How to create happier more effective workplaces using science and humanistic philosophy.
Humanism is a philosophy that centers on respect for your fellow humans. It is a recognition that our behavior impacts others. We don’t live in a vacuum.
Principles of Humanistic Leadership When we are in a leadership position, we have even more responsibility to do good, not just for ourselves, but for our team as well. Humanistic management or leadership is a philosophic approach that is at once: compassionate, ethical, reasonable, and strategic. To be an effective ethical leader requires a variety of different interrelated skills.
The program will provide a grounding in the humanist philosophy and apply it to various aspects of leadership, from how to think strategically, to how to more effectively manage and lead people.
This program includes 4 units. How to create happier more effective workplaces using science and humanistic philosophy (30 mins) Principles of humanistic leadership (45 mins) 7 sins of staff management (30 mins) Being Professional. (15 mins)
Jennifer Hancock is the author of several books and founder of Humanist Learning Systems. She is considered one of the top speakers and writers in the world of Humanism today and specializes in programs involving applied behavioral techniques focusing primarily on how to stop bullying and harassment using science. Her insights on how to combine philosophy and science to help solve our problems more effectively have helped countless people all over the world.
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