Nearly two thirds of employees value kindness as leadership trait

While we, at COVER, feel that every day should be a day of kindness, a poll of 2000 UK employees has found that one-in-three employees feel that World Kindness Day (today) should be celebrated in the workplace. The research carried out by Perkbox found that 63% of employees thought that kindness is a leadership quality they value, while almost half of those surveyed said they had not heard of World Kindness Day, a day on which individual acts of kindness are encouraged. When asked about the kindest thing a co-worker has ever done for them, 35% said ‘provided support when experiencing ...