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Still Coming of Age: Flourishing, Adversity, and Compassion in Modern Leadership

  • Wednesday, February 11, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Virtual
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Still Coming of Age: Flourishing, Adversity, and Compassion in Modern Leadership

What does it mean to truly “come of age” as an adult in the workplace? This session explores how flourishing at work requires navigating adversity with awareness, empathy, motivation, and ability—the four capabilities of a practical compassion practice. Through interactive discussions, participants will examine emotional triggers, resistance, and the internal stories that shape leadership behavior. We’ll connect these concepts directly to management, leadership, trust, and performance in today’s workplace. Attendees leave with simple tools they can immediately apply to elevate their own leadership and strengthen team culture.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the distinction between “coming of age” and “still coming of age,” and how it shapes adult development, leadership readiness, and workplace behavior.
  • Recognize how adversity shows up in organizational life and why it often triggers reactive patterns that limit leadership and performance.
  • Learn a four-part compassion practice—awareness, empathy, motivation, and ability—and how each capability strengthens leadership credibility and team trust.

    Meet Our Guest Speaker:

    Jeff Jacobs

    Jeff Jacobs is a leadership development executive, facilitator, and coach who has led more than 500 engagements over the past decade at companies like Adobe and Intuit. His work spans corporate environments, nonprofit leadership and academia, serving as Assistant Lecturer at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Jeff's approach to leadership is shaped not only by his corporate experience but also by years working with maximum-security inmates in California prisons, where he witnessed the power of compassion, agency, and personal transformation.

    He holds multiple certifications in compassionate leadership and mindfulness, including through Stanford Medical School. Jeff is a contributing author to the Amazon best-seller Leading with Self-Awareness and is completing his own book, Still Coming of Age: Cultivating a Compassion Practice for Lifelong Flourishing.



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