Kindness

Human Skills Are Our New Competitive Edge

Exercise - Introduce yourself to a new colleague who recently joined.

Kindness is more than ‘nice’. These moments of human connection are often a step outside of our comfort zone. It might be a difficult conversation with empathy, a sincere compliment, or recognizing the effort of ourselves and colleagues.

Power Skills

Establishing and nurturing meaningful relationships

Being intentionally attentive & responsive to others’ input, and to our own feelings

Providing or sharing something (help, support, time, etc)

Feeling thankful for the good qualities in ourselves, others, our lives, and the world

Understanding and sharing the feelings and perspectives of others

Showing a desire to help based on empathy

Being free from pretense, deceit, and hypocrisy in all communication

Outward appreciation through praise or celebration.

Kindness is personal for every individual

For me, kindness is...

Kindness at work is important

These Power Skills solve foundational workplace challenges to increase employee motivation, productivity, and well-being and drive results.

Improve:

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Health & Well-being

Health – Practicing gratitude helps us resist the negative physical aspects of stress.5

Well-Being – Showing Kindness towards others shows a 32% increase in happiness.6

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Trust & Connectivity

Trust – Viewing someone as Kind is a key determinant in viewing them as trustworthy.7

Connectivity – Practicing intentional Kindness towards a friend or colleague has shown to improve relationships by 48% more than the control.8

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Purpose & Productivity

Purpose – Being Kind towards others has shown increases your own life satisfaction by 46%.9

Productivity – Increasing empathy is related with more effectiveness in work environments.10

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Empathy & Inclusion

Empathy – People who think their empathy levels are changeable put more effort into being empathetic, listening to others, and helping, even when it’s challenging.11

Inclusion – Practicing Kindness by considering other’s perspectives leads to stronger sense of cooperation, empathy, and inclusion.12

Habit Building

It’s critical to practice these skills both with others and with ourselves.

Kindness to Self

Graph showing that burnout, fear, anger and anxiety reduce when performing acts of kindness.

It starts with ourselves. We must show ourselves compassion to have the capacity to bring our best selves to others. Practicing these activities is shown to increase self-confidence and build healthy habits.

Kindness to Others

Graph showing that when performing acts of kindness the givers happiness increases more rapidly than the receiver.

Practicing Kindness towards others is shown through hundreds of research papers to have dramatic positive effect on both the giver and the receiver. They are happier and healthier leading to improved connectivity, collaboration, and performance.13

An employee experience where everyone feels purposeful.

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