Creating a Culture of Empathy in the Workplace

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What is your workplace culture like? In your place of employment, how often do you experience colleagues, supervisors and upper management responding to you and others with judgment-free active listening (empathic presence)?

A leading corporation in Silicon Valley shared research findings that presented empathy as the single most important workplace practice for effective teams. Work-based teams that operationalize empathy as a workplace tool, and prioritize connection between members of the team, are proven to be the most successful.

Host Nancy Kahn offers insights into the stigma commonly associated with prioritizing empathy in the workplace as a core practice and explores workplace communication challenges and scenarios. Practice along with Nancy to transform habitual conversational responses into empathic responses.

Call in for coaching on situations at work in which you would like help in learning how to offer yourself and others empathic presence.

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