Promoting Positive BehaviorDialogue circles are gatherings in which all participants sit in a circle facing each other to facilitate open, direct communication.Dialogue circles provide a safe, supportive space where all school community members can tal…

To prevent burnout, Dr Williams said it’s healthy for individuals to be emotionally withdrawn from time to time.”If an individual came about managing their own compassion fatigue by withdrawing from the media, that’s probably not such a bad…

2. PERSPECTIVE-TAKING ISN’T TOUCHY-FEELY. Perspective-taking sounds a lot like empathy, but the two qualities are siblings, not identical twins. Empathy — the ability to understand another’s emotional state — is an essentia…

McGrath proposes that we are at the dawn of a third era in management.  The first era was machine-like to produce products, the second collaborative to provide advanced services, the third will be to create “complete and meaningful experienc…

 by Lisa Barber This ‘Reflective Listening’ (or Empathic Listening as it is sometimes called) has been a invaluable addition to my parenting toolkit and the approach works remarkably well with grown-ups and businesses too. Fa…

In this guest post, the filmmakers of the forthcoming feature documentary, “My Country, No More” explain the importance of empathy in the storytelling process.If empathy is feeling with someone, sympathy is feeling for them. Sympathetic storytelling le…