Empathetic Leadership Books
We are proud to be one of the first publishers focused on the power of empathetic leadership
to enhance organizational culture and performance.
About the Author
Michael Brisciana brings to his writing more than 30 years of professional experience as a senior Human Resources leader, working with organizations ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, as well as nonprofit and educational institutions. Throughout his career, he worked closely with executives and leadership teams—advising on leadership development, organizational culture, employee engagement, and complex interpersonal dynamics inside high-pressure environments.
He holds an MBA from Loyola University Chicago, with advanced training in leadership, organizational behavior, and management.
Upon retiring from the HR field, Michael founded Trust Publishing Group as a means for combining his loves of listening, writing, promoting empathy, and helping executives tell their stories and inspire others.
In our writing, presentations, and consulting work, we focus on one of the most misunderstood—and most powerful—leadership capabilities: empathetic leadership. Rather than approaching empathy as a “soft” or abstract concept, we see empathy as a practical executive leadership skill—one that improves decision-making, strengthens trust, reduces burnout, and increases organizational effectiveness.
Empathetic Leadership
47 Practical Tips for Leading with Kindness, Courage and Confidence in an Age of Disruption
Available in paperback,
ebook, and audiobook
Empathetic Leadership is written from the heart for business, government, academic, and non-profit leaders who wish to enhance performance,
productivity, and employee engagement in their organizations and lead with kindness, courage, and confidence while generating the best results.
Offering 47 practical lessons from the author's career as a Human Resources leader, adviser, confidante, and coach, it provides clear ideas in an easy-to-digest format and a down-to-earth, relatable style.
Topics cover key areas of empathetic leadership, including:
Building a team
Managing your team
Developing your culture
Leading by example, coaching and mentoring
Managing your career
Tips include practical examples of how to:
Unleash hidden potential
Recruit and retain the employee and their family
Repair relationships through service
Give voice to truth-sayers
Reverse downward spirals
Help your team graduate to new levels of success
Mentor without using words
And many more thoughtful, proven techniques to help take your leadership effectiveness (and personal peace of mind) to higher and higher levels.
Let Empathetic Leadership help you bring out the best in your team and see your impact as a leader grow!
"This is an amazing book. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that because it’s about empathy, it’s light on substance or just all about being touchy-feely. Absolutely not.
Michael Brisciana gives practical, applicable, concrete advice for how to apply the tenets of empathetic leadership in the business world. That said, this book's lessons can very definitely be applied in any other field, including health care and education. I wish I’d had this book when I was teaching; my colleagues and I would have benefited so much from it, as would our students." (5 stars)