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Mar 2023
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The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP explains the...

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Can empathy in leadership lead to burnout and indecision? Minister Amanda Rishworth’s background in psychology helped her understand the difference between sympathy and empathy, the pitfalls of having too much empathy, and how you can turn empathy into action to enact real change in the world. In this International Women’s Day episode, host Helen McCabe asks Minister Rishworth to discuss whether women in the workplace are expected to be more empathetic to colleagues needs than their male counterparts.

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