Gratitude
Next Peak Podcast
English - August 25, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Business Management next peak podcast personal growth personal development next peak Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Practicing gratitude regularly helps leaders to grow themselves, their team, their productivity, and their profit. But there are two main opponents of gratitude blocking most people, and those are laziness and perfectionism.
We all know that people who feel unappreciated leave their job, and leaders who don’t express gratitude experience high turnover and premature burnout. So it should be obvious why gratitude is so important not only for ourselves but also for our leadership because:
Leaders who express gratitude towards their team members can produce 50% better results. Employee appreciation is one of the nine factors in making it into the top 100 best places to work in the nation. Employee recognition is one of the top five factors for a psychologically healthy workplace.One of the biggest blockers to gratitude is going too fast, hurrying, having too much to do, and never slowing down. If we can change our mindset, slow down, and regularly practice gratitude in our leadership, we could:
Increase employee productivity Increase employee wellbeingMultiply and spread gratitude in our organization Increase job satisfaction and engagementDecrease burnout and exhaustionReduce absences and turnoverEliminate gossip and cynicism
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Resources Mentioned:
Personality Isn't Permanent
Evidence-based best practices for writing a gratitude journal
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