4 reasons why empathy is crucial in managing people

Being a leader requires a number of specific traits. One of them is great communication skills, and closely related to that is the ability to empathize with others. A manager that lacks empathy is not capable of communicating effectively with team members, they are not open to new ideas and they cannot sufficiently motivate their team. Henry Ford once said: „If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own." That's why in today's article we will explain in four points why you will not get far in a management role without empathy.