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Margaret Andrews offers a route to the self-understanding that can help make leaders more successful. There is a temptation to believe that — for all the talk of the need for authenticity and empathy ...

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If there is one thing anyone with a job and a pulse needs to learn, it is how to lead. That, at least, is the message from the tsunami of books, courses, videos and podcasts on the topic. Business ...

Being a good listener means having empathy. But empathy is one of the most misunderstood listening skills. Empathy is what we feel when we are trying to understand the world from the perspective of ...