<p>We do not always associate bosses with kindness. But being kind to your team can make workers more engaged, more likely to stick around and more productive. So how can managers weave kindness into their daily work, even if they’re annoyed or dealing with a colleague they are not keen on? Isabel Berwick speaks to Graham Allcott, author of ‘KIND: The quiet power of kindness at work’, and Bonnie Hayden Cheng, a professor at the Hong Kong University Business School and author of ‘The Return on Kindness’.</p><br><p><strong>Want more? Free links:</strong></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/40xoGWq" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How acts of leadership kindness make everyone better</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3AFlE7Y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kindness in the workplace too often goes unrewarded</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3YsY7yY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Is kindness a leadership superpower?</a></p><br><p>Presented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Simon Panayi. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/de99373c-954c-46c3-ac25-78c2a2b3165a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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Financial Times

How to be a kind manager – without being a pushover

NOV 5, 202418 MIN
Working It

How to be a kind manager – without being a pushover

NOV 5, 202418 MIN

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<p>We do not always associate bosses with kindness. But being kind to your team can make workers more engaged, more likely to stick around and more productive. So how can managers weave kindness into their daily work, even if they’re annoyed or dealing with a colleague they are not keen on? Isabel Berwick speaks to Graham Allcott, author of ‘KIND: The quiet power of kindness at work’, and Bonnie Hayden Cheng, a professor at the Hong Kong University Business School and author of ‘The Return on Kindness’.</p><br><p><strong>Want more? Free links:</strong></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/40xoGWq" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How acts of leadership kindness make everyone better</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3AFlE7Y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kindness in the workplace too often goes unrewarded</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3YsY7yY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Is kindness a leadership superpower?</a></p><br><p>Presented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Simon Panayi. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/de99373c-954c-46c3-ac25-78c2a2b3165a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>