3 ways being empathetic can make you more productive at work

Jun 24, 2019

Workers look from the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Offices in Rotherham, northern England, February 4, 2015. Rotherham's council leader and entire cabinet resigned after the publication of a report into their response to years of child sexual exploitation in the town. The report said the authority was not fit for purpose and had been in complete denial after an earlier inquiry found that 1400 children, some as young as 11, were abused in Rotherham, by gangs of predominantly Asian men. REUTERS/Darren Staples (BRITAIN - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - LM1EB241E5601

We mistakenly think a lack of productivity means employees just don't care. Image: REUTERS/Darren Staples

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