Dale Schwarz

Consultant

I have provided coaching, OD and management consulting for small and mid-sized businesses, and for corporate organizations and academic institutions for over thirty-five years.

When coaching leaders in the Mutual Learning approach, one of the biggest stumbling blocks I see is lack of compassion towards others and oneself. Compassion is one of the five values of the Mutual Learning approach. Although some leaders might initially see compassion as merely a “soft skill,” it plays a critical role in creating organizational results – a role that is just as important as the other values of transparency, curiosity, accountability and informed choice. I’ve seen that there’s often a turning point in an organization’s effectiveness when leaders come to value the power of compassion.

For example, I worked with a highly competent leader who was unduly hard on himself and, by his own account, at times unnecessarily critical of others. When he learned to be more compassionate by acknowledging and celebrating his own accomplishments, as well as the accomplishments of others in his organization, the results were an increase in overall morale, accountability and more capacity for taking on challenging projects. By focusing on increasing his capacity for compassion, he reaped very practical rewards and became a more effective leader: he delegated more confidently and had renewed vigor for his work.

In addition to my leadership and personal coaching work with clients, I co-authored “Facilitative Coaching” with Anne Davidson.

I’m a licensed psychotherapist, registered art therapist and multimedia artist. I enjoy nature’s beauty through plein air watercolor painting with my husband and friends.

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