I like the term "empathic accuracy" (instead of just the broad "empathic") because it also implies the notion of empathic inaccuracy. Now if you dont like that "smart IT guy" because he always says awkward things at awkward times that make other people feel uncomfortable and uncertain, it's much easier (and nicer) to just say that person is empathically inaccurate, instead of "I think he's autistic, at best, or a narcissist or an asshole, at worst".