Season 10; Episode 93: Empathy is a sense that we are all born with. The more we practice it, the stronger it becomes!

I am delighted to welcome you to Episode #93 of SEASON 10 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach, and stories heal! We are one spirit; one soul; one world; and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

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The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE; especially those who are leaders in organizations

Our guest for today is Rob Volpe. Rob is an astute observer of life and a master storyteller who brings empathy and compassion to the human experience. As CEO of Ignite 360, he leads a team of insights, strategy, and creative professionals serving the world’s leading brands across a range of industries. He is the author of Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time. As a thought leader in the role of empathy in marketing and the workplace, he is a contributor to Entrepreneur’s Leadership Network and frequently speaks on the topic at conferences, corporations, colleges, podcasts and with the media.  He is a graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and lives in San Francisco with his husband and 3 cats.

Resources/links for Rob:

www.5stepstoempathy.com

www.ignite-360.com

Please check out my first book, Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time now available!

Here is a summary of my conversation with Rob regarding Empathy in our personal and professional lives:

1. There is an empathy crisis going on. Empathy is an E word that people are afraid of.

2. There are 2 kinds of empathy – emotional empathy and cognitive empathy, and the latter is about being able to see the perspective of others without any personal judgment. 

3. Many leaders fear that if they are empathetic then people will walk over them and what Rob wants to point out is that we can support our team/ direct reports/ co-workers empathetically and still play within the rules of the organization.

4. How do we include empathy in any organization? Leaders must model and practice the behavior. We are all leaders in some form, whether we're leading a project, or leading a team, or leading a function in our company, we're all leaders at some point.

5. Lastly, like taste and smell and sight, empathy is a sense. It's a sense we're born with. We must exercise or practice it for it to become strong. When we can build our empathy muscle back up, we can instinctually and intuitively start to understand how to approach somebody empathetically.

I will bring you the next episode of Sharing Life Lessons next weekend, until then Be Happy, Be Safe and Be Blessed.

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