Gentle Leadership: Building Accountability Through Connection
This presentation examines leadership practices through the lens of Gentle Parenting (GPS) principles as applied to healthcare and respiratory care teams. The session explores how guidance, emotional safety, clear expectations, and consistent boundaries contribute to psychological safety, trust, and accountability. Through practical examples, the presentation highlights how relationship-centered communication and empathy-based leadership can strengthen engagement, support learning, and improve team performance in professional clinical environments.
Presenter: Kristi Burns, MS, RRT, RRT-NPS
Approved for 1.00 CRCE Hours.
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES
> Explore how Guidance, Parenting, and Skills foster psychological safety.
> Discover how gentle leadership transforms engagement and outcomes.
> Learn practical tools to build connection, accountability, and trust.
> Redefine leadership through Gentle Parenting Skills (GPS).