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Infuse Compassion

Infuse Compassion

By: Amy Quesenberry & Mark Carpenter
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Infuse Compassion, a podcast hosted by Amy Quesenberry and Mark Carpenter, explores the transformative power of compassion in both professional and personal spheres. This insightful podcast offers actionable strategies to integrate compassion, enhancing results, relationships and overall well-being. By prioritizing human connection, listeners can build trust, inspire teams, and create lasting impact. Designed for current and aspiring business and community leaders, Infuse Compassion delivers authentic and vulnerable conversations that help to release barriers, open minds fostering meaningful connection to prioritize humanity in interactions. Tune in to gain tools for stronger communities, thriving businesses, and enriched personal lives through the power of compassion. Economics Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • E89: How to Lead Responsibly with Coach Jim Johnson

    E89: How to Lead Responsibly with Coach Jim Johnson
    Oct 13 2026
    Leadership lessons don’t always come from the office. This week’s Infuse Compassion guest shares leadership principles he learned up close on the basketball court and in the locker room. Coach Jim Johnson was at the heart of a miraculous moment that became a phenomenon 20 years ago as the coach of Greece Athena’s boys high school basketball team. You may remember the story and YouTube video of “J-Mac” but you probably don’t know the backstory and the leadership lessons learned from that experience. Listen in to our conversation where you’ll hear: • The importance of leaders knowing who they are and having a personal mission. • The power of specific praise in connecting with your team so you can correct as needed. • Coach Jim’s seven keys to effective leadership that you can apply in any leadership role. You’ll be inspired and informed by our conversation to look for ways to strengthen your team by applying Coach’s proven leadership skills. Coach Jim Johnson is a basketball coach and professional speaker who speaks on realizing dreams, teamwork, and sportsmanship. He is the author of the book “A Coach and a Miracle”, which is based on a decision he made and a promise he kept in 2006 while coaching Greece Athena’s high school basketball team in upstate New York. Some of you may have seen the video and remember the story of J-Mac, who was the team’s manager that year and played in the final miraculous game of the season. Coach Johnson has received numerous coach of the year honors and was presented with a National Sportsmanship Award. He’s known for turning struggling progams into winners, but more importantly, building young men with a winning foundation for life. He retired from coaching in 2015 and has rolled his accomplishments and experiences into two speaking presentations, “Dreams Really Do Come True” and “Leadership Lessons from Half-Court”. Contact Coach Jim: Website: coachjimjohnson.com Email: coachjimjohnson@gmail.com Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CoachJimJohnson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachjimjohnson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoachJimJohnson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachjimjohnson/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • E88: True Leadership is Kind: Reflections on Cindy Smarsh

    E88: True Leadership is Kind: Reflections on Cindy Smarsh
    Oct 6 2026
    Kindness and leadership – true leadership – go hand in hand. In this episode of the Infuse Compassion podcast, Amy and Mark discuss what we learned and how we were inspired by our conversation in last week’s episode with Cindy Smarsh, creator of the K.I.N.D.N.E.S.S. Code. Listen in as we share our examples of the key principles of the K.I.N.D.N.E.S.S. Code and how you can apply the principles in your leadership and life. Listen in as we discuss: • The power and importance of listening as a key factor in communication. • How kindness includes making tough decisions and holding people accountable. • The multitude of reasons leadership requires knowing your team members personally. Join the conversation and consider how you can benefit from applying principles of kindness to your leadership. Cindy Smarsh has been counseling, coaching, speaking, and writing for over 35 years helping people create meaningful lives personally and professionally. Most recently, Cindy followed an inspiration to become a workplace wellbeing expert who teaches kindness-based initiatives to people in leadership positions. She found a plethora of research backing the validity of creating a wellness-focused culture in corporations to increase employee engagement, improve productivity, raise employee satisfaction and retention, decrease team conflict, enhance morale, save time & money, and drive collective success. Based on her findings, she created The K.I.N.D.N.E.S.S. Code™ a framework for up leveling the skillsets of professionals companywide to build a culture where everyone can thrive. She is on a mission to support people from all walks of life to be healthy and joy-filled with meaningful, impactful lives. She believes together we can make the world a better place and is determined to use what she has been given to make that possible. Contact Cindy: Email: cindy@cindysmarsh.com; Website: cindysmarsh.com; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thekindnesscode/; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmX1Iyas873jLCale6MjBw; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • E87: Exercise the Kindess Code with Cindy Smarsh

    E87: Exercise the Kindess Code with Cindy Smarsh
    Sep 29 2026
    Kindness in business is sometimes considered soft, even fluffy. But this week’s Infuse Compassion podcast guest sees it differently. Cindy Smarsh has done the research to “crack the code” for successful business leadership, and she found that kindness is the key. Listen in as Cindy shares how she developed the K.I.N.D.N.E.S.S. Code, eight components that improve leadership, strengthen teams, and lead to serious business outcomes. In this episode you’ll learn: • The one factor that 92% of employees say will keep them at their job and their company. • An overview of the K.I.N.D.N.E.S.S. Code and how it is the key to organizational and team success. • Examples of how kindness improves business outcomes. Join us for an inside look at how you can access the code to leadership effectiveness and business success. Cindy Smarsh has been counseling, coaching, speaking, and writing for over 35 years helping people create meaningful lives personally and professionally. Most recently, Cindy followed an inspiration to become a workplace wellbeing expert who teaches kindness-based initiatives to people in leadership positions. She found a plethora of research backing the validity of creating a wellness-focused culture in corporations to increase employee engagement, improve productivity, raise employee satisfaction and retention, decrease team conflict, enhance morale, save time & money, and drive collective success. Based on her findings, she created The K.I.N.D.N.E.S.S. Code™ a framework for up leveling the skillsets of professionals companywide to build a culture where everyone can thrive. She is on a mission to support people from all walks of life to be healthy and joy-filled with meaningful, impactful lives. She believes together we can make the world a better place and is determined to use what she has been given to make that possible. Contact your favorite Smarshmallow: Email: cindy@cindysmarsh.com; Website: cindysmarsh.com; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thekindnesscode/; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmX1Iyas873jLCale6MjBw; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
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