Empathy: The Missing Ingredient to Clear Communication
Empathy and compassion are essential for effective communication and smooth social interactions.
Empathy is being able to understand how someone is feeling and share that experience with them.
Compassion is about feeling compelled to show someone kindness and act on it by helping them out.
In our lesson, we share our strategies for communicating with empathy in remote settings, and in this livestream, we discuss some other ways of increasing our empathic (or empathetic) communication skills.
Here are some of the strategies we touched upon.
- Respecting that empathy is a judgement-free zone
- Practicing active and empathic listening are imperative
- Being smart about the communication channels you choose (f2f is always best for showing empathy)
- Validating someone’s experience and acknowledging their feeling
- Showing vulnerability and strength and being assertive and empathetic
- Understanding your own emotions will better enable you to understand others’ emotions
- Building an emotional vocabulary or “emotional literacy” to identify emotions
Watch the livestream for the complete list of actionable strategies and tips!
More Explearning lessons on empathy in communication:
Check out this short animation about the difference between sympathy and empathy by Brene Brown.
About the Author and the Explearning Academy:
Mary Daphne is an expert in communication, executive interpersonal skills, and personal development. She is the founder of the Explearning Academy, a platform dedicated to helping individuals enhance their social fluency, boost their careers, and elevate their social game. Through immersive group coaching programs like the Executive Communication Lab and self-guided journeys, participants gain the social superpowers and career catapults they've been searching for. If you're ready to take your negotiation skills to the next level and connect with like-minded individuals, visit academy.explearning.co and explore the various plans available. Join the Explearning Academy community and unlock your full potential.
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