I work with individuals who are directly responsible for influencing the well-being of large numbers of people, recently: three CEOs, the next generation of a rather large company, a Management Coach, two senior VPs – an Engineer and the International Manager of a shipping company.

I work with a communication model I call Mindfulness Based Communication in which clients and I develop an understanding of the significance of empathy. This includes a measure of compassion for themselves, their family/personal life, everyone in their business life and for the operations of their business responsibilities.

My interest is to help them understand that all sustainable success in their business life is interdependent. That means, to achieve their goals and meet their financial objectives, their efforts are dependant upon the successful functioning of large numbers of people.

Consequently, how they think and act in relationship to everyone around them determines their success. Once they realize this, their interest peaks and their ability to pay attentions greatly increases.

They begin to realize that if they are going to continue to be successful, all of their actions require the capacity to communicate clearly, openly and compassionately.

One component of Mindfulness Based Communication reminds me of the old axiom that what we take from the world around us is directly dependent on what we put into the world around us. “We take what we make.” Some of these cycles are small, meaning daily or large and run through a course of months or years. As they become visible to my clients their motivation for increasing their capacity for mindfulness increases. These causal relationships are evident in how they treat their Executive Assistant first thing in the morning to how they conduct themselves in a acquisition negotiation; the better they are at “reading” the effects of their words and actions the more information they have to make better decision about getting the results they are after.

Once they see just how dependant they are on virtually everyone they communicate with the more quickly they align their efforts with compassionate behavior.

Working with people in their lives in this way is good for both individuals involved. It also directly supports the successful running of a business and the bottom line.

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