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.
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 returned from my holiday in the summer, I was determined to spend more time outdoors – while I hadn’t been up a mountain, I had spent a lot of time in the fresh air and wanted more of that for my non-holiday life. So I love this blog from Julia Hartley, who has
What does a kind leader look like? And how can you spot them? That’s what I’m thinking about a lot at the moment. 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.
![Image shows a team of 9 colleagues on a purple background. All 9 team members have been given cartoon bodies with simple tops and bottoms in a range of colours including black, white, green, orange, and pinks. They each have photographic heads. The team leader (Dee) is the sixth person along and is shown larger than the other team members. They have a cartoon superhero costume resembling Wonder Woman and a huge, beaming smile on the photograph of their face. The image has a white Scottish SPCA logo in the top right hand corner. White text on the image reads, "We'll miss you Dee!"]](https://timeforkindness.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WellMissYe-1024x469.jpeg)
I first spotted this month’s guest, Dee Russell, talking about change on LinkedIn and I was delighted when they agreed to share their experience and tips with us. Change is often difficult but it can be a very different experience for all concerned when it is handled with kindness. I’ve led teams through organisational change
This month I’m delighted to share a guest blog from Kamala Katbamna founder of Chirp, an award-winning leadership catalyst. She shares with us her thoughts and experience of the kindness that results when leaders choose to show love and what that means in practice. The other day a client asked me to define how I
