Anita Nowak - How Can We Leverage Empathy for Personal, Organisational & Social Change

“If you are high performance you need empathy in your workplace!”Our guest today is Anita Nowak, an expert in empathy and author of the forthcoming book Purposeful Empathy: Tapping Our Hidden Superpower for Personal, Organisational, and Social Change.Anita is passionate about mentoring the next generation of changemakers and teaches leadership, ethics in management, and social entrepreneurship and innovation at McGill University.In this episode, we dive into empathy - a skill that post-pandemic has never been more critical for us at a personal level and as leaders in the workplace.  Anita shares with us the latest research on  why empathy  is crucial in organisations, how it contributes to our own personal well-being and happiness and why it's so much more than just the "touchy-feely stuff."We hope you enjoy the conversation. You can pre-order a copy of Anita's forthcoming book via Amazon. Find out more about the work of Leaders Plus, including details of our award-winning Fellowship Programmes and our latest events by signing up to receive our emails at leadersplus.org.uk/newsletter.Are you progressing a big career whilst raising small children? Each month we send out a helpful round-up email featuring useful info and brave new ideas for ambitious mums and dads. Sign up now.Applications are now open for our NHS FellowshipOur FMLM accredited NHS Fellowship is a career development programme for working parents in the NHS who want to lead positive change. Apply by 11/07. Find out more.