I’ve always been fond of kindness. I always thought if I could be as kind as my mother, I’d die a happy woman. In fact, February 12-18th is "Random Act of Kindness Week." One of my earliest Toastmaster speeches was about random acts of simple kindness. Wikipedia has a nice section on how random acts of senseless kindness started and what organizations are doing about kindness, not only in the realm of humanity, but now as a management strategy for getting the best out of your organization.

 I recently met Reut Schwartz-Hebron, international speaker, an author and a trainer. She is the founder of the Management Initiative Project, the president of the Kind-Excellence Institute and the owner of MetaConsulting Solutions. Reut is the author of "Outswim the Sharks" and is personally dedicated to training executives in using Kind Excellence management skills. Over the past 12 years, Reut supported organizations of all sectors and sizes to increase their overall productivity.

Reut and I sat down for an interview about her vision and the passion behind sharing why kindness is your strongest ally and how to make it lead to more income than any other business style. She’s holding a one day event on February 5th here in San Diego on The Management Initiative. To get more information, or register for the event visit The Management Initiative.

As always, I invite you to share your theories on management strategies by commenting! Enjoy the interview.