When leaders ignore empathy, teams don’t just struggle, they collapse. Dr. Melissa Robinson-Winemiller reveals why emotional disconnect at the top is costing organizations more than they realize.
In this powerful episode, Dr. Melissa Robinson-Winemiller joins us to unpack the hidden damage caused by empathy failures in leadership. From rising burnout to toxic work cultures, we explore how the absence of emotional intelligence erodes trust, performance, and retention.
Whether you're a CEO, team lead, or nonprofit founder, this conversation will challenge how you lead—and why empathy isn't optional anymore.
Three things you will learn in this video:
✨Why empathy matters
✨What you can do to stretch your empathy muscles
✨How empathy can affect your business / people
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👉👉Chason Forehand highlights the potential social impact of prioritizing people, suggesting that it can lead to decreased crime, reduced homelessness, and the eradication of poverty and food insecurity.
👉👉A significant point made by Chason is the statistic that one-third of U.S. workers earn below a living wage, and he expresses a commitment to reversing this trend.
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👉👉Dom Jones's mission is to help leaders and organizations achieve purposeful impact by leveraging their God-given talents.
👉👉Lead with Talent is a consulting firm supporting clients nationwide.
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Video breakdown:
✨Chason Reads a chapter from The Empathic Leader
✨Our Merch Page
✨Who have you've worked with and how can you help them?
✨How does it feel hearing your book read to you.
✨What prompted you to write the book?
✨Nice or Mean Leadership-What's the middle?
✨Mid-Year Conversations about Performance
✨How do teach Empathy to someone new
✨Baby step around implementing Empathy
01:20 Chason Reads a chapter from The Empathic Leader
02:47 Our Merch Page
04:21 How does it feel hearing your book read to you.
04:41 What prompted you to write the book?
07:20 How do you practice EQ yourself?
13:05 Nice or Mean Leadership-What's the middle?
14:40 Mid-Year Conversations about Performance
15:10 How do teach Empathy to someone new
23:01 Baby step around implementing Empathy
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