Radical empathy for employees drives meaningful change

Radical empathy, which requires actively putting oneself in someone else’s shoes, can help leaders exercise meaningful changes in the workplace to benefit employees, according to an article in HR Daily Advisor. “An employer that knows what it’s like to struggle to afford child care is more likely to offer employer-sponsored, on-site day care than an employer that simply ‘feels sorry’ for workers struggling to pay for child care,” the author wrote. Given the socioeconomic gap between many employers and their employees, organizations may want to engage their executives in exercises designed to cultivate empathy. (HR Daily Advisor article, 12/9/21)