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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Thank you Ross!! Thrilled that it’s resonating!

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Sobering stuff from the Women's Wealth Report. The #GenderPayGap starts in childhood, which is clearly not 'merit'. Ditto the lower rate of women asking for pay rises; stop asking women to ask for more, and fix the #GenderBias that punishes them for doing so. www.finder.com.au/insights/sta...

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Australian women hold 40% less net wealth than men on average

35% of women aged 65+ have less than $1,000 in savings, compared to 22% of men

The gender pay gap begins in childhood, girls are paid pocket money of $7.50 per week on average, compared to $10.30 for boys.

Men are more likely to ask for a pay rise (24% of men asked, compared to only 14% of women).

When they do get a pay rise, women receive less: on average $2,424, compared to $4,000 for men.

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Kia ora Natalie! Thanks for the support for such an important topic. A win for kindness! Ngā mihi x

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

(2/2).... to help build a foundation for examining what makes great leaders kind and why kindness, in particular, needs to be an action priority for leadership. Benjamin's added insights closely reflect what our own research has found in terms of what supports kindness in action from the top down.

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Check out this fantastic article on KINDNESS IN LEADERSHIP by Benjamin Laker in Forbes, www.forbes.com/sites/benjam... which was just released. I am thrilled to see our scoping review bmjleader.bmj.com/content/8/4/... used in this way...(1/2)

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MedicsVoices.com @medicsvoices.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Do we sometimes ask too much of healthcare professionals? Is this something we need to discuss? See: medicsvoices.com/nicki-mackli... @nickimacklin.bsky.social

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

@annabav.bsky.social this is a brilliant piece, thank you for your important contribution within it! We need more conversations like this! @kindnesshealthcare.bsky.social

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Anna Baverstock @annabav.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Lovely to catch up with @doctorstraining.bsky.social for their first podcast! We talk about brave conversations - can we have them in a way that builds connection? Can we change the intention behind the conversation? What is our aim in having them? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

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Demystifying Difficult Conversations

Podcast Episode · Why Medics Matter · 03/02/2025 · 37m

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Conversation For Kindness in Health & Care @kindnesshealthcare.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Wonderful session by @maureenbis.bsky.social and Nana Twum Danso on Listening as a Way to Kindness Tell us what resonated for you

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Thank you @hlthcarematters2me.bsky.social for the love and support! You were one of the first people who reached out to me on this PhD journey to offer encouragement and wisdom and I’ll always be grateful to know you! Much love xx

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Create the Ripple @createtheripple.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

You can be a kind person and still… Be human 🧡🧡🧡 #kindness (Picture by Nikki Miles)

You can still be a kind person and say no disagree. Say the wrong thing stand up for yourself have bad moods make mistakes pictured by Nikki Miles Brown background with six cartoons.

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Anna Baverstock @annabav.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

It’s always a good day when inspired to get the sharpies out! This excellent scoping review explores what we mean by Empathy Compassion & Kindness - really helpful clarification from @nickimacklin.bsky.social at al @kindnesshealthcare.bsky.social bmjleader.bmj.com/content/lead...

Sketchnote of paper definitions and framework

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Thank you @annabav.bsky.social ! It makes me so happy that our work has inspired someone who inspires me on the regular!

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

(6/6) Kindness is more than "being nice." It has the power to transform organisational culture, boost team morale, and enhance patient and staff safety and experiences. Curious to know how kindness can become the cornerstone of healthcare? Read the full article here bmjleader.bmj.com/content/8/4/...

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Kindness: Poor cousin or equal kin to Compassion and Empathy in the Healthcare Literature? A Scoping Review

Objective This scoping review seeks to understand how kindness, compassion and empathy are defined and conceptualised within existing healthcare services literature. Introduction Little consensus exi...

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

(5/6) ✨ The critical need to define and measure kindness, paving the way to advance research, and for its robust integration into healthcare leadership, quality improvement, and team culture.

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

4/6) ✨ It doesn't need to be a binary thing - but to appreciate these unique roles and functions, we must stand these terms together and apart - say what we mean, and so we know when we are doing well at each.

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

(3/6) ✨ Kindness is a distinct, action-oriented concept that deserves its own spotlight. ✨ A fresh perspective on the stimulus–response–action continuum, where empathy, compassion, and kindness each play unique roles, with different emotional and cognitive loads and interplay.

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

(2/6)While compassion and empathy have dominated the conversation, kindness often gets sidelined—or worse, conflated with its counterparts. Our research highlights:

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

(1/6) A THREAD: 🌟🌟🌟Kindness in Healthcare: A Poor Cousin No More? 🌟🌟🌟 Excited to share our latest publication in BMJ Leader: bmjleader.bmj.com/content/8/4/... This article (now open access as Editor's Choice!) delves into the underappreciated role of kindness in healthcare.

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Kindness: Poor cousin or equal kin to Compassion and Empathy in the Healthcare Literature? A Scoping Review

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Helen Bevan @helenbevan.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Taking a systems approach to leading with kindness. Outstanding new paper - Dec 2024. Sets out 10 evidence-based systems based on 4 domains (agency/collective effervescence/camaraderie/optimism): drive.google.com/file/d/15qAu.... Thanks Steve Swensen for this link so article isn't behind a paywall

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

www.medicalrepublic.com.au/your-guide-t... Our scoping review, making a splash outside the confines of academia - the dream result for a patient advocate turned researcher 🤩🤓

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Your guide to kindness, just in time for Christmas - Medical Republic

Empathy and compassion get all the glory, but this humble concept may be the ticket to better healthcare.

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

This is a fascinating piece, Sam! I love your outlining of empathy. Empathy is a foundation for authentic kindness, I like your work around self reflection. We found individual capacity strongly supported by reflective practice, which is of course grounded in empathic processes. Thanks for sharing!

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I submitted my PhD this week on kindness as a systemic/cultural construct so in 2025 there will be several more pubs coming out on this stuff. Thanks again for sharing!

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

It has implications, right?! Kindness having an action based output, and a cognitive component (eg we don’t need to share emotions of suffering or misery to still show kindness and do the right thing), means this is something we can a) teach/learn how to do kindness better, and b) expect from others

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

We are working hard to try to separate authentic kindness from this weaponised notion, agreed. And also trying to prevent conflating kindness with niceness which is a whole different thing but also problematic.

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Nicki Macklin @nickimacklin.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Lovely that my first post on Blue Sky can be a repost of our new work out, thanks Sam for sharing this with your network! Kindness in action!

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