Hosted by Maria Ross · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 322 episodes
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Failed product launches. Furious customers. Dysfunctional teams. Many of the problems we face in the business world (and frankly, society) stem from the same root cause: Lack of empathy.Speaker, author, strategist, and empathy advocate Maria Ross shares keen insights and inspiring interviews that prove empathy and compassion are the new paths to market-winning performance. Leveraging both inspiring stories and hard data, Ross connects empathetic leadership, cultures and brands to innovation, engagement, and bottom-line results. You’ll walk away with actionable strategies to amplify your impact, and learn how compassionate business tactics can transform your organization from the inside out.The Empathy Edge podcast provides a quick dose of motivation, wisdom, and practical actions that executive leaders, entrepreneurs and changemakers can use right now. Ready to infuse YOUR organization with more empathy? Tune in to learn why cash flow, creativity, and compassion are not mutually e
Maria Ross hosts The Empathy Edge, a business show with 322 episodes published.
What if I told you that the most powerful force in business isn’t strategy, innovation, or tech: it’s love? Every great leader you admire already practices it. They might call it something else: respect, compassion
Join this deep conversation about what empathy really looks like in our institutions, our communities, and our leadership—especially at a time when empathy feels both urgent and under pressure. Dr. Terri Givens has been
The data proving empathy is smart business has always been there, it's all we talk about here - but now it's bigger, broader, and more impossible to ignore than ever. Dr. Robert Coleman is Director of Research and Though
What if the biggest thing holding leaders back isn’t a lack of ambition or skilL but outdated operating systems we’ve never questioned? Mitch Shepard lives at the intersection of truth-telling, leadership, and systems ch
Most leaders think they're doing fine. Their teams think otherwise. And that gap - hiding in plain sight across organizations everywhere - is exactly what my guest today has spent his career trying to close. David Grossm
What if business wasn’t just about profit, but about creating mutual value across stakeholders and communities that would actually DRIVE more profit? That’s the question driving today’s guest, Dr. Jay Jakub. Jay is the E
Dr. David Bray is one of those rare humans who has done so much, across so many high-stakes arenas, that his bio almost reads like fiction. David is Chair of the Accelerator at the Loomis Council and a Distinguished Fell
America is about to turn 250 years old. My guest today believes this moment is asking something from all of us. Not a celebration or parade, but a reckoning, a chance to find our way back to each other. Brandon Peele is
The power of being seen can change everything. We see it in the workplace and in our world. And one way to strengthen empathy and build that connection is through photography. A single photograph—placed in someone’s hand
What are the hidden, unconscious forces that shape how we lead—why we react the way we do, why some situations knock us off center, and how we can build the internal security to lead with more empathy, clarity, and conne
Do you know that customers who are highly emotionally connected to your brand are 53% more loyal than those who are merely satisfied with your products and services? Today I’m talking with Kevin Perlmutter. We explore wh
How do you actually practice empathy? How do you prove you have it — to employers, to clients, to the people you lead? And if you're building a team, how do you hire for it? Because here's the uncomfortable truth: most o
Teams today are more diverse than ever—and within that diversity lies the potential to unlock innovation, performance, and belonging. But only if leaders practice cultural humility. It’s not just about competence or chec
Some conversations linger long after the recording stops; the conversations that deepen your humanity and reshape how you think about leadership. This episode is one of those conversations. Ashley Jones knows grief in it
For years, empathy was treated as a business nice-to-have—important, but secondary to speed, scale, and efficiency. The data now tells a very different story. In this conversation, Maria and Conny, the Chief Customer Off
Too many leaders are still trying to succeed by becoming someone they think they’re supposed to be—quieter, tougher, more polished, less human. And in the process, they’re leaving their greatest strengths at the door. My
It’s easy right now to believe that the divisions we see are simply too deep to repair. That empathy has become a liability. That listening has been replaced by winning. And yet, I still believe, perhaps more than ever,
Balancing performance with human leadership can be tough for some leaders. The goal is to strike a healthy balance, while always remembering that taking thoughtful care of your people, recognizing their unique contributi
What happens when you’re standing at a pivot point — the kind where your next move could shift everything for your business, your team, or your career? In those high-stakes moments, success doesn’t come from spreadsheets
What if the problem isn’t that moms are failing—but that we’ve built systems that quietly ask them to do the impossible and then blame them when they struggle? My guest today, Rebecca Geshuri, sits at the intersection of
Dr. Robert Coleman
Director of Research and Thought Leadership · Dale Carnegie and Associates
1 appearance on this show
David Grossman
author and leadership expert · Grossman Companies
1 appearance on this show
David Bray
Distinguished Chair of the Accelerator & CEO/Principal · Stimson Center & LDA Ventures, Inc.
1 appearance on this show
Brandon Peele
bestselling author of 6 books on purpose and civic leadership, Executive Director of the National Pilgrimage · ion Learning
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Jaime Goff
executive coach, leadership strategist, founder · The Empathic Leader
1 appearance on this show
Kevin Perlmutter
founder and chief strategist · Limbic Brand Evolution
1 appearance on this show
Joel Perez
leadership development expert, author of "Dear White Leader"
1 appearance on this show
Joel Pérez
leadership development expert, author of "Dear White Leader" · Apoyo Coaching and Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Ashley Jones
Executive Director of Human Resources · Platte County School District
1 appearance on this show
Claude Silver
Author of Be Yourself at Work · VaynerMedia
1 appearance on this show
Dr Claire Yorke
expert on empathy and international security, convenor of the GCC's working group on International Relations · international relations
1 appearance on this show
Kasey D'Amato
keynote speaker, executive coach, and strategic advisor
1 appearance on this show
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