Empathy has become a business competency, not a soft nice-to-have. With hybrid teams, rapid AI adoption, and a workforce increasingly vocal about identity and inclusion, companies are being pushed to rethink what effective leadership looks like right now.

Burnout among faith leaders has surged in recent years, fueled by heavier workloads, complex community needs, and the quiet exhaustion many pastors carrysparking urgent conversations about resilience, calling, and sustainable leadership. A survey found that roughly four in ten pastors considered leaving full-time ministry in a single year, citing reasons like stress and lonelinessmaking guidance from those whove walked the same paths especially timely.

As companies push to decarbonize, modernize infrastructure, and bring new technologies to market, the leaders who stand out arent always the ones who followed a straight career path. Increasingly, its the people with the zigzagsthe folks whove worked across different industries, adapted to new environments, and learned to make decisions under pressurewho bring the clarity these complex challenges demand.

In a workplace culture increasingly shaped by rapid change, rising expectations, and new definitions of leadership, professionals are redefining success beyond titles and output. Empathy, intuition, and inner alignment once seen as intangible nice-to-haves are now emerging as competitive advantages.

In an era when AI-driven search experiences are reshaping how customers discover brands, marketing leaders are navigating a confusing landscape of new acronyms, shifting behaviors, and bold industry predictions. Despite widespread claims that SEO is dead, the data tells a different story: organic search traffic has continued to grow even as platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude expand their footprint.

The Care Anywhere podcast is taking listeners behind the scenes of global health workforce research with a brand-new series: From the Bench. In this kickoff episode, host Lea Sims talks with Dr.