mission
Mission Statement
The Empathic Leadership Institute (ELI) is committed to supporting organizations to embrace empathic leadership responses, mindsets, habits and structures. Our experience leading corporate change shows that empathic responses create a fundamental cultural shift where everyone in the organization feels empowered and accountable.
What needs to change
Typically, leaders wanting to improve their organizations’ productivity focus on shifting from what’s wrong to what’s right, from what’s not working to what could work better.
At ELI, we believe that long-lasting improvement comes from shifting our attention from what’s wrong and what doesn’t work, to what’s important. What’s important for me, for you, for the organizations and for all the stakeholders.
Cultivating empathic leadership is the necessary gateway to make that shift, which gives leaders a true understanding of what productivity and collaboration mean and what it looks like.
our Approach
Studies such as Google’s "Project Aristotle" are making it increasingly clear that a central reason why organizations and groups achieve their purpose in a long-term and sustainable way is that the culture of the organization makes empathic responses a highly valued cultural norm.
The presence of empathy (E) leads to psychological safety (PS), which in turns creates fertile ground for creativity (CR), collaboration (CO) and ultimately productivity (P). Even with great products or technology, organizations rarely thrive when non-empathic responses dominate the culture of the workplace.
Programs
programs
All of us at the Empathic Leadership Institute are passionate about the extraordinary things that human beings can accomplish. This passion fuels our philosophy and approach to training, learning and development -- we are driven to bring the experiences and tools that individuals, teams and organizations need to innovate and achieve.
The purpose of training, learning and development is to create results -- the most positive outcomes possible. With the world in constant change, it’s not enough to stand in front of a group and share information. Individuals, teams and leaders need experiential learning. It is direct experience that allows them to fully integrate what they are learning and be able to apply it and live it in their real world interactions.
“Learning is no longer preparation for the job, it is the job. The survival and health of individuals and organizations today depends on their ability to learn.”
Our extensive experience training and coaching individuals and organizations worldwide has led us to develop a series of programs that support performance and well-being. Learn more by clicking on the program descriptions below.
ABOUT
François Beausoleil (Co-founder, Lead trainer)
François trains, coaches and supports individuals and organizations throughout the world. He brings a strong business and coaching focus to his work. François is highly skilled at helping participants discover and transcend internal and external barriers so that they can live from a more fully empowered state. François’ previous career was as a musician with Cirque du Soleil – he brings creativity and music into the rooms and hearts wherever he shares his work.
He has an MBA from Sherbrooke University in Quebec, is a Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, and a registered corporate coach. He’s the author of the book, “The Blame-Free State” published in 2014.
Kyoko Yamamoto (Trainer)
Kyoko has been mediating small claim cases in county district court, and facilitating Restorative Circles for small businesses, organizations, and juvenile court cases for 7 years. She worked in the automotive industry for more than 20 years mainly as an interpreter and a coordinator. Her experience of working with people from different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds gives her a unique perspective on leadership.
She’s part of the apprenticeship program of the Nonviolent Global Liberation Community and is an NVC Trainer Certification candidate from the Center for Nonviolent Communication.
Pablo Argon (Co-founder, trainer)
Pablo holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Ecole Centrale Nantes (France) and started his career in academia teaching while doing research. Interested by solving technical problems in the industry, he worked as a computer security expert for 18 years in Europe and the USA. Over the years, he appreciated playing a variety of roles in the tech industry working at startups and large organizations both as an individual contributor and as a manager of international teams.
Initiated to Nonviolent Communication in 2012 through workshops and training, he saw its benefits for all aspects of his life, and he became passionate about learning and teaching NVC. Pablo is currently pursuing his NVC Trainer Certification from the Center for Nonviolent Communication.
Contact us
CONTACT US
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