847: Maria Ross: Empathy in Action

Published: Feb. 7, 2024, 8 a.m.

Maria Ross is a speaker, leadership trainer, author, and empathy advocate who believes cash flow, creativity, and compassion are not mutually exclusive. She\u2019s spent decades helping forward-thinking leaders and teams connect and engage through empathy to accelerate growth and impact. Maria has authored multiple books, including her most recent, The Empathy Edge, and hosts The Empathy Edge podcast. Maria understands the power of empathy on a personal level: In 2008, shortly after launching her business, she suffered a near-fatal ruptured brain aneurysm that inspired her memoir, Rebooting My Brain. Her next book The Empathy Dilemma: How Successful Leaders Balance Performance, People, and Personal Boundaries, arrives Fall 2024.\n\n\ufeffListen in to hear Maria share:\n\nHow she shifted from her work as a brand strategist to empathy expert\n\nHow motherhood pushed her to really dig into bringing her empathy work into the\xa0\n\nworkplace\n\nDifferent examples of what empathy looks like in the workplace - and what the absence of it looks like\n\nHow empathy in the workplace must be a combination of compassion + action\n\nMyths around empathy\n\nThe significance of action behind your empathy - and how action can look for different people\n\nHow we can (and why we should) use empathy in the overlap of our personal & professional lives\n\nWhat to do in an interaction with someone who is not being empathetic\n\n\nLinks mentioned:\n\nConnect with Maria: https://www.red-slice.com\n\n\nMaria\u2019s Podcast: The Empathy Edge\xa0\xa0\n\nTedX Talk\n\nLinkedIn\n\nInstagram\n\nThreads\n\nTwitter/X\n\nFacebook\n\nMaria on YouTube\n\nBook: Roadmap for Revolutionaries\n\n\n\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor\nInterested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices