Description
Book SynopsisThe foundation of great leadership is kindness The world needs leaders who have the strength to be kind. The Return on Kindness challenges companies to set a higher bar and reimagine what great leadership looks like. Kindness isn’t what you think it is. Kind leaders, far from being soft or weak, are caring and tough.
The Return on Kindness makes a compelling, evidence-based case for why kind leadership is good for business and how kind leaders create value through prioritizing the mental health and wellbeing of their people. Bonnie Hayden Cheng, organizational psychologist, researcher, and consultant to Fortune 500 companies, combines extensive research, storytelling, and in-depth interviews with influential executives across a wide range of industries to reveal the transformative power of kindness in driving business success.
The Return on Kindness provides a simple but impactful RISE framework to inspire kind leadership, accompanied by practical touchpoints for successfully implementing kind leadership in organizations.
Table of Contents
- Part I: The Surprising Science of Kindness
- Chapter 1: The Case for Kindness
- Chapter 2: The Anatomy of Kindness
- Chapter 3: Leading with Impact = Kindness + Toughness
- Chapter 4: Kind Leadership Is Genderless
- Part II: The Shared Value of Kind Leadership
- Chapter 5: The Return on Kindness
- Chapter 6: Kindness as the Basis for Corporate Wellness
- Chapter 7: Kindness and the Mental Health Revolution
- Part III: The Leader’s Journey to Kindness
- Chapter 8: Kindness Is an Inside Job
- Chapter 9: Get Your Mind Right
- Part IV: RISE to Kind Leadership
- Chapter 10: Be a Role Model for Kindness
- Chapter 11: Kindness Is Being Intentionally Flexible
- Chapter 12: Support ’em with Kindness
- Chapter 13: Servant Leadership Needs a New PR Manager
- Chapter 14: Supercharge Your Kindness
- Chapter 15: Energize through a Cycle of Uplift
- Chapter 16: Architect a Culture of Kindness
