{"id":348,"date":"2018-02-05T18:44:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T18:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/?p=348"},"modified":"2018-02-05T18:44:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T18:44:13","slug":"how-to-practice-kindness-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/how-to-practice-kindness-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Practice Kindness in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fotolia_113261612_XS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-349 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fotolia_113261612_XS-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fotolia_113261612_XS-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fotolia_113261612_XS.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>When we think about how to optimize success in your workplace, compassion isn\u2019t always the first thing that enters our mind. We talk more about things like increasing efficiency, sales numbers, and billable hours. But studies show kindness makes good business sense and there\u2019s a lot of research showing some pretty compelling numbers. For example, employees of companies described as having kind cultures perform at 20% higher productivity levels, are 87% less likely to leave their jobs, and make fewer errors, saving their companies time and money. The companies themselves have 16% higher profitability.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re a manager or an entry-level employee, there are many ways to bring kindness into the workplace. Here are a few simple ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get to know your colleagues<\/li>\n<li>Offer guidance to a co-worker<\/li>\n<li>Build a collaborative environment with idea sharing<\/li>\n<li>Check the motivation behind your words, decisions, and behavior<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledge co-workers\u2019 strengths and positive characteristics in front of others<\/li>\n<li>Lend a hand to someone who is under a tight deadline<\/li>\n<li>Encourage employees to openly communicate and share their thoughts<\/li>\n<li>Organize occasional teambuilding activities and have co-workers submit ideas and suggestions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Creating a culture of compassion in the workplace is where many successful companies are placing their attention. And rightfully so. For ideas as to how to incorporate more kindness into your company and reap its many benefits, please call <strong>Leah M. Joppy and Associates<\/strong> at 301-670-0051 or email us at <a href=\"mailto:leah@lmja.com\">leah@lmja.com<\/a> to discuss how we can help. And stay tuned for March\u2019s newsletter, when we provide a really fun \u201cget to know your co-worker\u201d activity you can use in your office!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we think about how to optimize success in your workplace, compassion isn\u2019t always the first thing that enters our mind. We talk more about things like increasing efficiency, sales numbers, and billable hours. But studies show kindness makes good business sense and there\u2019s a lot of research showing some pretty compelling numbers. For example, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,2,6,7,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions\/351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}