme Coordinator
The Irish Cancer Society
I found Dee to be considerate and gentle as she moved some fairly significant mountains! I was so impressed by her commitment and style that I joined a her mindful transformation programme. I was even further impressed by Dee's attention to detail and thoroughness. I will definitely join Dee again in the future and would recommend that you do as well!
Working with Dee brought me to a place of peace and joy with a sense of clarity, able to move on in my new leadership role with a sense of courage, strength and direction.
Marg Maung
World Congegrational Leader
Myanmar
When you are busy with ideas and life's stresses, Dee brings this sense of calm and has a natural ability to ground you so you can move forward from a better place. I highly recommend Dee, her professional and friendly approach inspires people to be their best.
Karen Power
Childrens Mindfulness and yoga teacher
John
Inner Resilient Leadership Programme participant 2023
The programme gave me time to reflect on the importance of self care. It also gave me techniques for managing stress. It was a great space for me as manager to learn the skills of mindful leadership.
Babs Morris
Social Care Leader
Ireland
Did this course with Dee and have to say it was superb, very enjoyable and very relaxing. Dee is a wonderful teacher and very experienced. It really was very beneficial to me and I would have no hesitation in recommending it.
A busy middle manager needs flexible, fast, fun, informative online meetings where s/he can inspire, be inspired, help and be helped, and get live supervision on current issues. Students will be supported to take the action they need to take, and to support their own evolving supervision and leadership practise. In this programme students connect with others who have already been there, so there is no overwhelm or overload - rather a compassionate welcome, as each shows up exactly as they are and receives support to take their own pathway to strong mindful leadership.
'I thoroughly enjoyed the learning, the insights and the very practical practices throughout the programme. It has been and continues to be very beneficial for me and the people I work with everyday. Hopefully this is evident and continues to be, in our organisation.' 2023 programme participant
I'm Dee and living in rural Ireland I love how my connection with human service leaders who are done with overwhelm and burnout, is growing from my home to all corners of the world with the magic of the Internet.
I'm known in my own little part of the world for creating and holding space for amazing non profit workers who often more easily give to others than they can to themselves. So I step into the place of depletion with my toolkit of wisdom supervision, neuroscience, ancient wisdom traditions, and the world of nature, and in IRL Academy we build skills of resilience, wisdom supervision, and mindful leadership.
I want to let you into a secret. The more I live, the more I realize that there is nothing new under the sun. What ails us in our impoverished, over-busy 21st-century living is our lack of balance between doing and being, our inability to be present, and so we are fractured, and often cross with ourselves for being so.
The solution is the age-old energy of compassion and kindness, but we have lost our way here too. We expect more and more of ourselves as we accept the ever-increasing demands 21st-century living places on us.
So I don't bring any magic bullet or quick fixes to the table. I just hold space while we build simple evidence based skills so we know how to look after ourselves as we become more and more proficient in mindfully leading others.
Wisdom Supervision
With twenty plus years of experience of a supervisor I have seen many changes in our understanding of and approach to supervision . Over years my own approach has evolved to become rooted in the Wisdom Model of Cross Professional Supervision with its four pillars of Contemplation, Compassion, Creativity and Collaboration
Within this approach supervision is accepted as a profession ‘in its own right’ with a unique set of skills, tasks and competencies. The role of the supervisor is facilitator of learning, change and transformation to enhance client care, practitioner personal/professional development and organisational change. See Supervisors Association Of Ireland and An Croi Wisdom Institute
Mindful Leadership Skills
Mindfulness offers a powerful methodology for enhancing the well-being and the efficacy of leaders as they face stressful and challenging situations.. A steadily growing body of research has demonstrated that mindfulness helps us to become more present, less emotionally reactive, and more deliberate and purposeful in our thoughts and actions.
By learning to step out of the innate human tendency to run on automatic pilot, leaders can deliberately create new options for action that can lead us through turbulent times. See UCD MSC in Mindfulness Based Interventions and Mindfulness Teachers Association Of Ireland
Wisdom Supervision
seeks to create a safe holding environment for the supervisee, supervisor and the
whole organisation.
The Four C's of
Wisdom Supervision are:
Collaborative
Contemlative
Creative
Compassionate
(G. Holton The Soul of Supervision)
If you are here you already know that supervision is a key discipline within service based industries. Middle Managers do not need another supervision course.
They need a different, more heart centred approach that starts with exquisite self-care, and allows your natural mindful leadership style to emerge as you hone your supervision skills.
The place to do that is with other people like you in the Compassionate Leader Programme.
The Compassionate Leader Programme
Resilience. Supervison. Compassionate Leadership
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SECTION 1: WELCOME
Foundations
Introduction to the programme, its methodology and to the live sessions
and hot seat coaching.
Core Competencies - Awareness, Pausing, and Beginners Mind
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SECTION 2: COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP
Compassionate Leadership
Living Well with Stress- Our Old Friend
How To Respond More Wisely In Stressful Moments
Mindful Communication
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SECTION 3: BOUNDARIES AND WISDOM SUPERVISION
Boundaries and Wisdom Supervision
Boundaries - How To Set, Maintain And Strengthen Them
What Is Wisdom Supervision?
