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Sympathy Versus Empathy and Why You Should Know the Difference

When one of my clients experienced discrimination in the workplace, she confided in a colleague. She had hoped to feel understood, validated, and supported. Instead, her colleague’s response made her feel dismissed and belittled. She was a high performer at her company, but she had recently been denied a leadership position. “You’re Asian,” her boss had said....

Leadership Expert Launches Center for Respectful Leadership

What’s the most effective leadership style? It depends on who you ask. Kurt Lewin, the psychologist most closely identified with social psychology, posited that all management styles can be broken down into two categories: task-oriented leadership and people-oriented leadership. Best-selling author Gregg Ward posits a third category: respectful leadership. Ward recently...