Building a sense of empathy among professionals has now become one of the key tasks for people management professionals. This is because there is a substantial empathy gap that has emerged as per data received from marketing research firm Business solver, in a study titled State of Workplace Empathy. While most CEOs surveyed confirmed the need for the same, few practiced themselves some key empathy inducing traits. In order to develop some empathy in oneself, the first step is to listen actively to others’ viewpoints. Differences need to be explored and appreciated. Reading of fiction will actively help. Some companies even curate corporate training programmes built around mindfulness, to encourage such attentive behavior. At the end of the day, professionals need to appreciate why they need to possess that doze of empathy.

Source:https://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/insead-blog/five-everyday-exercises-for-building-empathy-12061

Uploaded Date:24 October 2019