"If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of traditional blueprints from the past.” —Margaret Mead Empathy is popularly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. When practiced by business leaders and their employees, ...

We all know the person: the leader who says “yes” to every request, the colleague who’d rather take a work-from-home day than deal with office drama, the manager who spends so much time trying to make ...

Caregiving is often viewed as a personal duty separate from our professional lives, instead of another layer of that life, one that can strengthen and improve how we live. Caregiving has strengthened ...

Christopher Kaufman releases “Empathy at Work: Building Better Businesses Through People-First Leadership” with Forbes Books. “Empathy at Work: Building Better Businesses Through People-First ...

Using one or more sentences that shows another person your empathy, attention, or respect (EAR) is one of the easiest ways to calm a conflict, reassure a person who is feeling sad, or strengthen your ...

Raising girls seems to strengthen empathy, fairness, and perspective-taking. Fathers who raise daughters often become more aware of fairness and bias, which helps them lead with greater empathy and ...

When Jane Fonda recently spoke out against the dismissal of empathy as "weak" or "woke," something clicked. We've all heard it—the eye-rolling at emotional intelligence, the scoffing at connection as ...