Empathy, In My Own Words Along the lines of thought leadership, I’d like to share my take on empathy – in my own words and writing this from the heart. You can’t force empathy. You need to allow it to surface naturally. In moments where I didn’t necessarily feel empathy for someone, I sometimes started … Read More!

I was recently talking to a dear friend of mine, who is a great guy, and he said to me, “I follow a lot of experts and speakers, and no one is really talking about all the workplace bullying that’s out there. You’ve found a really powerful topic here to be talking about something that … Read More!

In my previous blog post, I outright stated that workplace bullying is an unacceptable global challenge. I opened up and shared a vulnerable story – one of many – in which I and others were bullied in the workplace. For context, HR Acuity found in their research that workplace harassment and misconduct affect 52% of employees. That’s … Read More!

HR Acuity found in their research that workplace harassment and misconduct affect 52% of employees. That’s more than half of all employees, globally. This is an unthinkable number. More than half of those affected by bullying have had more serious challenges related to being bullied. Workplace bullying is a global challenge, and me and my … Read More!

The CTO Who Had No Empathy I once spoke with a colleague about his experience working with a jerk CTO (Chief Technology Officer). This jerk CTO was not emotionally intelligent and had no empathy. A bad boss who lacks empathy can ruin a company and people’s lives. This colleague worked at the same company of … Read More!