The Empathy Edge
Maria Ross
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Failed product launches. Furious customers. Dysfunctional teams. Many of the problems we face in the business world (and frankly, society) stem from the same root cause: Lack of empathy. Speaker, author, strategist, and empathy advocate Maria Ross shares keen insights and inspiring interviews that prove empathy and compassion are the new paths to market-winning performance. Leveraging both inspiring stories and hard data, Ross connects empathetic leadership, cultures and brands to innovation, engagement, and bottom-line results. You’ll walk away with actionable strategies to amplify your impact, and learn how compassionate business tactics can transform your organization from the inside out. The Empathy Edge podcast provides a quick dose of motivation, wisdom, and practical actions that executive leaders, entrepreneurs and changemakers can use right now. Ready to infuse YOUR organization with more empathy? Tune in to learn why cash flow, creativity, and compassion are not mutually exclusive.
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Robert Coleman, Ph.D: Only 14% Get Empathy Training — and It's Costing You Everything
The data proving empathy is smart business has always been there, it's all we talk about here - but now it's bigger, broader, and more impossible to ignore than ever. Dr. Robert Coleman is Director…
Mitch Shepard: Unfiltered! The Leadership Gender "Rules” That Hurt EVERYONE
What if the biggest thing holding leaders back isn’t a lack of ambition or skilL but outdated operating systems we’ve never questioned?Mitch Shepard lives at the intersection of truth-telling,…
David Grossman: Why "Good Enough" Leadership Is Your Biggest Risk
Most leaders think they're doing fine. Their teams think otherwise. And that gap - hiding in plain sight across organizations everywhere - is exactly what my guest today has spent his career trying…
Dr. Jay Jakub: Economic Mutuality and the Empathy of Purpose
What if business wasn’t just about profit, but about creating mutual value across stakeholders and communities that would actually DRIVE more profit? That’s the question driving today’s guest, Dr.…
Dr. David Bray: From Bioterrorism to AI — Why Empathy Is Your Best Strategy in a Chaotic World
Dr. David Bray is one of those rare humans who has done so much, across so many high-stakes arenas, that his bio almost reads like fiction. David is Chair of the Accelerator at the Loomis Council and…
Brandon Peele: What America's 250th Birthday Is Really Asking of Us
America is about to turn 250 years old. My guest today believes this moment is asking something from all of us. Not a celebration or parade, but a reckoning, a chance to find our way back to each…
Ceallaigh Smart: The Power of Being Seen
The power of being seen can change everything. We see it in the workplace and in our world. And one way to strengthen empathy and build that connection is through photography. A single…
Dr. Jaime Goff: How Secure Leaders Rewrite Unhelpful Stories to Find Success
What are the hidden, unconscious forces that shape how we lead—why we react the way we do, why some situations knock us off center, and how we can build the internal security to lead with more…
Kevin Perlmutter: Sparking Brand Desire with Empathy
Do you know that customers who are highly emotionally connected to your brand are 53% more loyal than those who are merely satisfied with your products and services?Today I’m talking with Kevin…
April Hot Take: How to Practice, Prove, and Hire for Empathy in the Age of AI
How do you actually practice empathy? How do you prove you have it — to employers, to clients, to the people you lead? And if you're building a team, how do you hire for it?Because here's the…
Dr. Joel Pérez: Becoming an Exceptional Leader Through Cultural Humility
Teams today are more diverse than ever—and within that diversity lies the potential to unlock innovation, performance, and belonging. But only if leaders practice cultural humility. It’s not just…
Ashley Jones: How to Courageously Lead and Support Through Grief
Some conversations linger long after the recording stops; the conversations that deepen your humanity and reshape how you think about leadership. This episode is one of those conversations.Ashley…
Conny Kalcher: How Zurich is Making Empathy Pay Off by Closing the Gap
For years, empathy was treated as a business nice-to-have—important, but secondary to speed, scale, and efficiency. The data now tells a very different story.In this conversation, Maria and Conny,…
Claude Silver: Be Yourself at Work for the Ultimate Leadership Advantage
Too many leaders are still trying to succeed by becoming someone they think they’re supposed to be—quieter, tougher, more polished, less human. And in the process, they’re leaving their greatest…
Dr. Claire Yorke: Can Empathy Fix Broken Politics?
It’s easy right now to believe that the divisions we see are simply too deep to repair. That empathy has become a liability. That listening has been replaced by winning.And yet, I still believe,…
Joris Merks-Benjaminsen: Managing Without Power to Balance Humanity and Performance
Balancing performance with human leadership can be tough for some leaders. The goal is to strike a healthy balance, while always remembering that taking thoughtful care of your people, recognizing…
Kasey D'Amato: Making High-Stakes Decisions Requires Empathy and Self-Compassion
What happens when you’re standing at a pivot point — the kind where your next move could shift everything for your business, your team, or your career? In those high-stakes moments, success doesn’t…
Rebecca Geshuri: When Good Moms Feel Bad and Why Supporting Them is a Leadership Imperative
What if the problem isn’t that moms are failing—but that we’ve built systems that quietly ask them to do the impossible and then blame them when they struggle?My guest today, Rebecca Geshuri, sits at…
February Hot Take: Leading Humans in a Hurting World
In today’s timely hot take episode in this heavy world, Maria discusses the importance of empathy in leadership during challenging times, emphasizing that emotional connection at work is crucial. She…
Michelle Feferman: How Leaders Create Psychological Safety When Employees Are Afraid
I had to get this urgent episode to you sooner rather than later, given the climate of fear in the U.S. in current times.For many employees right now, work doesn’t feel like a safe place. It feels…
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