“This empathy stuff is all well and good,” he said, a slight frown creasing his forehead. “But sometimes you just have to get things done, right?” It wasn’t the first time I’d gotten the question. It ...

Why does a positive mindset matter? There are many factors at play when determining if someone is a good leader. Experience, communication, and fairness all come to mind. However, starting with a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anna Shields, organizational conflict and workplace mediation expert. In the recent U.K. exam results fiasco, there has been ...

Death is one of the hardest things to cope with in life, both from an emotional and organizational standpoint. And what’s worse is that the latter of these is inevitably compounded by the fact that ...

"If you feel too much, you lose your ability to be compassionate," Dlugos said. "Compassion has to be blended with wisdom and ...

Schelli Slaughter is the Director of Thurston County Public Health and Social Services. Courtesy of Thurston County Public Health and Social Services February is American Heart Month. It’s also when ...

A recent study by Effiong et al. suggests empathy intensifies traumatic bonding—the formation of a strong bond between the victim and his/her abuser. Published in Journal of Social and Personal ...