This month we’re taking time to break down the four steps to self-empathy.  Last week was step 1, self-observation. Now that you’ve had a week with that, we’re going to dig into step 2, self-reflection. When I talk about self-reflection, I’m not necessarily talking about navel-gazing, although that’s ok too. 

One of the biggest questions I get is “how can I learn self-empathy, and is it really that important”.  The answer is, yes you can, and yes it is!!! No one can have empathy for others if they can’t have empathy for themselves first. And for my leaders out there,

I talk a lot about how important empathy is, and why we need it.  But is it always a good thing? So let’s be clear: nothing on this planet is always good.  Anything can be turned to malicious use, and unfortunately, empathy is one of those things.  So what the

Yeah, this is another question I get all the time when I bring up that there’s more than one definition of empathy.  43 to be precise, since empathy was set apart as a specific emotion around the 1900’s.  It’s no wonder people get confused about it – even the researchers

“What’s the one actionable insight you can give leaders when it comes to using empathy”? This is the top question I get, whether it’s on podcasts, in articles, or just on LinkedIn.  Since I’m the one talking about making empathy actionable, people want to know where to begin.  That really

What if this is the year that empathy is finally recognized as the strategic advantage that it really is? The first time I seriously started putting empathy and leadership together in so many words was in 2021 when Forbes published an article saying that “Empathy Is The Most Important Leadership

Well, we made it!  Yet another year has come and gone, and we’re looking at 2026 on the horizon.  It’s so hard to believe that 2025 is in the rear-view mirror, but somehow, there it is. I love the New Year.  I think it’s the idea of a fresh start

What if the culture around you is quietly teaching that caring costs you strength? Every time I hear that empathy is ‘soft’ and ‘weak’, I just scratch my head.  If it were soft and weak, then everyone would be doing it.  But they’re not.   I was reading an article in

Every day I see more chatter about AI, and about how it just hasn’t fulfilled all of the promises and dreams we thought it would.  This shouldn’t be a surprise.  There’s always growing pains with technology, bugs to work out, misconceptions between what we want and what we get.  And

Imagine a market where the only certainty is change. Oh wait, you don’t have to imagine it.  We’re already there. Government shutdowns, changing global roles, inflation, economic instability.  I don’t say that to point fingers – this is the current state of affairs.  If there’s someone out there that isn’t