In today’s fast-paced, competitive work culture, the drive to succeed as an organisation and/or as an individual, often hides the need for meaningful relationships. The emphasis is on the immediate goals and achievements, leading to a relentless hustle that can erode the sensitivity and awareness to maintain strong, healthy connections within teams.
As a result, professionals working in business organisations, often experience burnout, mental health struggles, strained relationships, and a decrease in overall productivity. Organisations, in turn, get impacted by this in terms of business goals as well as team stability; with employees either leaving out of frustration and inability to manage the pressures; or the organisation making changes and asking some employees to leave.
Bringing focus on team work, be it between superior and subordinates, or between peers, can make a huge difference to organisational performance and team morale.
And for this to happen, Empathy is a critical factor. Empathy with each other enables team members to keep the focus on the tasks on hand while ensuring everyone feels understood and valued.
Program Content –
What is Empathy and how does it help improve team work and productivity?
In this Self Learning Video program,
Deepa Kumar, Counsellor and Psychotherapist
explains the following aspects about Empathy
- What is Empathy? What are its key elements?
- How is it different from Sympathy?
- How do we build the ability to empathise while keeping the focus on the goals on hand?
The program includes self work exercises to look within and understand one’s own interaction style and an exercise to consciously deepen Empathy.
Here is an article by Deepa Kumar on Empathy at the workplace.
About the Facilitator
Deepa Kumar is a Psychotherapist on the InfinumGrowth panel of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.She has done her Diploma in Transactional Analysis and is the Head of Content Development & Strategy at InfinumGrowth. She believes in providing holistic health to clients. For that, she integrates modalities of different schools of Transactional Analysis, psychodrama, Somatic Experiencing, image theatre and art.
To know more about Deepa Kumar, please look at the profile at the end of this page.
Learning Video Content
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Empathy at the Workplace
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Empathy at Workplaces – Session 1
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What is Empathy – Session 2
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Empathy for Self and Others – Session 3
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Centering for Empathy – Session 4
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About the trainer
Deepa Kumar is a Psychotherapist with Diploma in Transactional Analysis. She is the Head of Content Development & Strategy at InfinumGrowth. Deepa also provides training programs on topics of Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing. She is currently training to heal trauma and other stress disorders through a body-oriented modality from Somatic Experiencing International. She is a member of South Asian…
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