Presentation: Empathy: A Keystone Habit

Track: Non-Technical Skills for Technical Folks

Location: Majestic Complex, 6th fl.

Duration: 11:50am - 12:40pm

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Abstract

Do you struggle to build trust, influence others, give effective feedback, and enable collaboration? This session will explore how empathy – the ability to understand others' needs and ensure that they know that you understand them – is what Charles Duhigg calls a "keystone habit", a behavior change that unlocks other cascading behavior changes. Along the way, we will try demystify what empathy is and give you simple tools to enhance your practice of empathy.

And we'll talk about otters.

Speaker: Paul Tevis

Coach & Facilitator at Vigemus

Paul Tevis partners with technical leaders who want to work as effectively with people as they do with technology. He is a coach and facilitator based in Santa Barbara, CA.

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