For communicators, empathy is a superpower

We began 2021 with a call for empathy. In the early days of January, before vaccination had started to drive down COVID-19 cases in the U.S., the bleak days of winter still had a harsh bite.

Now, after July 4^th, with many locales reopening and reconvening with rising vaccine numbers and low COVID-19 cases, it can be tempting to move on form the empathy of earlier in the year. Perhaps it’s in human nature to want to “turn the page” and get back to the rollicking economy of 2019.

Everyone is eager to declare: “We’re back.”

And yet, there’s still a need for empathy, to understand where others are coming from and how they are experiencing the world in a different way than they were. Empathy is what allows us to understand how the

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world has really changed and what facets of life might never go back to the old ways. It’s the No.1 message for Brian Bellmont to clients and colleagues alike.

The president of Bellmont Partners caught up withy us recently for our “Day in the Life” series and here is what he had to say about our current moment and working through the challenges ahead:

1. What’s the first thing you do every day when you wake up?