The second principle in the SERVANT Leadership acronym is Empathetic. In order to lead people, you need to know what it feels like to walk a mile in their shoes.
Even if you’ve never been in their position, you must have the empathy to perceive their circumstances, from their point of view.
Leaders who lose the ability to empathize lose the ability to lead.
Compassion training extends beyond helping you feel more empathy and concern for others. It includes the development of:The strength to be present with sufferingThe courage to take compassionate actionThe resilience to prevent …
Keiko Krahnke is Associate Professor of Management; Business Communications at University of Northern Colorado in the Montfort College of Business. Areas of research interests include spirituality and business, systems thinking, Appreciative Inquiry, a…
National Speakers Bureau sits down with exclusive speaker Dr. Brian Goldman to hear his thoughts on empathy. To view more on Brian, view his NSB profile: http://bit.ly/1ksN0eJSee it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion
I recently learned about Van Jones’ virtual reality experiment, Day of Empathy via this video (thank you, thank you, thank you to Nancy Schwartz for writing about this on her Getting Attention nonprofit marketing blog: OMG Experiment to Connect &…
