Isn't it ironic that it's the nice girls who seem to have such a bad reputation in the workplace? Somewhere along the way, we adopted the notion that being nice won't get you that promotion or the recognition you think you deserve. Then again, if we have to play dirty to get what we want, perhaps we don't really deserve to rise above the ranks in the first place! It's about time we bring back the nice girls. As we mentioned in previous articles, being nice can actually be pretty advantageous! Take this story from The Power of Nice:

A few years ago, authors Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval received a call from a woman whom they thought was looking for work. They decided to meet with her, just because, and it turned out that the woman was looking for an agency who can create advertising materials for two huge businesses she was in charge of. The business would rake in millions of dollars for the agency, but why did that woman pick them specifically? Apparently, the client had worked with Linda some 25 years ago and was in awe of the kindness she had shown despite her junior status in the company. "More than two decades later, we ended up winning $40 million of new business because one of us had been kind to someone starting out in the advertising business. That is the power of nice," the authors share.

Are you inspired? Below are a few reminders on the art of being nice:

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