The Supervision Session - Before - During - After
Introduction To Informal Supervision/ People Management
How To Build The Culture Of Reflective Practice in Yourself And Your Organisation
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SECTION 4: RESILIENCE AS SELF CARE AND SELF COMPASSION
Self Care and Self Compassion
Exquisite Self Care as Hard Core Resilience Skill
Self Compassion - Softening the Inner Critic
Acceptance
Self Regulation
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SECTION 5: GROWING IN COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP
Growing in Compassionate Leadership
Qualities of Mindful Leadership
Growing in Mindful Leadership - as Yourself
Overcoming Perfectionism
Empowering your Team and Organisation with a Culture of Mindful Leadership
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SECTION 6: LEANING INTO WISDOM SUPERVISION
Developing your Supervision Skills
Informal Supervision - Opportunity Led Compassionate Leadership
How to Deal with Difficult Communications
Practical Approaches to Crises Management and Debriefing
How to Strengthen your own Inner Supervisor
MAYBE YOU ARE WONDERING...
Either as an individual or an organisation I know that investing in this Compassionate Leader Programme takes a little courage and is no small thing. You want to be sure, to know as much as you can about what to expect, how it will work, if it is really for you before coming on board. I totally understand. I too always take my time, ask my questions and reflect if it is right for me before jumping into any new venture. So I have answered the most frequently asked questions about this bespoke training below.. If your question is not answered here, or you have another one, get in touch at hello@mindfulfacilitation and we can chat.
Can I do The Compassionate Leader Programme as an individual?
Yes, if you are in a work role where you need some support to strengthen your own resilience as you upskill your supervision and leadership skills, this bespoke programme will be a really supportive hub and learning community for you. As a self paced student you will have access to the six modules and when you complete these to other resources, and the bi -weekly live coaching sessions for a further six months. You can also receive eighteen hours CPD certification from Mindful Facilitation on completion of the six self paced modules and attendance at at least eight of the bi - weekly coaching sessions.
Can we enrol in The Compassionate Leader Programme as a Team or an Organisation?
This bespoke training is perfect for the team or organisation that wants to strengthen resilience while developing a whole organisation approach to wellbeing, resilience, supervision and compassionate leadership. The standard container includes a self paced programme of six modules, dropped over 6 weeks. This self paced learning is strengthened with six weekly live coaching sessions over zoom for practical learning, practise, implementation and support in line with your organisations culture, values and particular set of circumstances. Eighteen hours of CPD credit will be be awarded to each student on completion of the six live teaching sessions, the self paced bonus programme, and workplace practise. Once the six live coaching sessions are complete, students will have a further six months complimentary access to both the self paced modules with extra resources, and the bi weekly live coaching sessions in the Nurturing Compassionate Leadership Academy.
This programme container and schedule can be adapted to meet the particular need of your team or organisation, and if you require a blended approach, we can also plan for that. To discuss your particular requirements please reach out to me and we will schedule a consult: hello@@mindfulfacilitation.com.
As a Self Paced Student do I have to attend the bi weekly general coaching sessions?
This is is a rolling programme so you can begin anytime and work at your own pace. through the self paced modules. The live coaching sessions which become available to you once you complete the six self paced modules are great, but you can decide if you wish to attend or not. If you do decide to participate in the bi-weekly live coaching sessions you can attend as and when suits you. If you would like to avail of the 18 hours cpd certification from Mindful Facilitation you will need to attend a minimum of eight of the bi weekly live coaching sessions.
Will there be meditations and relaxation exercises I can use?
Yes - you will have immediate access to a range of thoughtwork exercises, lifestyle brain hacks, and mindfulness practises . While you can access many meditations for free online, ( I teach on Insight Timer where you can find many of my most popular meditations for free), the resources in the Compassionate Leadership library are specific evidence based, short exercises only available within the programme. These are focused in particular on building skills in self regulation, resilience and compassionate leadership. So exclusive, curated, and no overwhelm!
How much time do I have to go through the Compassionate Leader Programme?
Whether you are an individual self paced student or part of a bespoke group iteration of The Compassionate Leader Programme, you will have access to the hub and all resources as well as complimentary access to the live bi weekly Nurturing Compassionate Leadership general coaching sessions for a further six months after you complete the six self paced modules of the programme.
Where can I ask questions or get help from Dee?
Whether you are an individual student on the self paced programme, or have participated in a bespoke live training, you will be able to bring your questions or concerns to our bi weekly live coaching sessions . You can also email your question or concern to hello@mindfulfacilitation.com, and I will do my best to address it in the next general coaching session. These are the two ways to engage with me in the Nurturing Compassionate Leadership Academy ( attend a bi weekly live, or email me your question to be addressed in a live coaching session) Please note that I do not provide individual email support.
To book a bespoke Compassionate Leader Programme for your Team or Organisation please book an enquiry consult below.
The Compassionate Leader Programme Individual Pathway
If you are a professional who values growth, you want to build resilience and achieve success while making a difference, and you want to be in community while doing it, we encourage you to apply.
