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 organizations across different regions demonstrating the power of kindness to transcend cultural and national boundaries.
The leaders listed to demonstrate the incredible value that kindness can add to their leadership toolkit and the resulting positive contribution to the business, economy, and broader society. These leading lights were chosen after careful review by a distinguished panel comprising representatives from different industries across both UK & Asia Pacific regions
Among the listed names is former Asian Voice columnist and Executive Editor Business Insider, Spriha Srivastava, who has been recognised as one of the 2021 Kindness & Leadership Listees.
Prior to joining Insider, Spriha was the Deputy Digital News Editor for CNBC International, leading on market-moving, fast-paced business news stories. When Spirha joined Insider, her team totalled five reporters. In a year, it has grown to nearly 40, and she now leads one of the biggest teams in the UK. Her hiring strategy has been extremely mindful of diversity and inclusion, searching wider to ensure the hiring of the best talent in the industry.
Commenting on how kindness is relevant to effective leadership, Spriha said, “I believe in the saying 'spread kindness like confetti.' There can never be enough kindness in the world and if each of us do our part in spreading kindness then the world will be a much better place. A kind leader can bring out the best in their team, help people achieve their goals but will always put mental health and wellbeing first. A kind leader works effectively by being empathetic and building interpersonal relationships with their teams and leading them towards success.”
Rupen Desai – Global Chief Marketing Officer, Dole Packaged Foods was another Asian name in the Asia Pacific Judging Panel. While Nik Jhangiani, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Coca Cola Europacific was a part of the UK Judging Panel.
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UK SENIOR LEADERS
Aisha K Gill, Ph.D. CBE,
Professor of Criminology,
University of Roehampton
Farrah Qureshi, CEO & Founder,
Global Diversity Practice
Helen Mary Elsby, Chief
Solutions Officer, Heathrow
Airport Ltd
Dr Nayya Naqvi OBE,
Emeritus Consultant Cardiologist,
Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh
Teaching Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust
Onjali Rauf, Founder & CEO,
Making Herstory/ O’s Refugee
Aid Team
Ranajoy Basu, Partner,
Head of Structured Finance and
India Practice, McDermott Will &
Emery LLP
UK RISING STARS
Spriha Srivastava, Executive
Editor, Insider
Anisa Subedar, Senior Journalist,
BBC
Darshna Patel, Vaccination
Programme Director / Deputy
Head of Workforce Planning,
Harness Primary Care Networks /
Health Education England
Nizam Uddin OBE,
Chief Strategy Officer, Algbra
Priyanka Chauhan, Inclusive
Dance/ Community Arts &
Wellbeing, East London Cares
Ramat Tejani, Inclusion & Diversity
Programme Lead, Amazon Web
Services
Serena Chaudhry, Associate
Director, Dataminr
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