Exit How Important Is Empathy In Your Organization? Question Title * 1. How important is empathy in your organization (you may choose more than one answer) Very important. Not important. Somewhat important. Empathy is a sign of weakness and we expect our leaders to be tough. Emotional Intelligence and/or empathy practice is part of our leadership training programs. Very little leadership effort is put into understanding employees, their motivations and engagement. We know that empathy is important to resolving conflict and misunderstandings but really don't train leaders to use it. None of the above. Next