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Empathy sounds simple, but in a busy, digital working week it is easily forgotten. In this in-company workshop you learn what empathy really means and how you apply it in your behaviour and reactions. The workshop is 1 half-day for 6 to 12 participants, in Dutch or English.
A colleague says in a video call that things are not going well at home. You nod, say you are sorry to hear it and immediately move on to the agenda. You notice it did not land well, but you do not know what else you could have done.
You really want to listen, but your mind is already on the answer. Afterwards you feel that an opportunity for connection was missed.
Empathy is more than a buzzword, and yet you notice that:
For effective teams and leaders it is not just about understanding what someone else feels. It is also about what you do next.
In a full working week you switch from email to meeting to phone. Listening to understand requires time and attention, and exactly those are scarce. So you half listen, and answer from what you already think.
The result is subtle. People share less, conversations remain superficial and you pick up less of what is really going on in your team or with your client. That costs trust, step by step, and it also feels like a missed opportunity for you.
It does not have to stay this way. Empathy is not something you have or do not have, it is attention you can practise.
Empathetic listening is a skill. You first learn to feel the difference between empathy and sympathy, and then how you turn what you notice into a different reaction.
Our coaches know the busyness in which empathy is easily forgotten. In this workshop we focus on radical empathy in practice, and you immediately practise listening, also in remote conversations.
In a half-day with 6 to 12 participants you work on situations from your own team. This sets the foundation for what you can do below after the workshop.
After the workshop you can:
We focus on radical empathy in practice. You practise immediately, so you can apply it in your own team.
Every training is extended in the THOC Leerruimte. Your material remains available and you get an AI Coach who knows the lesson.
We work in an experience-oriented way: you immediately get to work with the material in exercises that resemble real situations.
Our coaches can give this workshop. Are you an HR employee, L&D manager, manager or business leader and do you want to promote empathy in your organisation? Then we will gladly organise the workshop for your team.
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