Leanne Butterworth
Leanne Butterworth's presentations offer deep insights, actionable strategies, and a profound understanding of healthy empathy leaving attendees inspired and ready to make meaningful change.
Leanne Butterworth is an Empathy Educator, TEDx Speaker, University lecturer and Social Entrepreneur on a mission to create happy, healthy workforces and communities through her engaging work with Healthy Empathy.
Leanne skilfully combines practical, sustainable empathy with a purpose-driven focus; a research rabbithole explorer, beach volleyball wannabe, and empathy passionista, Leanne captivates global audiences with her enlightening and entertaining approach, fuelled by her personal experience and an unwavering drive for genuine change.
A few years ago, Leanne experienced late-diagnosed postnatal mental health issues. Through that, she recognised the life-changing impact of empathy-based listening and communication, versus judgement and stigma.
An active member of the start-up, mental health and social enterprise communities, Leanne is founder of Empathy First, lectures Social Enterprise Business for the Queensland University of Technology and has presented her empathy work in Australia, Canada and the United States.
Leanne is mum to Rowan and Zara, loves beach volleyball, has a degree in Applied Science (UQ) and a Graduate Certificate in Business (Nonprofit and Philanthropy Studies - QUT). She received a George Alexander Foundation Scholarship, is a member of the Australian Social Impact Fellowship, showcased her work to His Royal Highness, the Duke of York and was recently awarded the Women Changing the World People’s Choice Social Enterprise Award.
Through your engagements with Leanne, you'll come to realise that empathetic leadership is not a nice-to-have soft skill but a business imperative.
Through her experience and research, Leanne believes empathetic leadership is not a nice-to-have but a business imperative.
Watch Leanne's TEDx talk - Healthy Empathy can save lives - including yours here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oOYAilAluE
Leanne Butterworth is an Empathy Educator, TEDx Speaker, University lecturer and Social Entrepreneur on a mission to create happy, healthy workforces and communities through her engaging work with Healthy Empathy.
Leanne skilfully combines practical, sustainable empathy with a purpose-driven focus; a research rabbithole explorer, beach volleyball wannabe, and empathy passionista, Leanne captivates global audiences with her enlightening and entertaining approach, fuelled by her personal experience and an unwavering drive for genuine change.
A few years ago, Leanne experienced late-diagnosed postnatal mental health issues. Through that, she recognised the life-changing impact of empathy-based listening and communication, versus judgement and stigma.
An active member of the start-up, mental health and social enterprise communities, Leanne is founder of Empathy First, lectures Social Enterprise Business for the Queensland University of Technology and has presented her empathy work in Australia, Canada and the United States.
Leanne is mum to Rowan and Zara, loves beach volleyball, has a degree in Applied Science (UQ) and a Graduate Certificate in Business (Nonprofit and Philanthropy Studies - QUT). She received a George Alexander Foundation Scholarship, is a member of the Australian Social Impact Fellowship, showcased her work to His Royal Highness, the Duke of York and was recently awarded the Women Changing the World People’s Choice Social Enterprise Award.
Through your engagements with Leanne, you'll come to realise that empathetic leadership is not a nice-to-have soft skill but a business imperative.
Through her experience and research, Leanne believes empathetic leadership is not a nice-to-have but a business imperative.
Watch Leanne's TEDx talk - Healthy Empathy can save lives - including yours here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oOYAilAluE
Empathy For Impact
Format: _ 60 minute Keynote
This program is perfect for:
- Impact Driven Leaders and Managers
The audience will leave with:
- Understanding the role of leadership in engaging teams to create greater impact in the world.
- An understanding of engagement and 'quiet quitting'.
In "Empathy for Impact," we delve into the transformative...
Breaking Bias - Enhancing empathy by challenging unconscious biases
Don't Believe Everything you Think
Format: _ Keynote or Workshop (half or full day).
This program is perfect for:
- Leaders and teams keen to self reflect and create greater connection and inclusion.
- Impact Driven leaders looking to create greater positive impact in the world through self reflection and neuroscience.
The audience will leave...
Healthy Sustainable Empathy at Work
Format: _ Keynote or workshop (half day or full day).
This program is perfect for:
- Leaders and teams who want to understand how to practice healthy empathy to engage team members, clients for better business outcomes and mental health.
- Anyone interested in self reflection and self development to strengthen their personal and professional relationships.
The audience will leave...
Emotional Literacy 101
Format: _ Workshop (half day).
This program is perfect for:
- Anyone wanting to go practice self reflection to expand their emotional literacy to build a foundation for healthy empathy and emotional intelligence.
- Leaders and teams wanting to create a common language for emotional conversations.
The audience will leave with:
- An understanding of emotional...
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