The Women's Leadership Podcast
This is your The Women's Leadership Podcast podcast.The Women's Leadership Podcast is your go-to resource for insightful discussions on empowering women in leadership roles. In this episode, we dive into the transformative power of leading with empathy. Discover how women leaders can effectively foster psychological safety in the workplace, creating an environment where innovation and collaboration thrive. Join us as we explore actionable strategies and real-world examples that highlight the importance of empathy-driven leadership. Whether you're a seasoned leader or aspiring to make your mark, this episode offers valuable perspectives to help you cultivate a supportive and inclusive workplace...
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Empathy's Edge: Unlock Your Team's Brilliance
This is your The Women's Leadership Podcast podcast.<br /><br />Welcome back to The Women's Leadership Podcast, where we empower women to lead with strength, heart, and unapologetic authenticity. I'm your host, and today we're diving into leading with empathy—specifically, how we as women leaders can foster psychological safety in the workplace, creating spaces where everyone thrives.<br /><br />Imagine walking into a meeting at a company like Red Hat, where Senior Software Engineer Savitha Raghunathan leads her team. She tunes into emotions, hers and her team's, building trust through emotional intelligence. As Savitha says, being attuned to those fe...
Empathy Unlocked: Your Key to Thriving Teams
This is your The Women's Leadership Podcast podcast.<br /><br />Welcome back to The Women's Leadership Podcast, where we empower women to lead with strength and heart. I'm your host, and today we're diving into leading with empathy—your superpower for fostering psychological safety in the workplace. Imagine walking into a meeting where every voice matters, ideas flow freely, and no one fears speaking up. That's the magic women leaders create when we prioritize empathy, turning teams into thriving powerhouses.<br /><br />Let's start with what psychological safety really means. According to experts at Page Executive, it's the freedom for em...
Empathy Unlocked: Your Leadership Superpower
This is your The Women's Leadership Podcast podcast.<br /><br />You’re listening to The Women’s Leadership Podcast, and today we’re diving straight into what it really means to lead with empathy and create psychological safety at work.<br /><br />Harvard professor Amy Edmondson describes psychological safety as a belief that you can speak up, ask questions, and make mistakes without fear of humiliation or punishment. When women leaders build that kind of culture, research from organizations like the Center for Creative Leadership and Boston Consulting Group shows teams become more innovative, more loyal, and far less likely to bur...
Empathy Unleashed: Your Leadership Superpower for Psychological Safety
This is your The Women's Leadership Podcast podcast.<br /><br />You’re listening to The Women’s Leadership Podcast, and today we’re diving straight into one powerful idea: leading with empathy to build psychological safety at work.<br /><br />Psychological safety is that feeling your team has when they can speak up, disagree, admit mistakes, or share a wild idea without fear of being punished, humiliated, or sidelined. Harvard researcher Amy Edmondson describes it as the belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking. When women leaders create that kind of environment, performance, innovation, and retention all go up...
Empathy Unleashed: Women Leaders Fueling Psychological Safety
This is your The Women's Leadership Podcast podcast.<br /><br />Welcome back to The Women’s Leadership Podcast. Today we’re diving straight into what it really means to lead with empathy and how women leaders can intentionally build psychological safety at work.<br /><br />Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson describes psychological safety as a climate where people feel safe to speak up, take risks, and make mistakes without fear of embarrassment or punishment. When that is present, research shared by the Center for Creative Leadership and Boston Consulting Group shows higher innovation, stronger performance, and dramatically better retention for...
Empowered Empathy: Women Leaders Unlocking Psychological Safety
This is your The Women's Leadership Podcast podcast.<br /><br />You’re listening to The Women’s Leadership Podcast. Today we’re diving straight into one powerful idea: leading with empathy as a pathway to psychological safety at work.<br /><br />Harvard professor Amy Edmondson describes psychological safety as a climate where people feel safe to speak up, take risks, and make mistakes without fear of humiliation or punishment. When women leaders create that climate, research from Boston Consulting Group and the Center for Creative Leadership shows retention, innovation, and performance all rise. According to the American Psychological Association, women leader...
Empathy Amplified: Women Leaders Fueling Psychological Safety
This is your The Women's Leadership Podcast podcast.<br /><br />You’re listening to The Women’s Leadership Podcast, and today we’re diving straight into leading with empathy and how women leaders can build real psychological safety at work.<br /><br />Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson describes psychological safety as a climate where people feel safe to speak up, take risks, and admit mistakes without fear of embarrassment or punishment. When you combine that with the natural strengths many women bring to leadership—emotional intelligence, collaboration, and inclusivity—you get a powerful formula for high‑trust, high‑performing teams.<br /><b...
Empowered and Heard: Women Pioneering Psychological Safety at Work
This is your The Women's Leadership Podcast podcast.<br /><br />Welcome back to the Women's Leadership Podcast. Today we're diving into one of the most transformative leadership approaches gaining momentum in workplaces everywhere: leading with empathy and building psychological safety. If you've ever felt like you couldn't speak up in a meeting, or worried that asking for help might damage your career, you're experiencing the absence of psychological safety. And here's what's exciting: women leaders are pioneering the shift to change that.<br /><br />Let's start with what psychological safety actually means. Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson coined this...
Empathy Unleashed: Women Leaders Transforming Workplaces
This is your The Women's Leadership Podcast podcast.<br /><br />Welcome back, listeners. Today we're diving into something that's transforming workplaces across the globe: how women leaders are building psychological safety through empathy. And honestly, this matters more than you might think.<br /><br />Let's start with what we're really talking about. Psychological safety at work means your team feels free to speak up, take risks, and express their opinions without fear of negative consequences. Research shows that when leaders successfully create this environment, retention increases by more than four times for women and by even higher rates for employees...
Empathy's Secret Weapon: Unlocking Psychological Safety for Women Leaders
This is your The Women's Leadership Podcast podcast.<br /><br />Welcome back to the Women's Leadership Podcast. Today we're diving into one of the most transformative leadership qualities of our time: empathy and how it creates psychological safety in the workplace.<br /><br />Let's be honest, listeners. Women leaders are reshaping how we work. Research shows that women leaders often demonstrate higher levels of empathy compared to their male counterparts, and this isn't just nice to have, it's essential. When leaders like Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's former Prime Minister, responded to the Christchurch mosque attacks and the COVID-19 pandemic with...
