As 2026 unfolds, leaders should be asking themselves: How do we build a workplace that performs better than last year, without sacrificing our people?   The answer isn’t:   ·      More pressure ·      Tougher conversations ·      Bigger targets ·      Longer hours   It is something far simpler, with no material cost: Kindness.   Kindness has had a makeover in the last few years. Archaically it has been looked upon as being soft or weak, but that is simply a lack of understand

Get 2026 off to a flying start by being kind to yourself - this blog shows you how!

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