Empathy and sympathy may sound similar, but they carry very different meanings. Empathy is about connecting deeply with ...

Empathy, once taken for granted as a virtue, is increasingly viewed through a divided lens. It is questioned, politicized, and sometimes dismissed as a weakness. Yet research, history, 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 ...

Tapping into empathy skills can help prepare you to face conflict head-on and diffuse a disagreement before it escalates. The fact is, empathy, like basketball or drawing, is a skill you can practice.

When you recognize what your network can realistically give, you can transform passive connections into active allies.

For some leaders, an overly empathic approach can deplete energy reserves and emotional capacity, blur decision-making, stall ...

Katie Piper discusses her new children’s book, child poverty, chosen family and why empathy is the greatest gift.

Why do people not stay in jobs? Because of how they feel. Leaders must show new hires support, empathy and that their well-being is important.

As a psychological researcher studying the intersection of empathy, ideological extremism and social influence, I have spent years analyzing the mechanisms by which belief systems spread and take ...

It hasn’t been an obvious linear path,” Morgan Biles says about the road that has led to her current position as a senior ...

Fonda called for empathy as she reflected on both her career and the current state of our nation while accepting the Life Achievement Award at the 2025 SAG Awards.