Kindness is Important

As I set off for the inaugural Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness conference yesterday morning, I was excited about the people I would meet and the kindness and business insights I would gain. It’s safe to say that I was not disappointed. I’ve visited the beautiful green University of Sussex campus twice before. I’ve […]

The central message of Time for Kindness has always been that kindness is all around us. It’s happening every day, mostly in small acts that often go unremarked. But when we do notice those acts of kindness, it makes a huge difference to how we feel. Whether we are the giver, receiver or witness to […]

I’m a big believer in the power of sport as a force for good in the world. So I was delighted when student advocate and host of the Sports for All podcast, Eden Byrne, agreed to write a blog about her experiences of kindness in sport. Eden’s sport is taekwondo, a sport I know nothing […]

This week I’m pleased to bring the last in the current series of conversations with kind leaders: a conversation I had with Saskia Roskom, co-founder of The Biskery, a specialist biscuit baking business. Key takeaways You can listen to the whole of my conversation with Saskia on the Time for Kindness YouTube channel. Please do […]

The feedback we’ve had on our kind leader interviews so far has been really positive. People tell us that they really appreciate hearing about a different side of leadership that isn’t often celebrated. This week we bring you the conversation between Team Time for Kindness member, Alexis, and Johannes Ernst, leader of the FediForum conference. […]

There are lots of kind leaders in the world, we just don’t hear their stories often enough. So I’m continuing with the Time for Kindness Kind Leaders campaign. Each person that I’ve spoken to about how they bring kindness into the way they lead has brought interesting perspectives and insight. In a world where the […]

I’m delighted to welcome our latest guest writer Ellie Wallbank from education recruitment specialists, Spencer Clarke Group. In this blog she shares insight into how schools encourage kindness in students and what they can do to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day. Marked annually on February 17th, Random Acts of Kindness Day, celebrates love, positivity […]

It seems to me that the leaders we most often hear about (particularly in politics and in business) are the ones that follow what I think of as the ‘scary monster’ mould. They are very often loud, aggressive, tough, ‘strong’. These types of leaders scorn anything that they perceive as weakness. And kindness is something […]

We are surrounded by stories about leaders every day. In the media (mainstream and social), at work, in conversations with friends and family. In theory, this means we are aware of what leadership is supposed to look like. But the ones that make it into the media are almost always what I call the ‘scary […]

When I founded Time for Kindness nearly 5 years ago, I wanted to share stories of the kindness that I was sure was happening in the world. I was convinced there was lots out there but we just didn’t talk about it enough. How right my certainty was! We now receive enough stories that we […]