Erin Lebacqz

This summer, YouthToday published a 25-year study on empathy in adolescents. The study tracked how empathy develops in kids through family relationships and is practiced with friends at school and elsewhere. The authors note the importance of empathy in everything from creating successful relationships to managing conflict and even reducing violent crime. At work, empathy matters too—and everybody's noticing. In a study of 1,000 employees, most said they thought empathy between leaders and...

When I first started teaching, I would try to do everything : I'd be the one to talk, to model thinking something through, to explain, to raise questions, to answer them. But the trouble with this was, I later realized: If I was doing everything, what were my students doing? If I was the one asking questions, how was I letting them build curiosity and inquiry? If I was the one answering questions, what opportunities were they getting to analyze and explain? Many a responsible teacher has...

If you’re a small business owner, coach, or entrepreneur, your ability to communicate strategically  can be the difference between...