The Art of Grateful Leadership

I woke this morning and lay in bed for a few minutes before before getting out.  

Ok, maybe it was a little more than a few minutes

I stopped,

Heard my wife’s breathing next to me and the rustling of my daughter upstairs, preparing for another day of high school.

The dat was beginning.

As I was relaxing there, I began to think about all of the things for which I am thankful.

And a wave of gratitude swept over me

As I swung my legs off the bed and my feet onto the floor,

I remembered my 84 year-old father that is a victim of polio

He has all but lost all functioning of his legs

And yet he keeps moving forward with life.

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Welcome to the Art of Grateful Leadership Podcast

Have you ever been thankful for a tragedy that took place in your life?

Can something good take place from a tragedy?

If you remember, Mr. Thank You, John Israel, showed that looking for gratitude in what appeared to be a business failure, actually revealed many relationships that have withstood the test of time.

Have you ever looked at your life and see how certain events have shaped it, possibly pointing you in a different direction

If you look at most major stories, most, if not all have a pivotal point where an event shapes the life’s direction of the protagonist or sets them on what will essentially be the “rest of the story.”

Do you think these people ever stop to be thankful for these events?

Take a look at your own life and see what unfolds…

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Today we look at Great Bosses and Grateful Leadership

What is it about a great boss that makes people stick with them and even bend over backwards to please them.

One of the characteristics is Gratitude.

I think we can all agree on that one, but we aren't the only ones.

Come listen in...

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Jim Trela; Judith w. Umlas; Grateful Leader; Center for Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Great Bosses; Leadership; Management

I went out to LinkedIn today and decided that I wanted to do a search on the word “gratitude”

Do you know what I found?

I found 46,044 results, just in LinkedIn

Hear about some of the people I found during this episode

Social Media is a Powerful Tool, we need to use it to spread the word regarding the Power of Acknowledgment, Grateful Leadership and the Center for Grateful Leadership.

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; Jim Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Social Media; Management; Leadership; Business

In this episode, we close out our discussion with Mr. Thank You, John Israel

If you remember, he dedicated a year to increasing the gratitude in the world by writing 5 thank you notes each day, for 365 days.

That’s a total of 1825 Thank You Notes.

Knowing the passion that John put into this project it couldn’t just end there; today, John is going to tell us about his book and that he will deliver a TED talk in the near future

He also gives us some very poignant reasons not to wait with our acknowledgments

Let’s listen in:

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This is the the third installment with Mr. Thank You, John Israel

In this episode, we ask about any changes that took place as a result of the Mr. Thank You Project

Let’s hear what John Israel has to say:

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In the last episode we were introduced to Mr. John Israel

John Israel

Is a professional speaker and published author who lives in Dallas TX

He is the founder of The Mr. Thank You Project a global movement to elevate the level of gratitude on the planet by inspiring 74 million Thank You cards.  He kicked it off by writing 5 Thank You cards every day for an entire year.

John has been featured on several news outlets such as: Fox News, ABC News, Popsugar and MarthaStewart.com for his work on gratitude.

Professionally John is the #2 sales representative in the United States for Cutco Closing Gifts.

He spends his free time with his wife Monica, 3 year old son Anderson, and 1 year old son Rohn.

Let’s hear about the Mr. Thank you project

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Today we have the unique opportunity to meet Mr. Thank You himself

John Israel

Without giving away all of John’s story

He committed himself to a project that lasted a full year

365 days

And he made it

His story reached the ears of Judy Umlas and

Judy invited him to speak to the entire Center for Grateful Leadership during the NOvember 2017 Live Quest and Answer session

As soon as I heard him, I knew I had to have him as a guest on the Art of Grateful Leadership Podcast.

In this episode, we will hear how John found out about the Center for Grateful Leadership

And his thought about Gratitude in the world today

Here is the first of our installments

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Do you have a good friend?

One of those friends that knows what you can do

One that knows you so well that they know when you don’t do your best

And they constantly challenge you to always give your best?

They are people that constantly support you

I hope that everyone has a friend like that

Today I'll tell you about that person and about Mr. Thank You.

Keywords: IWorkforGM; Grateful Leader; Center for Grateful Leadership; IIL; John Israel; Jim Trela; Management; Leadership; Judith W. Umlas

I don’t know how things go for you at this time of year

But where I work, everything comes down to delivery

Delivery before the end of the year

Everyone wants to declare victory in the current fiscal year

“End the year strong!” is the mantra

If you were to graph the delivery of projects throughout the entire year you would end up with a graph that looks like a hockey stick

Gradual number of projects delivered throughout the first three quarters of the year, then a significant increase in the number delivered in November and December

This can cause more than a little bit of stress

Now let me tell you a story...

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Grateful Leader; Art of Grateful Leadership; Jim Trela; Leadership; Management; Center for Grateful Leadership; IIL; Judy Umlas