Penny Newton-Hurley, CommPassion
Penny is an interpersonal communication specialist and founder of CommPassion Ltd, a consultancy for human connection and conflict resolution, working in the private sector, and with public organisations across government, military, health, and education, Penny is an accredited Fearless Organisation Psychological Safety Trainer, Registered Workplace Mediator with the CMC, and coach and trainer of The Human Language.
Over her 35+ years of experience in communication, Penny has witnessed how transformational it is when she trains people to unlearn their learnt language of fear-based judgement and defence, and speak and listen empathically with one another. It doesn’t just impact culture and engagement, but boosts innovation, performance and wellbeing, and brings skills that benefit their whole lives within and outside of work. In the wider context, Penny’s vision is to ‘change how the world speaks’, and is currently embarking on a trial of compassionate communication teaching in schools with a mission to bring it to the mainstream curriculum. Penny’s training methodology, The MECAnism® is also available through her online courses and her first book, ‘The Human Language’, being published in September.
Outside of her work, Penny enjoys flying planes, attending military style fitness bootcamps, performing local amateur drama, and volunteering as a listener and Branch Prison Support Officer with a registered UK charity.
Websites: www.commpassion.co.uk and https://foryou.commpassion.co.uk