Blogging from A to Z 2022 - Kindness

Welcome to Day 11 of the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge (2022) I will be discussing topics of interest to those who identify as women this year. The Book Connection is lucky number 78 in a list of more than 140 bloggers who are participating in 2022. I encourage you to check out the list and visit other blogs with topics of interest. 

KINDNESS 

When I typed "working with kindness" into Google, it returned 322,000,000 results. The top result is an article from the Harvard Business Journal titled, "Don't Underestimate the Power of Kindness at Work." In the same year (2021), Indeed's Editorial Team wrote an article titled, "15 Effective Ways to Show Workplace Kindness." 

Kindness in the workplace is not a new concept, but based upon the Google results, many articles were written while we found ourselves amid the pandemic. If we needed to learn anything since the pandemic began, it is the importance of being kind to each other. Many people lost loved ones. Many people were sick or out of work or both. Parents and educators had to learn how to teach students remotely. Students had to navigate learning remotely. The things we took for granted, like shopping and going out to eat, were taken away in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. 

When I wrote my book, A Christmas Kindness, I wanted to help my children see the importance of thinking of others and being kind to everyone because we never know what someone else is dealing with. Celebrating kindness early on makes spreading kindness in the workplace easier, because it is a concept they are growing up with, so that it becomes part of everyday life. As this article from Workhuman states, kindness at work boosts productivity, builds trust, and creates a positive culture. Though some might believe kindness is a weakness in a leader, I find it is essential to success.