Came across this article today:

A study out of the University of Michigan shows that businesses may play a role in moving societies to more peaceful outcomes through their leadership approach.

This article was linked in an editorial about Jennifer Fox – a teacher inspired by her principal to focus on strengths.  This editorial states: “What happens to us at work makes it into our social lives and communities”.

It got me thinking about how we might go about our daily work differently if we had the belief that we could influence the community by how we engage with others in our workplace, that we can have a positive impact on the wider community just by how we treat others.  This has even greater significance when we are working in agencies which are designed to provide services to strengthen and support the community….