How Empathic Conversation Improves Performance Ft. Dr. Peter Sear Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Dr. Peter Sear is the author of Empathic Leadership: Lessons from Elite Sport and founder of The Empathic Minds Organization which offers leadership programs and team-building. In this episode, he shares why Empathic Coaching is on the rise and why it’s useful within business contexts as well. He also describes how empathy gets the best from players (and employees) and can be used to motivate teams. 00:00 Preview 00:42 Introduction 01:00 About Peter Sear 02:37 The shift towards empathic coaching in the last two decades 05:04 Does empathy hinder or improve performance? 08:12 Why athletic performance is 90% psychology 11:43 Strategies for creating a sense of belonging on a team 13:33 Why does “Empathic coaching” benefit players AND coaches? 16:32 How empathic coaching is applicable to the business world 17:55 Are there sport-specific variations in coaching styles? 22:22 The importance of getting to know an athlete’s whole story 27:25 Empathic coaching strategies to bring home the trophy 30:05 Self empathy for coaches 31:15 Leveraging empathy in the pre-match talk: How to get the most out of players 33:37 Reading the atmosphere and understanding the fans 34:58 Translating Empathic Coaching practices for the corporate sector 36:42 Coaching kids with empathy: the emphasis should not be about results 38:50 To focus on weaknesses or strengths? 41:18 How Peter’s work has influenced his personal life 44:47 Peter Sear’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA ✩ LinkedIn / anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... CONNECT WITH PETER ✩ X (formally Twitter) @drpetersear @empathicminds ✩ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-peter-sear-em-3b226096 Show Notes Empathic Leadership The War of Art (Pressfield) Turn the Ship Around (book) Apple TV: Ted Lasso Peter’s Psychology Today article about Ted Lasso: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/empathic-minds/202110/the-archetypal-empathic-leader?amp https://search.app/aur8qzxiQPaUgEwZ7 Video edited by David Tsvariani