{"id":4546,"date":"2019-08-20T05:47:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T09:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.successories.com\/blog\/?p=4546"},"modified":"2019-10-16T14:37:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T18:37:10","slug":"building-a-culture-of-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.successories.com\/blog\/building-a-culture-of-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Building A Culture Of Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Corporate culture is one of those squishy, amorphous terms\nthat\u2019s hard to nail down and even harder to quantify.  Your company, and by extension, your\ncompany\u2019s culture is a living organism, and while everyone plays a role in\ndeveloping and nurturing it, it\u2019s something that starts at the top.  Your employees will take their cues from\nyou.  If you\u2019re prone to angry outbursts,\nthen you encourage the same behavior in your employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, if you want to encourage and slowly build a culture of\nkindness, that too, starts with you. \nHere are a few things you can do right now, starting today, that will\nslowly and steadily move the needle and transform your business into a kinder\nplace to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It Starts With Taking The Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best place to begin is to simply take the time to be\nkind.  Pay attention.  Sure, you\u2019re busy, and you probably wear a\nnumber of hats during the course of any given day, but it only takes a moment\nto acknowledge those around you with a smile and a nod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can take it even further by taking the time to learn\nyour employees\u2019 names and a few details about them, then be sure to call them\nby name or ask about their friends and family, or something you know to be\nimportant to that person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if you have dozens of employees<\/a>, this is not much of a burden and again, it only takes a moment, but those small things can bring about tremendous changes in your company if applied steadily and consistently over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Past The Task, To The Person Doing It<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, the work your people are doing for you is\nimportant.  That\u2019s undoubtedly true.  It\u2019s also true though, that the real, living,\nbreathing people in your office are important. \nIf you\u2019re a very task-oriented person, it can be easy to forget the\nneeds, desires and feelings of those who work for you.  Ultimately, this comes down to increased\nmindfulness on your part, which your employees will echo and replicate when\nthey see you doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See The Good<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, especially when your business is going through a\nperiod of transition and uncertainty, it\u2019s easy to see the bad.  The innumerable problems you face on a daily\nbasis and the challenges those problems bring with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s also a great deal of good about your company, and it\npays to spend time reflecting on that and acknowledging it.  If you only focus on the negatives, then you\nwill, over time, become a more negative person and that will badly damage\nwhatever culture of kindness exists in your office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give Each Other The Benefit Of The Doubt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone misses a deadline or makes a mistake now and\nagain.  While it\u2019s important to\nacknowledge mistakes when they happen and to take corrective action, it\u2019s also\nimportant to give each other the benefit of the doubt.  That goes for you as well, by the way.  Cut yourself a little slack.  Even though you may want your employees to\nsee you as near-perfect, the simple truth is, you\u2019re not, and that\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you take the advice offered above, it will have a\npositive, transformative impact on your place of business, and that\u2019s a very\ngood thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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