Sharon Steed
Sharon Steed is an international keynote speaker, author and founder of Communilogue, a corporate empathy and communications consultancy. Sharon is a subject matter expert on empathy at work. She has spoken at companies and conferences from various industries in 15 countries spanning four continents on improving team communication and collaboration through engaging empathy; vulnerability as a professional asset; and has given a TEDx talk on empowering insecurities.
A lifelong stutterer, she uses her speech impediment to both teach what empathy is and inspire audiences to engage in empathy actions daily. An author and course instructor for O'Reilly Media, Inc., her eBook "Empathy at Work" is available in the O'Reilly library. Sharon's course "Communicating With Empathy" has over 400,000 views and is available on LinkedIn.
Sharon Steed is an international keynote speaker, author and founder of Communilogue, a corporate empathy and communications consultancy. Sharon is a subject matter expert on empathy at work. She has spoken at companies and conferences from various industries in 15 countries spanning four continents on improving team communication and collaboration through engaging empathy; vulnerability as a professional asset; and has given a TEDx talk on empowering insecurities.
A lifelong stutterer, she uses her speech impediment to both teach what empathy is and inspire audiences to engage in empathy actions daily. An author and course instructor for O'Reilly Media, Inc., her eBook "Empathy at Work" is available in the O'Reilly library. Sharon's course "Communicating With Empathy" has over 400,000 views and is available on LinkedIn.
Empathic Leadership: operationalizing empathy to influence your team
Leading with...
Engaging Empathy
Everything around us moves so quickly; we are inundated with content, news, ideas and opinions with a ferocious consistency. As we go through our days filled with meetings, emails, conference calls and the tasks of our role, it gets more and more challenging to truly connect with those around us, especially our coworkers. That connection is what drives optimal collaboration, productive communication, and an overall sense of positivity on teams. So how do we achieve that? How do we connect...
Creating Cultures of Inclusion
The most successful endeavors all follow the same general trajectory: a decent idea executed flawlessly by a cohesive team of hard workers. No matter the project, everything can be achieved following this general guideline. But the exact thing that can create global companies, solve impossible problems, and bring ideas to life is also the same reason why so many companies fail. That thing is us. People. But when we're at our best, there isn't anything we can't do. So how do we optimize...
The power of professional vulnerability
Two of the most important components of leadership success are resilience and creativity. Resilience is a muscle that helps your face your fears and grows your confidence; while being creative pushes our thinking outside the norm and challenges what we believe is possible. But there’s one more thing we need for resiliency and creativity to be truly effective: vulnerability. Being vulnerable puts us in the place to think creatively and to be resilience in the face of our fears. It...
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