The Art of Grateful Leadership

Over the last few episodes, we have heard Susan Parente tell us about Grateful Leadership and High Performance Teams, the fact that The Power of Acknowledgment can help  SUPERCHARGE your team. Whether you’re practicing Agile/Scrum or Waterfall as a project management Methodology, or whether you’re working on a co-located or virtual team, Grateful Leadership and the Power of Acknowledgment is appropriate through all of these and is even needed more in virtual teams

Susan even brought up the concept of intentional acknowledgments. Where you, with intent, look for ways to acknowledge those people that are working on your team with you.

We all know that spontaneous is great, but sometimes it takes intentional commitment to reaching out to those people that you don't see all the time, be sure to reach out to the, acknowledging what they bring to the team and how valuable they are.

Since these episodes were recorded, I have had the chance to try something new. Under the tutelage of Judy Umlas, I have begun giving Grateful Leadership and the Power of ACknowledgment seminars.  I gave my first one at my employer a couple weeks ago and it went over GREAT!

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; James G Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Leadership; Management; Employee Retention; AGL; CGL; Seminars

Today, we are going to complete the conversation with Susan Parente

But before we get to the interview

I want to ask:

Do you realize that we are coming to the third anniversary of

the founding of the Center for Grateful Leadership?

On June 14, 2016 Judy Umlas founded the Center for Grateful leadership.

It can be found at www.gratefulleadership.com

Here is what it says right on the Center for Grateful leadership’s front page:

Collaborate globally with other Grateful Leaders, and those who want to become such leaders, to create a future filled with gratitude and appreciation!

Tap into the power of personal commitment and dedication by acknowledging people in an authentic, heartfelt manner.

Inspire your team and bring out the best in your people by dramatically increasing levels of engagement, productivity, and willingness to take initiative.

Since its founding, the Center for Grateful Leadership has grown to almost 1,000 members

We have monthly webinars with guest speakers

We have several regular contributors:

• The Gratitude Connection by Don Officer
• The Grateful Teen Weekly with Kendall, Kylie and Blair Seaman
• Get the Right Attitude with Gratitude by Harry Waldron
• The Art of Grateful Leadership Podcast, all of our previous podcasts can be found there
• And much more.

Come and join our growing membership, sharing our Grateful Leadership journey

And Happy Birthday, Judy Umlas and the Center for Grateful Leadership!

Now back to our regularly scheduled program..

[I always wanted to say that on the air]

As I mentioned, we are concluding our conversation with Susan Parente

If you don’t know Susan, here is a little about her background:

She is a project engineer, consultant, speaker, author, and mentor who leads large complex IT software implementation projects, and the establishment of Enterprise PMOs. She has 20+ years of experience.

Her credentials include:

Numerous project management, Agile, risk management, and IT Security certifications, including: PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, CSPO, PSM I, CISSP, RESILIA, CRISC and ITIL certifications, and she is a CMMI and ISO 9001 Practitioner.

Today we conclude our conversation with a discussion regarding Grateful leadership on Colocated and Virtual teams

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leaders

This is episode two of three in the series featuring Susan Parente

In this episode, Susan speaks to the importance of Grateful Leadership in both Agile teams, and Traditional teams.

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; James G Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Leadership; Management; Employee Retention; AGL; CGL; Agile Teams; Susan Parente

Welcome to the Art of Grateful Leadership podcast

In this episode I have the pleasure of interviewing Susan Parente

The last time Susan and I sat down, we spoke of Grateful Servant Leadership

Today we begin a conversation on Grateful Leadership and High Performance Teams

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; James G Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Leadership; Management; Employee Retention; AGL; CGL;Susan Parente; Servant Leadership; High Performance Teams

The focus of this episode is one of the key points of Grateful Leadership, the difference between simple thanks, recognition and acknowledgment

Don’t get me wrong; Thanks, Recognition, and Acknowledgment all have their place in a well balanced appreciation paradigm within an organization.

In a world where people are leaving perfectly good positions and moving to another company because they don’t feel appreciated

These concepts are critical.

Let me repeat that:

People, good people, are leaving their position, even leaving their company because they don’t feel appreciated

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; James G Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Leadership; Management; Employee Retention; AGL; CGL;Thanks, Recognition, Acknowledgment

In this episode we continue the conversation with Donald Officer on the topic of Positive Psychology and Grateful Leadership

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; James G Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Leadership; Management; Employee Retention; AGL; CGL;Donald Officer; Gratitude Connection; Positive Psychology

Today I have the honor to talk to Donald Officer, regular contributor and author of the  Gratitude Connection for the Center for Grateful Leadership

He is an active member of both the Canadian Positive Psychology Association (CPPA) as well as the International Positive Psychology Association.

Come with me and learn more about Don and his passions...

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; James G Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Leadership; Management; Employee Retention; AGL; CGL;Donald Officer; Positive Psychology

Welcome to the Art of Grateful Leadership Podcast

Did you ever walk into a situation that you thought would be horrible and walk out thanking the person or people for the experience?

Well, that happened to me today.

You see, my day job is a Senior IT Project Manager for a major Automotive firm and I just received two new projects, both kicking off in May.

My team and I had a chance to talk about the projects before the Senior Management Review and Approval Meeting this afternoon. I walked into the team meeting and began my presentation. Then it started...

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; James G Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Leadership; Management; Employee Retention; AGL; CGL;

In my study of the Power of Acknowledgment, I’m always looking for a better, more powerful form of acknowledgment

You know: Bigger, Stronger, Faster!

But what I didn’t realize is that the best type of acknowledgment may be the most subtle form of all...

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; James G Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Leadership; Management; Employee Retention; AGL; CGL;

Welcome to the Art of Grateful Leadership Podcast

We are now headed into our 2nd hundred episode, or essentially, our third year of production

A couple days ago, Judy Umlas, always in the spirit to celebrate accomplishments brought me another recording that she received regarding the 100th Episode of the Art of Grateful Leadership.

It came from Don Officer the creative mind behind the Gratitude Connection.

I just listened to the recording and it really hit home for me bringing me to the edge of tears. 

Come listen to Don's message...

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; James G Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Leadership; Management; Employee Retention; AGL; CGL; Learning; Continuous Improvement