How to teach empathy: New research
David Wilkinson
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David Wilkinson
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Is empathy just part of our personality or can it be taught / learned?
Many organisations have empathy as part of their values or competencies with little consideration about whether it can be developed and if it can, how to teach empathy or how to develop it.
The closest many organisations get to venturing into this field is to run ‘emotional intelligence’ courses, which when evaluated turn out to be largely powerpoint led cognitive exercises as opposed to the real development of emotional skills like empathy and emotion regulation. Most such classroom based processes have little or no research base and underpinning of how to teach empathy.
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Senior Manager Organizational Change Management
7 年I find it interesting that none of the approaches to teaching empathy don't include learners experientially discovering/getting in touch with their self-empathy.
Intra-day Operations Analyst at Accenture | Skilled Researcher & Analyst | Strong Background in Casino Finance & Data Analysis
7 年I don't see the point in hiring anybody who needs to have their empathy developed at all.