Empathy is a Learnable and Teachable  Skill

Empathy is a Learnable and Teachable Skill

I believe that empathy gets a bad rap because it doesn’t make us weak or too emotional. Used correctly, empathy can be a powerful relationship, engagement, and communication tool. The good news is it’s both a learnable and teachable skill with benefits that are both demonstrable and measurable.?

Empathy falls under the umbrella of Emotional Intelligence (EI).

As leaders, we are asked to be arbiters for the success or failure of the people we manage every day. To be both significant and effective, we need to not only understand empathy but embrace it wholeheartedly.

How do you communicate using empathy?

Leave a comment, I’d love to know.



Mike S.

Fearless Transformational Speaker - Empowering Teams to Thrive | Inspirational Speaking

9 个月

There is a political capital to be made in the West from mocking empathy as 'Woke' It is a hideous movement John Chappelear which is at once on the march and in retreat. Human evolution was not supposed to work like this. Good news is that there is an emerging generation that is empathetic. They may be getting dismissed by politicians but change is afoot. I don't know if empathy can be taught but immersive experiences in others shoes can reap good results.

Bert Livingston

Financial Advisor at National Life Group

9 个月

Indeed, it has been my experience that so many people I have met within the last 5 - 7 years have been saying "My business has been great" so "I do not care... It's not an empathetic country at this point. (I ask those who say, "I don't care...my business is ok...IF they REALLLY "do not care?" Most do not even know they said it!) Thanks for the reality! Bert

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