The Empathy Edge

Maria Ross

Booking Overview

This interview-led business leadership show focuses on empathy, compassionate leadership, workplace culture, and human-centered performance, featuring authors, psychologists, entrepreneurs, and organizational experts as external guests. Agencies could credibly pitch established leadership advisers, workplace psychologists, empathy and culture strategists, founders, and authors with practical frameworks or meaningful media and organizational experience; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 343

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 250 subscribers

Instagram: 4.2k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

maria@red-slice.com

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Host

Maria Ross - Maria Ross is a speaker, author, empathy strategist, and workplace empathy advocate. She is the author of four books, including the award-winning The Empathy Dilemma, a Forbes contributor on workpl...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Authors, psychologists, leadership coaches, entrepreneurs, speakers, and organizational or workplace experts with demonstrated expertise in empathy, resilience, leadership, culture, connection, or human-centered business.

Required Achievements:

Published books or established intellectual frameworks, Leadership of organizations, charities, or businesses, Recognized expertise in psychology, leadership, workplace culture, or empathy, Relevant media coverage, speaking experience, or professional thought leadership

Recent Guest Discussions

Scott Stirrett - Leadership Under Uncertainty, Resilience, Adaptability, Entrepreneurial Thinking, And The Human Skills That Complement Artificial Intelligence.

Ute Liersch - Resilient Leadership, Emotional Regulation, Psychological Flexibility, Burnout, Trauma, ADHD, Neurodiversity, And Values-aligned Decision-making.

Florence Ann Romano - Building Meaningful Community, Workplace Connection, Loneliness, Belonging, Authentic Leadership, And Supportive Professional Relationships.

Recent Topics

Psychology, Leadership, Workplace Culture, Branding, Innovation

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Empathy Edge

Hot Take: What the Fire Horse Has Taught Leaders About Reinvention

September 08, 2026

We are living in the Year of the Fire Horse. And if you know anything about Chinese astrology, you know that the Fire Horse is not a gentle, meandering kind of energy. It is fast, fierce, unpredictable, and transformative. It burns down what isn't working to make room for what's next. And that feels about right for where we are as a culture, as leaders, and as human beings right now. Today, I share the neurological impact significant change triggers in humans and give actionable steps to...

Nada Lena Nasserdeen: Why Expertise Isn’t Enough to Lead High-Performing Teams

September 01, 2026

We’re entering a leadership era where charisma without self-awareness falls flat, expertise without empathy stalls out, and confidence isn’t a personality trait; it’s a leadership skill that can be trained.Nada Lena Nasserdeen has built her life’s work around that reality. Nada is the Founder and CEO of Rise Up For You, a globally recognized leadership development and coaching organization dedicated to advancing confidence, emotional intelligence, transformational leadership, and influential ...

Scott Stirrett: Why Getting Comfortable with Uncertainty Is a Core Leadership Skill—and How to Build It

August 25, 2026

What if uncertainty isn’t something to fear or even survive, but a skill you can train and a competitive advantage you can build?Scott Stirrett has spent more than a decade helping people do exactly that. Scott is a Canadian entrepreneur, author, and the founder of Venture for Canada, a national charity that has supported over 10,000 young professionals since 2013. He’s also the author of The Uncertainty Advantage, a powerful guide for navigating the future of work that argues uncertainty isn...

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