Leanne Butterworth
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Leanne Butterworth and Empathy First.
Links:
www.leannebutterworth.com (if you prefer - points to empathy first.com.au
www.linkedin.com/in/leannebutterworth
www.instagram.com/empathyfirsthq
www.facebook.com/empathyfirsthq
Watch my TEDx Talk - here - www.empathyfirst.com.au/tedxqut or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oOYAilAluE
50 word bio - Leanne Butterworth
Leanne Butterworth is the founder of Empathy First, a social enterprise dedicated to empowering leaders with healthy empathy skills. As an empathy educator, TEDx speaker, and university lecturer, Leanne’s mission is to challenge perceptions of empathy, making it a practical and powerful tool for leadership, teams, and personal growth.
100 word bio - Leanne Butterworth
Leanne Butterworth is the founder of Empathy First, a social enterprise focused on developing healthy empathy skills for leaders and teams. A TEDx speaker, university lecturer, and empathy educator, Leanne specializes in emotional literacy, active listening, and unconscious bias. With a passion for breaking down misconceptions about empathy, Leanne believes it is a skill that can be learned and practiced for greater impact and human connection. She works with businesses, nonprofits, and government sectors, offering keynotes, workshops, mentoring and consulting to improve relationships, leadership, and mental health. Leanne is dedicated to creating a future where empathy drives innovation, resilience, and positive change.
150 word bio - Leanne Butterworth
Leanne Butterworth is the founder of Empathy First, a social enterprise committed to empowering leaders with healthy empathy skills to drive positive change. A TEDx speaker, university lecturer, and empathy educator, Leanne's work focuses on emotional literacy, active listening, and unconscious bias. She believes empathy is a critical skill for the future, especially in leadership and teamwork, and strives to break the misconception that empathy is a "soft skill." Through her engaging keynotes, workshops, and consulting services, Leanne equips individuals and organizations with practical tools to build stronger connections, foster innovation, and improve mental health and well-being. She works with a diverse range of clients, from businesses and nonprofits to government agencies and social enterprises. Leanne's mission is to make empathy a cornerstone of personal and professional development, promoting a more compassionate and effective approach to leadership, customer service, and community engagement.
50 word bio - Empathy First
Empathy First is an Australian social enterprise dedicated to transforming workplaces and communities through healthy empathy. By offering training, workshops, mentoring and consulting, we empower leaders and teams to develop practical empathy skills for better communication, mental health, and collaboration. We’re committed to making empathy a driving force for innovation and positive change.
MC Introduction - Leanne Butterworth
Our next speaker is a passionate advocate for healthy empathy and its power to empower leaders and deepen connections. Leanne Butterworth is an empathy educator, author, TEDx speaker, and founder of Empathy First. She has shared her expertise across Australia, the USA, Canada, South-East Asia and Slovakia, helping leaders and teams see empathy as a superpower, not a weakness.
Leanne is an empathy realist—she knows that empathy can be overwhelming if not practiced in a healthy way and that healthy empathy isn’t about being soft or fixing everything, but about truly seeing and valuing others. As a recovering perfectionist, she embraces progress over perfection, helping leaders build confidence, connection, and compassion through practical, actionable empathy skills.
Her mission is simple but powerful: to demystify empathy and show that when practiced well, it creates stronger leaders, teams, and communities. Please welcome, Leanne Butterworth
3 Key Takeaways
3 key points
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Not all empathy is healthy empathy.
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Healthy empathy is a learned skill requiring self reflection, conscious practice and a willingness to grow.
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Practicing healthy empathy benefits everyone - yourself, your kids, spouse, colleagues, clients and strangers.
Contact
I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.
0423 143 615