When you have empathy, you are able to use it, along with other data points to be better at communication, collaboration, problem-solving, persuasion, ideation, building trust, reaching forgiveness and having compassion. Empathy is only effective when it’s expressed.

Rob Volpe, Empathy Activist explains how to build your empathy ability and strengthen it like a muscle to flex when you need to.

How’s your intuition holding up these days? Were you able to predict the changes in consumer behavior over the past 16 months? Call it what you like, a gut feeling, killer instincts, or a sixth sense –a strong and precise intuition is essential to any business leader’s decision-making success. Today I share the secret behind the engine that fuels your intuition… empathy!

Can you guess which global and societal issues fall just behind food, gas and fuel prices as top consumer worries. One hint: it’s not pollution or climate change.

Did you know many of our bad leadership behaviors are rooted in limited empathy? How about reflecting on the past and changing a few behaviors in order to yield a better outcome that ultimately leads to more success for your organization?

Fostering equality within your company and using the tools you have to help other organizations do the same.

Empathy skills have been in decline in the US, but just how bad is it? This article is the first in our series on the state of practicing empathy in America, and establishes an empathy baseline.

Leaders are scrambling to catch up on how to lead with empathy.