Viktor E. Frankl says:
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
In this Empathy @ Work workshop on Expressing Gratitude, we explore how we can regain awareness of being grateful and how to choose to express that to the other in a way that is easier for the other to hear and let it sink in.
The consciousness of the choice happens in the space, and in this workshop, we explore how we can learn to make a conscious decision on how to express our gratitude toward the other in a way that strengthens the connection.
The core learning of Empathy @ Work we want to convey is to be inspired to speak the most truth we have access to with the most care we have capacity for. Because that does take individuals, teams and organisations forward. In this session, we focus on speaking truth (which can be a vulnerable choice) while expressing gratitude.
Sofia Katsaouni works as an Agile & Organisational Coach.
Sofia is a coach who cares about people. She always places people and their needs at the center of her attention; when needs are met, people can form effective teams that deliver high customer value.
Since Sofia is passionate about people systems rather than electrical systems, she transitioned from an electrical engineer to an Agile coach full time early in her career. Her electrical engineering background has helped her develop analytical, problem-solving, and empirical thinking skills.
Sofia recognizes that trusting relationships and psychological safety are the basis of human-centric and performance-oriented cultures. Throughout the past few years, she has worked closely with individuals, engineering teams, and leadership to enable startups and scale-ups to create such environments in their organizations.
When discovering the world of NVC Sofia started learning more and more about empathy and empathic listening, and practicing it in private life as well as in coaching sessions.
Soon she realised the tremendous impact that it had on her and the people around her and thus wanted to spread the word of empathy further. In this capacity, Sofia began delivering Empathy@Work sessions at various companies and conferences throughout Europe
Aki does not believe in magic. He makes it happen. Being a programmer with very solid technical skills in testing, design and making code fun to work with, he gets stuff done. Someone once said ‘reading his code is like reading a good book.’
In addition to the techy side, he is also well known for the empathetic presence he has - the listening skills are well known and the Empathy@Work workshops he holds are highly valued by the participants.
This unique mix of solid technical skills and emotional IQ, he has lot to share to Software Crafters in the world. And he does that a lot in many unconferences, like the one he runs - Codefreeze.