Compassionate Leadership

Hi! I’m Imre Végh, founder of TrueVoice. As a trainer and coach, I offer programs inspired by the principles of Compassionate Leadership. My goal is to create a better world where both the fierce and gentle aspects of compassion come together to bring about meaningful change.

From Utrecht, I have been providing training and coaching to businesses, universities, government organizations, and non-profit organizations worldwide since 2006.

What I offer

Training & coaching inspired by the principles of compassionate leadership:

• Leadership Development: Where vulnerability becomes strength
• Advanced Communication Training: That confronts to connect
• Team Coaching: Where diverse perspectives create wisdom
• Personal Coaching: For leaders ready to grow beyond limitations

Since 2006, I’ve been training and coaching across various sectors and cultures —from Uganda to Laos, from Vietnam to the Dutch Honors Programs and the International Space University.

Deep Inner Work as Foundation

Compassionate Leadership is not about polished ideals, spiritual facades or naive beliefs—it’s about developing strong skills grounded in compassion, while it acknowledges the honest, raw and messy reality of being human.

One principle that guides everything I do: we can only guide others as far as we’ve journeyed ourselves. This requires deep inner work. Therefore my guidance is not about quick fixes or surface-level skills—it’s about deep transformation that can help you address the complex challenges you might face. The path isn’t always comfortable, but the most important growth rarely is.

What I Really Do

Don’t mistake Compassionate Leadership for something soft or easy. True compassion has teeth. It’s brave enough to challenge, direct enough to confront, and loving enough to hold what emerges. What I really do is create spaces where people can drop their masks and face themselves—all of themselves. Where compassion isn’t just a buzzword, but an unavoidable consequence of truly seeing each other in our beautiful imperfection. And in that willingness to be seen fully, we find the deepest growth possible.

The Coherence Therapy Connection

My work is influenced by Coherence Therapy, which helps uncover and transform emotional patterns at their roots. This approach fits perfectly with my philosophy at TrueVoice—recognizing that our challenges often have coherent origins, and that lasting change comes through understanding rather than force.

Why TrueVoice?

Leadership begins with finding your true voice while creating space for others to find theirs.

Like it or not, we all have multiple inner voices, each with unique wisdom. Recognizing these diverse parts of ourselves leads to deeper self-understanding and personal growth.

Similarly, teams and organizations thrive when they embrace the diversity of perspectives. By valuing all voices, we move beyond conflicts, create psychological safetely and unlock shared wisdom.

Therefore, the challenge is to find our True Voice: integration of voices is the foundation for genuine leadership and meaningful change.

Personal Style

I can be sharp, direct, and uncompromising, but also deeply understanding, empathic and caring. Not a spiritual teacher, but a fellow seeker who’s willing to sit with both the darkness and the light in all of us. I love to embrace polarities: the chaos and the beauty, the anger and the love, the confrontation and the connection. Because real growth isn’t neat and tidy – it’s challenging, uncomfortable, and absolutely worth it.

Someone once told me, “You have something of a minister about you!” They weren’t wrong—I do bring conviction to my work. Not because I have all the answers, but because I care deeply about creating a better world. I believe we face enormous challenges on our planet—climate change, inequality, polarization—and I’m genuinely concerned about these issues. I believe that Compassionate Leadership is an essential ingredient to address these issues.

I like to hold “tragic hope”—acknowledging painful realities while maintaining a positive vision for change. This balance of realism and optimism is essential for facing our complex global challenges without becoming either naive or cynical.

My Influences and Inspirations

My approach is inspired by diverse influences: Thupten Jinpa’s research on compassion, Kristin Neff’s work on self-compassion, the principles of Nonviolent Communication, and Deep Democracy’s inclusive methodology.

Creating a Better World Together

Imagine a world where leaders in every sphere have the skills to uncover the wisdom in every voice. Where personal growth and collective progress go hand in hand. This is not a utopian dream. Instead, it’s a practical necessity in our interconnected world. And it starts with understanding the ourselves and others, with compassion.

Let’s Connect

I’d love to explore how we can work together to develop compassionate leadership in your organization or in your own practice. Whether you’re facing specific challenges or simply want to enhance your capacity for leading with compassion, I’m here to help you find your true voice and make your unique contribution to a human-centered future.

Balancing my work with being a devoted father and husband who loves space exploration, chess, and botanical gardens. In my work, I’m sharp enough to cut through defenses, gentle enough to hold what we find there.

Want to work together? Great! Come as you are…