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Liesl Mertes

Liesl Mertes

Workplace Empathy Consultant and Founder of Handle with Care Consulting; keynote speaker specializing in human-centric leadership skills

Jun 23, 2026

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Rachel Downey.
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Hey, Rachel, thanks for your question.
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It's a good one.
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And the way that I sometimes also hear it is how do I measure balance empathy with accountability at work? If I embrace one, do I let go of the other? Or even just does empathy have a place in the workplace at all? Does it really affect the business of doing business? And first I want to affirm, it's a good question.
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These are the kinds of questions that people should be asking.
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And the good news is there's some really strong data, both just the raw numbers and experientially behind the why.
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of how empathy should enter into business.

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