Empathy, a keen focus on others, marks the second kind of focus every leader needs. Leadership, in one sense, requires getting the best efforts out of other people. But that requires powerful communication, and a sense of how to influence and motivate….

By STEPHANIE GALLIf you have ever developed a close relationship with your doctor, you know the effect a positive, supportive connection can have on the entire treatment process.Physicians do more than treat physical pains or illnesses; they give emoti…

Empathy expressed by a practitioner is important to patients—but empathy is also important for the practitioner.According to researchers from University of Montreal in Canada, empathic concern and perspective taking when treating patients can hel…

The link between empathy and prosocial behavior has been the subject of empirical investigation for decades. This author presents a selective review of this work and a consideration of some of the most important theoretical issues that have arisen duri…

What are the implications of emerging understandings in cognitive neuroscience & moral psychology for  moral or empathy education? Full Session Description (as long as you would like):The objective of my presentation is to share insights …

Mennonite Educational Institute secondary school students took part in the Run for Water Empathy Walk Friday.The event saw about 500 students walk from the school over to Fish Trap Creek, where they each filled a yellow 20 litre jerry can with wat…

Teach your children empathy — the ability to walk in someone else’s shoes — with these fun age-appropriate games from Dr. Robyn Silverman.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

Empathy has for a long time, at least since the eighteenth century, been seen as centrally important in relation to our capacity to gain a grasp of the content of other people’s minds, and predict and explain what they will think, feel, and do; and in …

Scope and Method of Study: Conceptualizations of the construct of empathy have varied with differing methods used to examine it. Based on discordant findings in previous research on self-reported empathy and behavioral measures of empathy, the current …

Modern western cultures have shifted their focus from groups and classes to the individual and his or her personal right to pursue happiness. Each one of us feels that whatever is within the mantle of our skin is ‘self’, and whatever is outside is some…