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Workplace Kindness: How and Why it Pays Off

Keeping employee engagement, improving overall company culture, reducing stress levels, all these factors are part of one simple thing every company can practice: Workplace kindness. From showing gratitude to just putting on a smiling face, workplace kindness is something any company can do.

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In this blog post, we’re going to discuss the concept of workplace kindness, why it matters, and how any company can foster workplace kindness for a productive and positive work environment.

Why Workplace Kindness Matters

Workplace kindness helps foster positive working relationships between employees as well as the relationship between employees and employers. This fostered positive working relationship also helps reduce negative side effects such as burnout, anxiety, or stress.

The Benefits of Workplace Kindness

From reducing the effects of stress and anxiety to overall productivity, practicing workplace kindness is something any employer can do. In this section, we will delve into the various benefits of practicing workplace kindness, some of which you may know or already do.

Boosting Productivity

Workplace kindness energizes the workforce. And what does that mean? It means employees can become more productive! When lending someone a helping hand at work, employees often experience a rush of positivity. As such, the higher levels of positivity can result in work productivity.

Happier employees tend to be more engaged and focused, further contributing to enhanced work productivity.

Stress and Anxiety Reduction

Another benefit from workplace kindness is the reduction of stress and anxiety. Should you need to turn that frown of yours upside down from a hard day at work, you can start simply by lending someone a kind helping hand.

Acts of kindness not only helps relieve your stress and anxiety as you feel the rush of positivity from helping others, but the person you help will also feel the positivity as a result of your assistance.

Strong Teamwork

Ultimately, the boost in productivity and stress reduction coming from simple acts of workplace kindness culminates in strong teamwork in the workforce. Kindness and positivity build trust and fosters strong working relationships among employees, developing strong teamwork.

Ways to Show Workplace Kindness

Now that we’ve gone over the key benefits of workplace kindness, let’s now move onto how you can show kindness at work.

We mentioned something as simple as putting on a smile, showing gratitude, and just lending a helping hand, and we’re happy to report that these are simple things anyone can do whether you’re an employee or an employer yourself.

Smile!

We understand work isn’t always rainbows and flows, especially if you’re coming from a naturally competitive or stressful industry. But one of the easiest ways to show workplace kindness, fostering positive relationships between you and your colleagues and superiors is to smile more.

Since we were just talking about workplace kindness warding off stress and negativity, smiling is what actually reduces stress during work. In doing so, you not only reduce stress for yourself but also influence others positively as they see your calm demeanor rather than a frown.

Show Gratitude

Another excellent way to show workplace kindness is yet another simple thing anyone can do: Showing your gratitude.

Showing another employee that you’re thankful or, for employers, showing appreciation for your staff’s hard work and dedication is a good way to spread workplace kindness.

Open Communication and Active Listening

Should any of your colleagues feel a little unmotivated, engaging in an open communication with them and actively listening is an excellent way to promote workplace kindness once again.

Employers can do the same by asking employees what’s happening and actively engaging in open communication with each other. Furthermore, employers can also lend a helping hand by offering certain benefits, not only promoting workplace kindness, but also effective work-life balance.

Conclusion

In conclusion, achieving workplace kindness is something any employer or employee can do easily. From boosting productivity to forging stronger teamwork, anyone can begin easily just by smiling, showing gratitude, and engaging open communication along with actively listening.

Aware of mental health and wellbeing, there are multiple ways to optimize your company’s employee benefits to ensure your employees’ voices are heard. And that’s where Pacific Prime’s experts come in.

As a global health insurance broker and employee’s benefit specialist, Pacific Prime has not only 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, but also a dedicated team of experts who can provide professional advice on employee’s benefits.

Should you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

Content Writer at Pacific Prime
Wish Sutthatothon (Nickname: Guy) is currently a content writer at Pacific Prime Thailand, an insurance broker that connects individuals and businesses with insurance providers worldwide. He creates and edits blog articles, guides, reports, webpages, and other types of digital content.

He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts, Media & Communication major (concentration: Creative Content) from Mahidol University International College (MUIC). During the compulsory major elective period in the summer of 2021 and voluntarily during the summer of 2022, he also interned as a video and photo editor at Mbrella Films.

He has experience working as an English Content Writer at a real estate buying/renting/selling platform in Thonglor. There, he crafted company blog posts on a multitude of topics. Topics include market trends, legal issues and disputes in property businesses, financial guides, expat guides, home insurance, home decoration and maintenance, and weekly real estate news quick-recaps. Occasionally, as part of the blog-writing process, he would also translate existing Thai blogs to English.

In his free time, Guy enjoys doing scriptwriting and storytelling for comic strips, watching movies, and listening to music (particularly film scores).
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