The Art of Grateful Leadership

In this episode, we continue with our series on the Seven Principles of Acknowledgment

from Judy Umlas’ book

Grateful Leadership: Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve  Superior Results

Today we look at Principle #6

Acknowledgment improves physical and emotional well-being

Judy Umlas devotes chapter ten of her book to the sixth principle

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Welcome to the Art of Grateful Leadership Podcast

Judy Umlas

In her book: Grateful Leadership:

Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results

Speaks to the Seven Principles of Acknowledgment

In this episode, we will look at the Fifth Principle of Acknowledgment

Principle #5 says:

Acknowledgment can make a profound difference in a person’s life and work.

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We continue with the Seven Principles of Acknowledgment

Today we are on Principle #4 - Acknowledgment Energizes People - Lack of Acknowledgment Diminishes Them

Here’s what Judy Umlas says about this principle in her book

Grateful Leadership -Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All your People and Achieve Superior Results:

“Recognize and acknowledge good work wherever you find it.  It’s not true that people only work hard if the worry whether you value them. Quite the opposite! As a Grateful Leader, your gratitude and appreciation motivate and inspire them to go beyond what they perceive as their limits. They will want to give you their best performance and will do whatever it takes.”

What do you think about this principle?

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Today’s ever increasing ”busy-ness” affects us all

Yes, even us podcasters.

The fall is almost upon us. I don’t know about you, but my life becomes busier in the fall. I have school age children. So there are many demands on my time

I would imagine there are many demands on your time too. That is why I am so thankful that you think this podcast is worth listening to.

So I took all the demands on my time to my thought leader / sounding board, Judy Umlas, and after a few minutes of discussion I was given a challenge

I’ll call it “Two Minutes of Gratitude”. The idea is to  get my message to people in 2 minutes. The goal is to make the best use of your time, so you can get your Art of Grateful Leadership message and receive it quickly

So beginning this week, the podcast will have two minutes of content; focused and to the point.

I will be doing this for the next few weeks are an experiment so please send me your feedback; send it to [email protected] and lets see how it goes. 

So on with the show!

Today we are going to talk about the 3rd of the seven principles of Acknowledgment: “Acknowledgment can help diffuse jealousy and envy.”

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Today we are going to continue our series on the seven principles of acknowledgment

As found in Judy Umlas’ book

Grateful Leadership

This episode is about the Second Principle of Acknowledgment

Acknowledgment builds trust and creates powerful interactions

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Judy Umlas has written three books, all of them on Acknowledgment and Acknowledgment in Leadership

In her second book, Grateful Leadership: Using the Power of Acknowledgment to  Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results

She speaks of specific principles

The Seven Principles of Acknowledgment

These seven Principles guide you through your personal acknowledgment journey

What are these 7 Principles?

1. Acknowledgment is deserved by many, but received by few
2. Acknowledgment builds trust and creates powerful interactions
3. Acknowledgment can help diffuse jealousy and envy
4. Acknowledgment energizes people - lack of acknowledgment diminishes them.
5. Acknowledgment can make a profound difference in a person’s life and work.
6. Acknowledgment improves physical and emotional well-being
7. Acknowledgment needs to be practiced in different ways.

Beginning with today’s podcast I will devote a series of podcasts on each of the seven principles

The first principle states

1. Acknowledgment is deserved by many, but received by few

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I have heard people talk about acknowledgment

And the fact that if you acknowledge too often, you will cheapen it.

It will no longer be seen as valuable or a motivator.

Could this be true?

I don’t think so

And I believe that Judy Umlas would agree with me.

How can I be so confident?

For three very specific reasons that each and every Acknowledgment requires:

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High School Sports are very competitive.

Kindness is also important, especially for a new student at the school.  Let me tell you about a meeting I went to for my son's High School soccer team.

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There has been a theme over the last couple episodes of the art of Grateful Leadership Podcast

It’s all about improving your acknowledgment skills

We started with stretching our acknowledgment skills by getting to know people better

as well as growing our acknowledgment vocabulary

Then we emphasized the need to “acknowledge in the moment”

And acknowledge people from the heart

As Judy Umlas says: “If an acknowledgment comes from the heart, it cannot be done wrong.”

Acknowledgment is a skill that can be learned

The question is: “Can Acknowledgment be Mastered?”

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Judith W. Umlas, the author of

The Power of Acknowledgment

And

Grateful Leadership: Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results

Repeats one thought time and time again to me

Its:

“If the acknowledgment comes from the heart, you cannot do it wrong.”

Lets listen to a couple examples

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