93  Kindness In Leadership

8 Jun 2025 | Confidence, Defined aims, Happiness, Leadership, Purpose, Self awareness

Emma Strack

Emma spent ~20 years as a Global Restructuring Accountant at KPMG, working in the UK, Canada, the US, and Australia. Now an Executive Performance Strategist & Internationally Accredited Executive Coach, she helps leaders around the world decode how they best think, operate, & lead - using science, not guesswork. The result? Sharper thinking. Faster decisions. Stronger leadership.

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93  Kindness In Leadership

We praise kindness in school.
We reward it. Celebrate it. Teach it.

But in the workplace?
Despite its proven benefits (widely reported in Harvard Business Review), kindness rarely makes the KPI list.

🔹 Children get awards for being caring, inclusive, helpful.
🔹 Adults get bonuses for hitting numbers.

If kindness builds trust, engagement, resilience, and wellbeing in schools –
💡 Why on earth isn’t it a top priority in our companies?

➡️ We talk about culture.
➡️ We talk about leadership.
But we don’t talk enough about kindness.

And yet kindness isn’t soft. It’s strategic.

It reduces conflict
Builds loyalty
Boosts performance
Drives results

It also helps us be kinder to ourselves.
And that matters. Because self-compassion is the first step to better leadership.

🎯 Try this today:

🔹 Think of a leader who made you feel seen, valued, or safe.
🔹 What exactly did they do?
🔹 Do one of those things for someone today. Even something small.

Kindness isn’t a distraction from performance.
💡 It’s a fast-track to it.

👉🏼 I coach high performers to lead with more clarity and impact, including reclaiming kindness as a strength.
👉🏼 Book your free intro call. Let’s build the culture you want to lead in.

💡 Exceptional results aren’t guessed – they’re engineered.
Lead with your strengths. Align how you operate. Use science to drive strategy.

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