Boost productivity, innovation, and morale with empathetic leadership

Leading with Empathy For Dummies offers practical, research-backed strategies for embedding empathy into everyday leadership, from navigating change to building psychologically safe workplaces. Recent research overwhelmingly shows that empathetic leadership retains employees and drives productivity. This book translates research insights into actionable strategies for building inclusive, high-performing teams. You’ll learn to understand, apply, and scale empathy across your organization.

• Use empathy to foster psychological safety, regulate emotions, and lead with humanity
• Discover how empathy drives performance and strengthens collaboration
• Get concrete tools for embedding empathy into everyday leadership
• Learn to communicate with empathy, even in asynchronous remote environments

Leaders navigating workplace dynamics will find value in using this Dummies guide to achieve better collaboration, communication, and career advancement.

Sharon Steed is a keynote speaker and empathy consultant who has worked with Fortune 500 companies on five continents. She’s the LinkedIn Learning instructor of three empathy courses with over one million views.