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Benefits of empathy mentioned in popular articles, books etc. These are non-academic sources.
Articles:
For Greater Empathy, Improve Your Listening Skills: Here’s How
Tracy Brower
"Listening builds relationships. In a world where attention is one of the most scarce resources, giving attention and paying attention are demonstrations someone is important enough for your time and focus. And it’s always clear when people are listening or not, even through zoom calls. A recent study of over 2,000 people by New York University found listening built relationships and actually contributed to brain health and cognitive resilience for those who received listening support from others.
Listening is connected with better performance. Listening is also important for better performance because it involves a deeper level of processing. Truly understanding and appreciating issues contributes to problem solving, follow up and thorough work—all of which make a positive difference in career growth and development.
Listening helps memory. When deep listening occurs, it involves more parts of the brain and tends to embed topics more deeply, making them more accessible for recall later."
Empathy is good for your health and well-being (The evidence)
by Lou Agusta
Empathy is good for your health and well-being: Empathy is on a short list of stress reduction practices including meditation (mindfulness), Tai Chi, and Yoga. Receiving empathy in the form of a gracious and generous listening is like getting a spa treatment for the soul. But do not settle for metaphors.
For evidence-based research on empathy, empathy and stress reduction, and empathy training you may start by googling:
Antoni et al. 2011;
Ciaramicoli 2016;
Del Canale et al 2012;
Farrow et al. 2007;
Irwin et al. 2012;
Maes 1995, 1999;
Pollack et al. 2002;
Rakel et al. 2009;
Segerstrom and Miller 2004;
Slavich et al. 2013
psychologytoday
"Empathy helps us
cooperate with others,
build friendships,
make moral decisions, and
intervene when we see others being bullied.
Humans begin to show signs of empathy in infancy and the trait develops steadily through childhood and adolescence."
Turn Empathy Into Compassion Without the Empathic Distress
Research shows ways to avoid empathy's pitfalls while remaining altruistic.
Dec 05, 2019
Empathy is associated with many positive outcomes, including improved romantic relationship satisfaction and increased levels of trust between patients and physicians. It is also a precursor to prosocial behavior. The lack thereof has been associated with bullying, aggression, and criminality.
7 Ways Having Better Empathy Can Enhance Your Relationships
Why interpersonal empathy matters, and how you can develop your own.
by Loren Soeiro
"empathy can help you reduce stress
helps you forge social connections, and thus supports healthy relationships;
; it also helps you resolve conflicts by allowing a better understanding of the opposing party’s state of mind.
And it also provides information about the strength of your own feelings relative to those of the other people in your life, which may help you regulate your emotions by lending you some valuable perspective.
promoting this general sense of wellness, too.
can help you communicate better.
may also be a part of maintaining healthy job satisfaction over time:"
Think Empathy Is A Soft Skill? Think Again. Why You Need Empathy For Success
Tracy Brower
"There are important benefits of empathy.
Identity: Empathy affects our own identity. We tend to understand ourselves through the people we spend time with and we derive our sense of self from the types of people with whom we have the closest relationships.
Cooperation: Empathy also facilitates cooperation which is critical for teams to function effectively. In a new study, when empathy was introduced into decision making, it increased cooperation and even caused people to be more empathetic. Empathy fostered more empathy.
Innovation: ...
Influence:..."
In a Divided World, We Need to Choose Empathy
BY JAMIL ZAKI
MAY 29, 2019
"Our collaborative flair stems from empathy: the capacity to share, understand, and care about what others feel.
Individuals who feel empathy in abundance experience
less stress and
make friends more easily
These benefits ripple outwards —
patients of empathic doctors are more satisfied with their care,
spouses of empathic individuals are more satisfied in their marriages,
children of empathic parents are better able to manage their emotions,
and employees of empathic managers suffer less from stress-related illness.
