University of Washington Human Resources

Classroom session

Class content will be delivered onsite at the POD Classrooms with supplemental materials.

New classroom location

Starting January 2025, POD classes will be held in the University District Station Building (UDSB). Please review POD locations and parking and your registration confirmation email for further information.

As Desmond Tutu stated, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” In this workshop, participants begin the journey on how to cultivate and expand their own Empathy Quotient and learn how to identify their own level of empathy as a starting point when measuring themselves through The Empathy Quotient (EQ) Adult Version Test.

Participants experience exercises, activities and discussions that assist them in developing deeper insight into how the absence of empathy in leadership impacts policy, practice and principles and influences equity, diversity and inclusion efforts and initiatives. Further, participants gain practical skills through role-play and best-practice tools to confront, interrupt and redirect attitudes, actions and behaviors that reflect the absence of empathy.

Instructor: Greg Taylor