Michelle Thomason, PhD is a graduate of the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University in K’jipuktuk/Halifax, Canada. She is a proud public servant and kindness scholar eager to expand and enhance universities and workplaces with kindness as a tangible action to improve our working worlds and our well-being.

• Chapter 1. Patterns and Possibilities: Exploring the Meaning of Kindness; Kristin S. Williams and Heidi WeigandChapter 2. Choosing Kindness: Finding Kindness in Management and Organizational Studies; Kristene E. CollerChapter 3. Strength through Kindness: Celebrating the Success of Women Leaders and Feminine Leadership Styles; Danielle Mercer-ProwseChapter 4. Communicating Kindness at Work; Amy ThurlowChapter 5. Kindness as an Imperative; Marcelle AllenChapter 6. Leading with Compassion: Co-designing a Workshop that Responds to a Report of Sexual Harassment or Discrimination with Unbiased Compassion; Shelley T. Price, Megan Fogarty, De-Ann Sheppard, Krista Smith, Heidi Weigand, Grace Campbell, Sarah Cartwright, Kylie Ito, Rachel MacDonald, and Sabrina Guzman SkotnitskyChapter 7. Care Ethics and Kindness in Management and Organizational Studies; Nina WinhamChapter 8. Intergenerational Stories of Kindness: A Catalyst for Bouncing Back; Heidi Weigand, Heather Mackinnon, Erica Weigand, and Jessica HepworthChapter 9. Dear Masie: A Story-net of Kindness; Tammy Williams and Heidi WeigandChapter 10. Be a ‘good girl’: The Durability and Enigmatic Nature of Benevolent Sexism as a Form of Performative Kindness; Kristin S. WilliamsChapter 11. Conceptualizing and Constructing Kindness; Michelle Thomason

Michelle Thomason, PhD is a graduate of the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University in K’jipuktuk/Halifax, Canada. She is a proud public servant and kindness scholar eager to expand and enhance universities and workplaces with kindness as a tangible action to improve our working worlds and our well-being.

• Chapter 1. Patterns and Possibilities: Exploring the Meaning of Kindness; Kristin S. Williams and Heidi WeigandChapter 2. Choosing Kindness: Finding Kindness in Management and Organizational Studies; Kristene E. CollerChapter 3. Strength through Kindness: Celebrating the Success of Women Leaders and Feminine Leadership Styles; Danielle Mercer-ProwseChapter 4. Communicating Kindness at Work; Amy ThurlowChapter 5. Kindness as an Imperative; Marcelle AllenChapter 6. Leading with Compassion: Co-designing a Workshop that Responds to a Report of Sexual Harassment or Discrimination with Unbiased Compassion; Shelley T. Price, Megan Fogarty, De-Ann Sheppard, Krista Smith, Heidi Weigand, Grace Campbell, Sarah Cartwright, Kylie Ito, Rachel MacDonald, and Sabrina Guzman SkotnitskyChapter 7. Care Ethics and Kindness in Management and Organizational Studies; Nina WinhamChapter 8. Intergenerational Stories of Kindness: A Catalyst for Bouncing Back; Heidi Weigand, Heather Mackinnon, Erica Weigand, and Jessica HepworthChapter 9. Dear Masie: A Story-net of Kindness; Tammy Williams and Heidi WeigandChapter 10. Be a ‘good girl’: The Durability and Enigmatic Nature of Benevolent Sexism as a Form of Performative Kindness; Kristin S. WilliamsChapter 11. Conceptualizing and Constructing Kindness; Michelle Thomason

Michelle Thomason, PhD is a graduate of the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University in K’jipuktuk/Halifax, Canada. She is a proud public servant and kindness scholar eager to expand and enhance universities and workplaces with kindness as a tangible action to improve our working worlds and our well-being.

• Chapter 1. Patterns and Possibilities: Exploring the Meaning of Kindness; Kristin S. Williams and Heidi WeigandChapter 2. Choosing Kindness: Finding Kindness in Management and Organizational Studies; Kristene E. CollerChapter 3. Strength through Kindness: Celebrating the Success of Women Leaders and Feminine Leadership Styles; Danielle Mercer-ProwseChapter 4. Communicating Kindness at Work; Amy ThurlowChapter 5. Kindness as an Imperative; Marcelle AllenChapter 6. Leading with Compassion: Co-designing a Workshop that Responds to a Report of Sexual Harassment or Discrimination with Unbiased Compassion; Shelley T. Price, Megan Fogarty, De-Ann Sheppard, Krista Smith, Heidi Weigand, Grace Campbell, Sarah Cartwright, Kylie Ito, Rachel MacDonald, and Sabrina Guzman SkotnitskyChapter 7. Care Ethics and Kindness in Management and Organizational Studies; Nina WinhamChapter 8. Intergenerational Stories of Kindness: A Catalyst for Bouncing Back; Heidi Weigand, Heather Mackinnon, Erica Weigand, and Jessica HepworthChapter 9. Dear Masie: A Story-net of Kindness; Tammy Williams and Heidi WeigandChapter 10. Be a ‘good girl’: The Durability and Enigmatic Nature of Benevolent Sexism as a Form of Performative Kindness; Kristin S. WilliamsChapter 11. Conceptualizing and Constructing Kindness; Michelle Thomason