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Betty Johnson, Ph.D., has 30 years’ leadership and change consulting experience. The firm she founded, Bridging the Difference LLC, serves clients that include private, public, and non-profit leaders and their teams. As president of this firm, Betty helps leaders recognize the behavior-goal misalignments that impede their success, and shows them how to bridge the difference to get extraordinary results.

Her firm’s proprietary methods are grounded in scientific research, and all demonstrate measurable results. Those methods germinated during Betty’s participation in an immersive program at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It was there that—alongside senior leaders from American, Latin American, and Asian militaries—Betty ...more

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“The first part of empathy, the first requirement for action on their behalf, is to understand how they feel.”
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“Workers are begging us to lighten their load, to remove the burdens, the hassles, and the irritants that come with video meetings.”
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“Savvy leaders use empathy to relieve that emotional strain. They use it so that video meetings are beneficial for everyone.”
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“Making things better requires that you understand how people feel in response to what you do.”
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“If you say, I know just how you feel, you show the other person you’re thinking about how you feel, and you’re assuming your experience is the same as theirs.”
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“The first part of empathy, the first requirement for action on their behalf, is to understand how they feel.”
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“Self-other awareness enables you to show respect for their feelings instead of being overwhelmed by their feelings, your pity, or your intolerance.”
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