How to Coach with Compassion
Last month Rypple hosted part one of the Teleos Leadership Institute series webinar called “The Positive Impact of Coaching with Compassion.”
Attendees learned valuable strategies on how to use compassion to prepare for their coaching sessions:
- Set a positive climate that fosters respect

- Focus on long-term development— not on altering short-term performance
- Discover your employees’ personal goals
Part Two of our 3-part series will take place on Tuesday November 29 at 2 pm ET. Join us as Teleos’ scholar-practitioners, Suzanne Rotondo and Gretchen Schmelzer share how you can:
- Deepen the conversation with your team
- Get the feedback you’re looking for
- Build on the coaching reflections from Part One
Teleos Leadership Institute is a global consulting firm that works with some of the world’s largest, most innovative companies on leadership development, emotional intelligence, and executive coaching.
About Suzanne Rotondo
Suzanne is the Executive Director of the Teleos Leadership Institute and holds a Masters of Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where she studied leadership, consensus-building, and group dynamics. She was a senior editor with Harvard Business Press, where she acquired and edited business books in the areas of leadership, strategy, and marketing, and proudly serves on the Board of Directors for the Inglis Foundation.
About Gretchen Schmelzer
Gretchen is a Senior Consultant at Teleos and a lecturer in the Department of Counselling and Applied Educational Psychology at Northeastern University in Boston. Her training includes a Post-doctoral Fellowship at the UMASS Medical School’s Department of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine as well as a Clinical Fellowship at the Harvard Medical School. A two-time National Champion in Rowing, Gretchen also has extensive experience working with Olympic, master’s and collegiate level coaches and athletes.
Both Suzanne and Gretchen serve as master coach faculty for Teleos’ flagship coach development and certification program, which has been recognized by the International Coach Federation.
We look forward to seeing you Tuesday November 29 at 2 pm EST.