The 4th pillar of the PERK Pillars that define happiness at work is Kindness. Together with Happiness Expert Anna Blasiak, I wander through the definition of kindness and why this an important within the main topic, happiness at work. Besides this, we will share a few awesome tips to implement kindness at work in a way that suits you. Growing your happiness at work starts here!
Key Take-Aways:
- Kindness provides the biggest return on investment for happiness at work. This makes it worthwhile to invest in Kindness for companies as well as individuals.
- Humans have a deeply-rooted propensity (a natural tendency) for prosocial behaviour that helps us build strong connections.
- When leaders are civil, it increases performance and creativity; allows for early mistake detection and the initiative to take actions; and reduces emotional exhaustion,”
Key Quotes:
- Mariëlle: “Not only does this lead to lower experienced self-esteem, working with hostile saboteurs leads to lower productivity, less commitment and satisfaction and higher numbers of sick leave.”
- Anna: “Actually, gratitude is a much deeper human characteristic that fundamentally supports our capacity to work in social groups.”
- Mariëlle: “I believe it is an act of kindness to sincerely listen and show interest without offering unsolicited advice or solutions.”
Interesting links:
- Read more about compassion at the workplace over here
- Read more about Forgiveness at work over here
- Find out more about the Happiness Projects of Anna Blasiak here.
- Connect with Anna via LinkedIn
- Connect with Marielle on LinkedIn
- Find out more about the services of Mariëlle over here.
- Join the Career Connection Community over here.
- Grab all information about the Boost My Happiness at Work programme here