Empathy strengthens our social fabric, encouraging generosity toward strangers, tolerance for people who look or think differently than we do, and commitment to environmental sustainability. "
Empathic Listening/;The Key to Communication
Benefits:
Develops listening skills that improve people's ability to influence and problem-solve
Helps to achieve higher levels of trust throughout the organization
Reduces costs associated with misunderstandings
The Benefits of Empathic Listening: A Conversation with Lisa B. Nelson
."..scientists are uncovering a host of benefits associated with empathy.
Couples who notice an increase in their partners’ empathy report feeling more satisfied in their relationships,
while adolescents with higher levels of empathy manage conflict better than those with less.
Furthermore, when healthcare practitioners employ empathic listening, their patients
"Being deeply listened to calms us, because it helps us feel that we’re not alone—but
empathic listening also benefits the listener. “When we’re able to truly listen to another person, we open ourselves up to the flow and story of human existence,” Lisa says, “to our shared humanity. In that moment, we move from ‘I’ into ‘we.’ "
The Benefits of Empathic Listening
July 2003
"Empathic listening (also called active listening or reflective listening) is a way of listening and responding to another person that improves mutual understanding and trust. It is an essential skill for third parties and disputants alike, as it enables the listener to receive and accurately interpret the speaker's message, and then provide an appropriate response. The response is an integral part of the listening process and can be critical to the success of a negotiation or mediation. Among its benefits, empathic listening
builds trust and respect,
enables the disputants to release their emotions,
reduces tensions,
encourages the surfacing of information, and
creates a safe environment that is conducive to collaborative problem solving."
The Benefits of Empathic Listening
Among its benefits, empathic listening
builds trust and respect,
enables the disputants to release their emotions,
reduces tensions,
encourages the surfacing of information, and
creates a safe environment that is conducive to collaborative problem solving.
The Empathy Experiments - 8 lessons learned at HMRC Digital
Posted by:Dr Emma Jefferies,
22 August 2018
Our 8 lessons learned
1. When we practice active listening, we’re unassuming, we slow down, learn more and make better informed decisions
2. When we take time to be curious about other people and their lives, we’re opening ourselves up to change our assumptions leading to better informed outcomes
3. When we observe our bias, we’re taking the time to understand people without holding judgement and look outside of our service team
4. When we track and review how we feel during the week, we are better able to understand how our feelings align with how the team feels and are able to respond to negative emotions
5. When we practice empathy, we’re able to look beyond people's roles and grades, seeing them as people
6. When we practice empathy, we’re fostering self-awareness which changes how we interact with each other
7. When we practice empathy, we get time back and save money
8. We assume practicing empathy is hard, yet making small changes makes a huge difference in our interactions within and across teams
You Need Empathy to Thrive in Business
Why empathy is a crucial skill that you need in order to achieve extreme performance.
December 06, 2018
Here’s why empathy in the workplace matters:
1. Understanding Everyone's Interests
2. Setting Expectations
3. Successful Negotiations
4. Design Thinking
5. Effective Collaboration
6. Sales Increase
7. Customer Satisfaction
8. Building Trust
9. Minimizing Conflicts and Reducing Stress
10. Knowledge Transfer
11. Interviewing for a Job
12. Solving Problems
5 Beneficial Side Effects of Kindness
But when we are kind, the following are some side effects that come with it:
1) Kindness makes us happier.
2) Kindness gives us healthier hearts.
3) Kindness slows aging.
4) Kindness makes for better relationships.
5) Kindness is contagious.
Why Teaching Kindness in Schools Is Essential to Reduce Bullying
By Lisa Currie
October 17, 2014
A great number of benefits have been reported to support teaching kindness in schools, best summed up by the following.
HAPPY, CARING CHILDREN
GREATER SENSE OF BELONGING AND IMPROVED SELF-ESTEEM
IMPROVED HEALTH AND LESS STRESS
INCREASED FEELINGS OF GRATITUDE
BETTER CONCENTRATION AND IMPROVED RESULTS
REDUCED DEPRESSION
LESS BULLYING
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