Video Discussion on Practising Kindness in Leadership

Now more than ever, it is important for senior leaders to nurture a culture of care and connection, which embraces kindness.

People perform at their confident best when they feel empowered, inspired, motivated and encouraged. And when they feel valued. Central to that is kindness, even in the face adversity.

How can you practise kindness?

In many organisations where remote working fatigue has set in or the parameters of the working world keep shifting, embracing a culture of kindness can be a challenge.

In this video discussion between myself Anni Townend, and fellow Leadership Consultants Natalie Shering and Lucy Kidd, we reveal some top tips and strategies for practising kindness, drawing on our experience working with senior leaders and their teams.

This video is the first of a new series of short conversations that we will be sharing regularly through our a new partnership, Collaborate and Create. In these discussions we will share our collective insights into leadership, teams and organisations to help inspire senior leaders and executive teams.

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If you don't have time to listen right now, here are 3 ways you can practise more kindness:

Start with a clear intention - put kindness on your 'to be' list

Focus on being in 'resting kindness' towards yourself & others

Remember that you rarely know what's really going on for other people



A selection of the useful sources referenced in this discussion are detailed below:

Radical Candor by Kim Scott

Psychological Safety & the Critical Role of Leadership Development by McKinsey & Company