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Kath Fontana, Managing Director of Mitie Projects, has been recognised as one of the 2021 Kindness & Leadership Listees.
The list identifies 50 UK and 50 Asia Pacific leaders who are driving positive change and demonstrate the positive contribution that kindness in leadership can have on business, the economy and broader society.
By shining a light on kindness, the initiative, which began in the UK in 2018, has shifted the leadership conversation demonstrating a genuine and powerful connection between kind leadership and good business.
Covid-19 has changed the leadership landscape with compassion and empathy now no longer the management style of ‘nice’ people. As the world inches closer to business as usual, this initiative, further embeds the importance of kindness within organisations across different regions demonstrating the power of kindness to transcend culture and national boundaries.
Pinky Lilani CBE DL, Founder, Women of the Future (WOF) Programme remarked: “It is tremendously exciting to announce 50 Leading Lights, across both the UK and Asia Pacific regions. By placing a spotlight on phenomenal leaders who are harnessing the power of kindness to make a significant impact and to effect positive change, we collectively place kindness at the centre of the leadership debate. Together, we encourage the leaders of today and tomorrow – no matter what their role or background – to #leadwithkindness, because when kindness is the currency, we can all be millionaires.”
Together with the Said Business School, the University of Oxford, The Kindness & Leadership Leading Lights campaign has explored the characteristics associated with kind leaders. Those who are deeply thoughtful of others and show humanity, generosity, and compassion, and are dedicated to supporting the well-being of others and fostering a spirit of collaboration are the specific traits that were taken into consideration in selecting the 100 leading lights.
These leading lights were chosen after careful review by a distinguished panel comprising representatives from different industry across both UK & Asia Pacific regions.
Commenting on being recognised in the list, Fontana said:“It is a real honour to have been recognised in the ‘Kindness and Leadership Leading Lights’ list for 2021. I firmly believe that as leaders, showing true kindness and compassion for everything we do is vitally important in setting the standard for our leaders of tomorrow.”
Recruiting for soft FM services is proving more difficult in the post-Covid workplace. So, what can FMs do to overcome this?
Sara Bean, Editor of FMJ, and Jess Pritchard, Head of Corporate Sector at Moneypenny are joined by panellists:
- Mark Whittaker, General Manager, Thomson FM & Chair of IWFM
- Ian Wright, Soft Services Manager, University College London
- David Bauld, Group Facilities Manager, Paradigm Housing
- Nicola Lathbury, Managing Director, Hexagon FM
Together they will discuss the current skills shortage in a number of FM areas, ways to keep staff engaged in their job through brilliant culture, and how outsourcing could be a solution to the recruitment issue. Secure your place now for Thursday, 25th November at 11am.
To register click here.