You will have access to the six self paced modules of the Compassionate Leader Programme, followed by:
Six months access to live online bi-weekly group coaching sessions.
Before purchasing, please book an enquiry consult below so we can have a conversation to make sure this is the correct investment for you.
€220.00
The Compassionate Leader Bespoke Programme
Are you an executive, human resources manager, or leadership development professional, and you want to enroll your team in The Compassionate Leader Bespoke Programme?
Or perhaps you work at a company, and you’re interested in taking the programme with your coworkers?
If so, we’d love to connect with you to share more about our special pricing for small, medium, and large groups
Live teaching of the six modules of The Compassionate Leader within a closed group.
On completion of the programme students will have a further six months complimentary access to both the programme hub, and the bi weekly
Nurturing Compassionate Leadership Academy group coaching sessions.
The investment is €1495 per student with sliding scale reductions for groups of eight or more.
Please book your enquiry consult below, so we can schedule a conversation to explore if this is the correct investment for your team or organisation at this time.
What our Clients are saying
David Kieran
Operations Manager St Patrick's Centre Kilkenny
Here at St Patrick’s Centre, we are undergoing an enormous transformation, as we transition from a congregated institutional model of care, to a community focused, supported self-directed model, in line with the national policy ‘Time to Move On’. Dee has been hugely instrumental in helping us face the not insignificant cultural and practical challenges associated with such a change process. She has worked with individuals, teams, line and senior managers to support this ongoing process. Dee’s involvement has had a very positive influence on the change process.
Olgae Estridge
Regional Coordinator
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland
Dee is working with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland ( MS Ireland) in the role of external supervisor to MS Ireland Case Work Staff. We have had a very positive experience with Dee who demonstrates a great capacity to create a space where team members can reflect on their practice and explore their role within this often complex work. Dee's style of reflective listening promotes an atmosphere where the team can develop strategies that supports quality work with people with Multiple Sclerosis and family members while strengthening the reilience and leadership skills of each team member. We have no hesitation in recommending Dee as a supervisor.
Patricia Dowling
Director of Services
Traveller Family Care
Ireland
‘Dee showed fantastic insight, has excellent communication and reporting skills and kept everyone on track and up to speed in what was an enormous piece of work. Dee’s knowledge and years of experience in the social care sector is second to none. Our organisation is extremely grateful to her for all her hard work, commitment and dedication. Without her input we would not have grown from strength to strength. We have learned so much and have grown from Dee who is a teacher and an enabler who has bestowed on us many gifts.’
The Current Research
You will find the source material for all of the research quoted, and more in this short report from Mindful Facilitation.
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World Health Organisation On Burnout
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The Financial And Human Cost Of Burnout
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The Smart Sustainable Response - Organisational Not Individual
Dee's Professional Background
Dee is a senior Mindful Leadership Coach and Cross Professional Supervisor committed to supporting professionals to manage stress and build resilience,avoid burnout and to blossom. With a background in Social Care and Community Development Dee has experienced herself, and witnessed in others the depletion, demotivation, and complete exhaustion that comes as we approach burnout. For many years she has focussed on researching the high human cost of being a leader in the human service professions. She has studied with teachers of both Western and Eastern Wisdom traditions, as well as having a full immersion in the neuroscience underpinning current secular mindful leadership practice. A Master Facilitator Dee has trained with The Mindfulness Academy Soltereno in best practice in creating and holding safe space online, for her deep supervision and coaching work.
Dee has supported hundreds of professionals to date to manage stress and overwhelm for themselves with evidence based, simple transformative actions from her unique coaching approach. Dee is a full member of Supervisors Association of Ireland ( SAI) and Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland (MTAI). Dee is also a board member of All Ireland Spiritual Guides Association (AISGA), and Kilkenny Volunteer Centre.
Meet your Trainer
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Master Facilitator, Mindful Mindset Coach, and Supervisor
With a background in Social Care and Community Development, as a young woman Dee experienced herself and witnessed in others the depletion, demotivation, and complete exhaustion that come as we approach burnout.
A specialist in Mindful Leadership (knowing how to regulate ourselves as we support others), and Wisdom Supervison Dee works internationally from Ireland, training over busy, hyper connected 21st century humans deepen their capacity to pause, to rest, to prevent or recover from burnout, and to blossom. This work began many years ago when Dee herself experienced burnout as a committed, passionate professional, who understood little about real resilience and self care. Many years of study in Philosophy, Eastern and Western Wisdom Traditions, and New Cosmology shaped Dee's evidence based perspective on the universe that offers a way to integrate scientific, spiritual, personal, and cultural viewpoints into a meaningful whole. For many years now Dee has focussed specifically on researching the high human cost of being a leader in the human care professions. She completed an MSc in Mindfulness Based Interventions, & further specialist post graduate training in Spiritual Companioning, Wisdom Supervision & Trauma Informed Online Facilitation. Dee has now distilled her training, wisdom and many years of practise into the development of two unique gold standard programmes, The Compassionate Leader Programme for teams and organisations, and Blossom, a bespoke for women leaders who want to develop exquisite self care and resilient leadership skills.
