You’d generally think being compassionate is a good thing. But while most people seem to view it positively in their personal lives, opinions get a bit more blurry when you’re talking about compassion in the workplace.

A report by leadership institute Roffey Park states that compassion, which is difficult to define in its entirety, leads to actions that aim to alleviate the pain or problem felt by another person.

In a workplace setting, compassion typically applies when coworkers recognise a colleague is struggling or has a problem for which they then look to help. 

But is this something that always happens, or in reality is there a general lack of compassion in organisations? Would you consider your business to be a compassionate one?

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