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….

Recent studies have shown that perceiving the pain of others activates brain regions in the observer associated with both somatosensory and affective-motivational aspects of pain, principally involving regions of the anterior cingulate and anterior ins…

We have to heal the divides in our country. Not just on guns. But on race. Immigration. And more. That starts with listening to each other. Hearing each other. Trying, as best we can, to walk in each other’s shoes.  So let’s put our…

Focuses on the value and impact of empathy and related skills, particularly in health care settings. Topics will include clinician-patient communication, patient-centered care, patient activation, health behavior change and clincian-patient relationshi…