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    The Kindness Code: Seven Keys to Unlocking the Power of Kindness at Work
    The Kindness Code: Seven Keys to Unlocking the Power of Kindness at Work
    The Kindness Code: Seven Keys to Unlocking the Power of Kindness at Work
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    The Kindness Code: Seven Keys to Unlocking the Power of Kindness at Work

    By Magnus Wood

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    The Kindness Code is a book for professionals who want more kindness at work. No matter where you are on the career ladder, you will find science-based information, insights and practical tips to instantly ignite kindness within your organisation. 
    If you’re a leader of a global corporation – great! You will learn how cultivating a culture of kindness can have a positive impact on your triple bottom line of people, profits and planet. Employees love working in kind environments. Customers and consumers adore kind companies. The evidence reveals unquestionably that when you invest in kindness as a leader, the rewards come back in spades.
    However, the secret super-power of this book lies in the revelation that you don’t have to be the boss to make a difference. Anyone, repeat ANYONE can start a kindness revolution at work. The Kindness Code takes you by the hand and walks you through seven highly practical ways that you can start practicing kindness immediately and influence the environment around you.
    Packed full of recent research, this book proves that kindness is the future for successful, sustainable organisations. If you manage a small team and want performance improvements without the whip-cracking – this book shows you how to achieve it. If you run a huge multi-national and want to infuse the entire organisation with kindness – you’ll learn it in the book.  
    Perhaps most importantly of all, if you’re a small voice within a noisy and sometimes unkind organisation, and you wonder how on earth you can create impact – BUY THIS BOOK! It is the most empowering read on individual kindness you will ever encounter.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTroubador Publishing Ltd
    Release dateJan 15, 2021
    ISBN9781800468733
    The Kindness Code: Seven Keys to Unlocking the Power of Kindness at Work

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      The Kindness Code - Magnus Wood

      Copyright © 2020 Magnus Wood

      The moral right of the author has been asserted.

      Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study,

      or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents

      Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in

      any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the

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      ISBN 9781800468733

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      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      Matador® is an imprint of Troubador Publishing Ltd

      For my beautiful daughters, Alice and Olivia.

      Contents

      Before We Start...

      Introduction

      Key #1 – Acknowledge the Power of Kindness

      What Is Kindness?

      Kindness Improves Our Mental and Physical Wellbeing

      Kindness improves our mood

      Kindness decreases stress

      Kindness decreases anxiety

      Kindness elevates our energy levels

      Kindness can even help us live longer!

      Kindness Is Good for Business

      Kindness increases trust

      Kindness helps everyone work better together

      Kindness heightens employee engagement and commitment

      Kindness fuels learning, creativity and innovation

      Kindness helps attract talent

      Kindness encourages customer loyalty

      Takeouts

      Questions to Take You Further

      Kindness Challenge #1

      Key #2 – Kindness Starts with You

      Kindness Starts with You

      Be Kinder to Yourself

      How to Be Kinder to Yourself

      Perspective — Seeing things for what they are

      Acceptance — Cutting yourself some slack

      Action — Daily kindness

      Takeouts

      Questions to Take You Further

      Kindness Challenge #2

      Key #3 – Practise Kindness Indiscriminately

      Why Are We Kind to Each Other?

      Practise Kindness Indiscriminately

      Giving kindness makes us happier than receiving it

      Kindness makes us feel more in control

      Kindness creates strong bonds between us

      Takeouts

      Questions to Take You Further

      Kindness Challenge #3

      Key #4 – Practise Kindness in Good Times and Bad

      Deliberately Practising Kindness

      Takeouts

      Questions to Take You Further

      Kindness Challenge #4

      Key #5 – Reflect and Recharge

      Takeouts

      Questions to Take You Further

      Kindness Challenge #5

      Key #6 – Kindly Call Out Unkindness

      Sometimes People Don’t Realise They’re Being Unkind

      Using Kindness to Deal With Unkindness

      Takeouts

      Questions to Take You Further

      Kindness Challenge #6

      Key #7 – Pass It On

      Kindness Is Contagious

      Takeouts

      Questions to Take You Further

      Kindness Challenge #7

      The Kindness Code

      Your Kindness Revolution Starts Here

      Connect with Magnus

      Websites

      Social Media

      Acknowledgements

      About Magnus and The Kindness Consultancy

      About Magnus

      About The Kindness Consultancy

      Notes

      Before We Start...

      You know your problem, Magnus?

      My boss fixed me with a hard stare.

      Here we go, I thought. He thinks he’s going to help me by pointing out how wrong I am. I hadn’t been leading the business for long but had already become accustomed to the way the boss operated.

      Your problem, Magnus...

      Pause for effect.

      ...is that you’re just too kind.

      Stare hardened – presumably to reinforce the point – then softened as he put his hand on my shoulder. Here comes the fatherly advice bit...

      You need to be tougher with your team. Make them compete with each other to get ahead.

      He looked around an empty office. At 7.30am.

      Get them starting work at the same time as you and wanting to be the last man out. They need to be ambitious – and ruthless. After all, it’s what I expect from you.

      We returned to the P&L and how I was going to make up the shortfall on targets I’d inherited, never agreed to, and thought were unrealistic, putting unnecessary extra pressure on everyone.

      To succeed you have to do whatever it takes.

      If that means fighting, you fight.

      If it means running your business in a hierarchy, with strict command and control to get people to do exactly what you want, then that’s what you have to do.

      If people can’t cut it, let them go.

      The market is tough. Your people have to be tougher.

      Nice guys finish last.

      There’s no place for kindness at work.

      ---

      To my boss, and to all the bosses I have worked with who share his view, and to all the people who think work has to be dog-eat-dog – you are one of the reasons I wrote this book.

      Because I believe you’re wrong.

      In fact, I can prove

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