What benefit comes from leaders developing empathy? Meet Dr. Stevie Dawn Carter! Dr. Stevie is the CEO of Empathix, Adjunct Professor, Keynote Speaker and Bestselling Author! Organizations hire her to inspire and empower their people to become Emotionally Intelligent Communicators. As a professional speaker and trainer, she supports groups that are looking to put impactful communication and whole-human awareness at the top of their to-do list. With over 20 years of teaching and training experience, she creates presentations that are relevant, funny, and immediately applicable to every day life. When not traveling around the country speaking on a stage, Dr. Stevie spends her time focused on growing The Fleetwood Project, a non-profit theater company started by her family in Mansfield, Texas. 📋 Episode Chapters (00:00) This is why all my relationships fail. Because I was going through a divorce at the time(00:14) Speaking and communicating podcast aims to help you improve your communication skills(01:20) Dr Carter is the CEO of Empathix, a corporate trainer(02:12) Empathix trains corporations on how to build emotional intelligence into their culture(03:12) You're on stage you must really love the stage. Yes, it is my favorite place to be(08:57) I think all leaders have some sort of servant, right(10:39) Empathix focuses on emotional intelligence and empathy(11:58) Steven Miller studied leadership and studying emotional intelligence for his PhD(18:10) Let's assess how this is impacting our life, then make changes(18:49) Everything in this world is built on relationships, from our personal life to work(21:56) Every problem in every organization is built somewhere on bad relationships(26:19) Doing a pulse check before your interactions can help you be more emotionally intelligent(32:03) Communication is key when dealing with difficult conversations(32:51) When we talk about empathy and leadership skills, we are not saying business comes first(34:43) Building good relationships is so important when you're a leader(39:11) People who struggle at work tend to also be struggling at home(41:39) Last words for leaders who feel unprepared, um, for their new leadership roles(44:52) Thank you for joining us on the speaking on communicating podcast Connect with Dr. Stevie:Website: https://empathix.netLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsteviedawncarter/ Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review on Apple & Spotify:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-lead-with-empathy-w-dr-stevie-dawn-carter/id1614151066?i=1000651791497Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Q1D1bgvNnMwZo7hrjpxR0YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZsAfi--zJM&t=242s