Are you an
empathetic leader?

Why empathy is vital

Leaders who are empathetic and who are seen to demonstrate empathy towards their team, their colleagues and towards others are typically leaders who are driving results. 

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Empathy is necessary.

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Since the pandemic the stress levels of people have risen, how we work has changed. In so many ways our lives have changed since the pandemic.

Some of the numbers:

• 67% experiencing increased levels of stress

• 54% are emotionally exhausted

• 28% are having troubles focusing

• 15% are having troubles thinking 

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Empathy helps us to deal

with mental health issues, burnout, stress, focus, and relationships with people at work.

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Empathy helps us to achieve

our goals and improve our happiness, our relationships with people who we work with and our productivity.

Some of the numbers:

• 86% of team members felt they were able to navigate and juggle the challenges of work and life when they experienced an empathetic leader at work.

• 76% of team members who experienced empathy from their leader engaged at work and with their team.

• 61% of team members are more likely to be innovative if they perceive their leader as empathetic

• 59% of female team members said that if they felt respected  and valued they were less likely to leave.

• 50% of team members felt that under an empathetic leader that their workplace was more inclusive.

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