Help others, and you’ll help yourself
Publication: Reciprocity Effect | Social Connection | Workplace Kindness
Throughout your career, you’ll come across all types of leaders and co-workers. At one end of the spectrum, there’s the ‘win at all costs’ personality. The leader or co-worker who subscribes to the motto that ‘nice guys finish last’ and for them to come out on top someone else (perhaps, you) has to lose. Advocating […]
Want impact? Be kind even when it’s hard
Publication: Conflict Management | Emotional intelligence | Workplace Kindness
We all experience those situations where someone does something unreasonable, unfair or just downright mean, and our immediate reaction may be to fight back or retaliate in some way. In many cases, a better response is to respond with kindness. Recently, one of my team members received an unnecessarily narky email from someone. Rather than […]
Nice guys don’t finish last!
Publication: Collaborative Leadership | Influential Behavior | Positive Culture | Relationship Building | Workplace Kindness
There’s a famous saying “Nice guys finish last”. It’s widely attributed to a US baseball legend Leo Durocher who spent many years as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants. It’s a saying that has entered popular lexicon. It implies that to be successful you should only look after yourself. It suggests that for […]