Five ways you can practice kindness at work
Mindfulness is the new hot trend in organizational effectiveness, with employee programs popping up in innovators like Google and stalwarts like General Mills (Why Google, Target, and General Mills Are Investing in Mindfulness, Harvard Business Review).
The demonstrated benefits of mindfulness practices, such as meditation, are mounting. As good and important as mindfulness is (I am both a practitioner and an advocate), it is essentially an internal and self-focused activity.
Work, on the other hand, is a team sport. For this reason I introduce you to kindness, the natural external complement for mindfulness in the workplace.
Why is kindness important at work?