Kindness and wellbeing at work

Working life over the last few years has been challenging in so many ways, and I have seen first-hand the need for a complete rethink of not just the mechanics of the office setting – working from home, working online, coming back into the office and finding a way through hybrid working – but on the approach that lies behind how we work, in the relations we hold with each other.

Its something clients have been coming to me to help them think through and explore what that looks like in terms of policies and procedures, how people meet, and how we think of and model care in our working lives.

It’s a matter I am passionate about and I am going back to study – again! – so I can get deeper into the subject - starting at University of Sussex this month on its ground-breaking Psychology of Kindness and Wellbeing at Work PG Cert.

The course looks at how to create better working environments and relationships and how to deliver change in cultures to promote kindness and that enable people to flourish, evaluating the different approaches of kindness and wellbeing from an interdisciplinary and contemporary perspective.

Its is led by academics from both the renowned School of Psychology and the Business School, ranked 13th and joint 14th the UK respectively (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022) and draws on expertise from the Sussex Kindness Research network.