Transform workplace
Culture

The time is now to elevate empathy in the workplace as a core value that impacts culture, innovation, productivity, and profit. Organizations must demonstrate empathy across two channels: internally, to their own employees, externally, to their customers and stakeholders. We partner with organizations for profit and non-profit to drive a culture change that will reinforce strategy to build a culture of empathy. Empathy must be in the fabric of an organization’s culture. While we believe that most people are good hearted and well-intentioned, they often lack the awareness, knowledge, experience and skills that are needed to interact and manage various backgrounds.  Employees also will be affected by systemic forces differently and therefore will result in a different work experience across the board.

Employees also will be affected by systemic forces differently and therefore will result in a different work experience across the board. For example, the systemic racism that Black employees face impacts every aspect of work life. These employees are forced to work in less equitable spaces, due to the failure of leadership to realistically consider their concerns around inequity and marginalization.

A culture of empathy is a result of benefits and practices that value each employee for who they are, and that lets them know their well-being and quality of life truly matter to the organization. There is no quick fix — for empathy to make an impact, it must be thorough and authentic. Empathy is essential for employers in their attempts to create a positive and productive workplace environment. It can be the differentiating factor that motivates, unites, and connects people within an organization. By creating an inclusive, just and belonging environment, organizations can foster empathy that motivates and retains employees.

Increase Sustainable Philanthropic
Support

Diversity, equity, inclusion, these are the words Nonprofit organizations use as they strive to become more diverse, yet many leaders are uncertain about the steps needed to turn dialogue – and intention – into action. Every nonprofit plays a unique role in tackling societal issues. Empathy can take us outside of everyday realities and allow organizations to see the structural barriers that their clients are facing. With our depth of experiences, strategic thinking, we partner with a wide range of organizations who are advancing social change to design and deliver programs. We identify strategies that can help Nonprofit Executives, Employees, Volunteers and Board Members to successfully align their values to  organization’s mission and vision.

We believe that institutions must prioritize time and strategic use of resources in order to advance equity and close disparities. We partner with nonprofits to identify and prioritize areas necessary to contribute in accomplishing a collective vision, and we work in relationships to achieve lasting impact. The future of philanthropy has community at its center and is actively modeling empathy, equity and inclusion where collective wisdom is honored, and community knowledge is utilized. We also partner with Foundation leaders to fund critical initiatives and organizations to develop strategies and improve their effectiveness and impact through social change goals. A culture of Philanthropy establishes the shared expectations and systems needed to put talents to work for fundraising. We will empower your staff, volunteers and board to engage in your organization every year. Organizations that operate with a culture of philanthropy understand the value of organizational culture and the importance of philanthropy.

Strengthen Community Partnership

In today’s climate, there tends to be a distrust and disconnect between organizations and the community they serve. Whether it is the lack of transparency or organizations not upholding community values, the work of organizations can become disingenuous. In order to build that bridge, more engagement and communication needs to occur between organizations and the community. Empathy 4 Equity LLC facilitates community engagement processes to help organizations develop and maintain equity-based accountability to the communities they serve. Through Empathy 4 Equity Social Change Model, we will help organizations facilitate community engagement through authentic partnership. Community engagement includes strategies to organize individuals for collective action, as well as strategies to make sure that all voices in a community are heard as part of inclusive decision-making. It is important to consider whether the community engagement strategies being utilized are coming from the community and those who are most affected.

Organizations need to additionally decide whether the engagement in the community is to contribute to the fixing of a systemic issue or used as a tool to amplify the voices of those who are doing the work. Lastly, Empathy 4 Equity will ensure that the marketing and communication is uplifting and relevant to the needs of the community.

We believe that institutions must prioritize time and strategic use of resources in order to advance equity and close disparities. We partner with nonprofits to identify and prioritize areas necessary to contribute in accomplishing a collective vision, and we work in relationships to achieve lasting impact. The future of philanthropy has community at its center and is actively modeling empathy, equity and inclusion where collective wisdom is honored, and community knowledge is utilized. We also partner with Foundation leaders to fund critical initiatives and organizations to develop strategies and improve their effectiveness and impact through social change goals.

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