About Us
Our Vision
We see a world where leading with love is the path to positive change, peace, and prosperity for all.
Our Purpose
We celebrate and guide leaders who build compassionate workplaces and individuals who seek meaningful work.
Our Work
We create customized learning solutions that inspire personal epiphanies and create positive change.

Laurel Donnellan, Founder & CEO
I was raised to believe anyone could find a calling and companies could provide a healthy work environment where people could change the world and reach their potential.
This simple idea still drives me and my team at Compassionate Leaders Circle. After being a manager, executive, and change consultant, I launched my own company over 20 years ago where I have developed transformational programs that build careers and organizations from the inside out.
We guide professionals to remarkable work and company leaders to create a more compassionate culture.
Why Compassionate Leaders Circle?
Strategic
We collaborate with you to understand your culture, successes, and challenges. Then, we design and deliver a solution that is effective and sustainable.
Soulful
We deliberately address and leverage the power of compassion, love, and purpose in everything we do.
Scientific
Our approach to change is informed by current academic and practitioner research, and our own proven learning models. We establish KPIS and provide data analysis for every engagement.
Why Compassion?
Companies with purpose and corporate social responsibility outperform S&P 500 peers
by 8 times.
88% of millennials look for employers with corporate social responsibility values.
- The Rise of Social Enterprise, Deloitte 2018
Compassion positively impacts productivity, employee and customer retention, profitability, and financial performance.
Compassion supports strategic advantage in innovation, service quality, collaboration, retaining talented people, employee and customer engagement, and adaptability to change.
- Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power that Elevates People and Organizations by Monica C. Worline and Jane E. Dutton, 2017
Our Values
Equity
Kindness
Excellence
Courage
Joy
Our diverse group of expert leaders and faculty includes authors, coaches, and change makers from a broad range of backgrounds and practice areas.
Meet our Team