If you can be anything in this world… be kind.

Choose kindness.

Life and work can be so complex at times and specifically over the last couple of years with all the uncertainty and stresses brought by Covid and current world events.

It is easy to live our values when life is status quo, however it is in challenging times when we need to truly strive to share our values with our teams, our clients, and our families. The values and behaviours leadership exemplify in your workplace are seen by your team as the acceptable and respected methods of communication and the trickle down effect can create great change in your company culture.

“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” – Amelia Earhart

Historically, kindness has not been a value you would find on the wall at your workplace, however it is uplifting to see that words like Kindness, Diversity, Inclusiveness, Empathy and Belonging are behaviours organizations are focusing on today.

Kindness, diversity, inclusiveness, empathy and belonging can create a safe place for your employees which:

• Enables your team to work together towards your corporate goals with unity.

• Creates listening and innovation opportunities.

• Enables you to have true development discussions with team members where they feel safe, respected, and valued and they understand the purpose of the conversation is to help them focus on areas of development in their roles where they will achieve success.

• Provides a space for cohesive teamwork where it becomes less about the ‘I’ and more about the ‘we’.

• Most importantly, striving towards these values allows your team to truly focus on their work and not have their mind consumed with potential stress factors.

Halcyon Human Resource Professionals have the expertise to help you incorporate these values into the fabric of your organization through Staff Engagement Workshops, DEI policies and Staff Engagement Strategies.