Skills
About
What if the most powerful leadership tool you have isn't strategy — it's who you are? For more than forty years, Dr. Greg Stebbins has been redefining what it means to lead. Not with louder voices or sharper tactics, but with something rarer: wisdom, transcendence, and love. He's not just talking about leadership theory. He's reshaping the entire conversation about what modern leaders need to become. What makes Greg different isn't just what he knows; it's how he's lived. He brings decades of senior business leadership experience combined with a profound understanding of the human dynamics that quietly shape every team, every boardroom, and every organizational culture. He has authored multiple books and articles, advised organizations worldwide, and built a reputation as one of the most sought-after voices in transformative leadership. Greg doesn't just teach growth. He's devoted his entire life to it. His academic credentials are formidable: a doctoral degree from Pepperdine University's School of Education and Psychology and an MBA in Finance from USC. But what fuels his work at its core goes far beyond the classroom. He has spent over fifty years immersed in a daily meditation practice and has studied both Eastern and Western wisdom traditions with depth and dedication. That's not a footnote on his résumé; it's the engine behind everything he teaches. Learn more about Greg here: https://peoplesavvy.com/
Gregory Stebbins
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expert panel
Members of the Senior Executive HR Think Tank explore why empathy, self-awareness and compassion are becoming essential leadership competencies and what the shift means for developing and evaluating leaders.Leadership has never been only about strategy, execution or financial results. But as employee expectations continue to change, the way leaders create those results is receiving greater scrutiny. Employees increasingly expect leaders to understand their own impact, recognize the experiences of others and create environments where people can perform without sacrificing trust or humanity.That makes the distinction between “soft skills” and business skills increasingly difficult to defend. Members of the Senior Executive HR Think Tank bring experience across executive leadership, HR, talent acquisition, leadership development and organizational consulting to examine what this means for organizations and how companies can make these competencies part of how leaders are developed, assessed and promoted.The timing matters. Gallup's 2026 State of the Global Workplace report found that global employee engagement fell to 20% in 2025, its lowest level since 2020, while manager engagement fell to 22%. At the same time, a recent Forbes article on workplace trust highlights how trust is built through the everyday ways leaders communicate, connect and follow through. Together, these dynamics raise an increasingly important question: Are self-awareness, empathy and compassion simply “soft skills,” or are they now essential leadership competencies?