Career Month: Top 7 Lessons on Empathy for Executive Leadership
Thursday, November 29, 12 pm (Central)
Some 60% of executives believe that their organizations are empathic, whereas 24% of their employees agree. An empathy deficit?
The same executives who claim to be empathic in the human resources meeting with the staff dismiss empathy as weakness on the earnings call with investors. Hmmm. Empathy is no guarantee against limited self-knowledge, false consciousness, hypocrisy, or snakes-in-suits; but, ultimately, empathy is an essential foundation for leadership that empowers all who engage with it. Find out how in this engaging discussion.
In the webcast the participants will learn how to:
• Distinguish empathy from compassion, forgiveness, and “niceness”;
• Establish and maintain boundaries with bullies, slackers, difficult individuals, and friends while still honoring one’s commitment to empathy;
• Identify failures (breakdowns) in empathy and what to do about it; and
• Expand or contract empathy on demand by overcoming obstacles to empathy.
• Distinguish empathy from compassion, forgiveness, and “niceness”;
• Establish and maintain boundaries with bullies, slackers, difficult individuals, and friends while still honoring one’s commitment to empathy;
• Identify failures (breakdowns) in empathy and what to do about it; and
• Expand or contract empathy on demand by overcoming obstacles to empathy.
About the Presenter: Lou Agosta, AB'73, AM'74, PHD'77
Lou Agosta is one of the top empathy consultants in executive, community, and individual coaching. He is the author of three best selling books on empathy, including Empathy Lessons. He went to college at the UChicago and completed a PhD in the philosophy department (UChicago) with a dissertation entitled Empathy and Interpretation. He is in private practice, working with a variety of organizations and individuals on expanding empathy in the community, near his home in Chicago, IL (USA). 
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MIND YOUR CAREER WEBINAR
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 12pm (Central)
Cost: Complimentary
Location: Online
Location: Online
Event Contact
Rachel Birkhahn-Rommeldanger
Assitant Director, Career Development
UChicago Alumni Association Contact
AlumniAssociation@uchicago.edu
773.702.2150