The Art of Grateful Leadership

These times are something I would never have believed could happen to me and my family: A pandemic; Businesses forced to close; Schools closed; Grocery store shelves empty

What does one do in this situation?  

How does a Grateful Leader react in these times?

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; 

Have you ever had one of those days?  You know the one, where stress is high, and motivation is low.  You want to bite someone’s head off if they say the wrong thing.  You know the day I’m talking about.  Well I had one of those days recently.

Let me tell you how gratitude and a Grateful Leader changed all that.

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;

Did you know that there are psychological and physiological benefits to being grateful?  When we think of being grateful for all we have, we feel better about ourselves and about life in general, that just makes sense. And to believe these benefits can extend to our mind and body is not a stretch of logic at all.

There are many articles on the psychological and physiological benefits of gratitude

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; psychological Benefits; physiological benefits

In the last episode we spoke of Acknowledgment and Psychological Safety. That may have left you thinking: “How does this apply to business?”

In this episode, we are going to look at the relationship between acknowledgment and Innovation

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; ; Innovation; psychological safety

There is quite a lot in Leadership Media about Psychological Safety. In this episode, I would like to delve in to the question: “What is the relationship between Acknowledgment and Psychological Safety?”

So let’s begin with a definition: What is psychological safety?

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; Psychological Safety

How many times have you reached the end of a day and walked away, realizing you had missed so many opportunities to acknowledge someone that you were actually amazed?

How many times have you gone through an entire day or even a couple of days without acknowledging that special person and wondered where all the time had gone?

Where did all of these acknowledgment opportunities go?

At today’s hectic pace, and in a world where acknowledgment is needed more than ever, how does one become attuned to the acknowledgment opportunities around them?

There are two simple concepts that you have to understand to bring more of this into your life:
The first is mindfulness
The second is consciousness

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; mindfulness; consciousness;

In this episode, we are going to revisit one of the most popular Art of Grateful Leadership episodes. It is episode #4 with Kathy Kest and is one of my personal favorites. Based on the number of downloads, it is one of the yours, too.

Kathy Kest will be the Guest speaker at the Center for Grateful Leadership’s April Webinar, which is free to all members.  So, if you aren’t a member, be sure to become one so you can join us.

 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; Kathy Kest

Safety and Security are two things a husband and wife can give each other

This weekend, my wife acknowledged me and it was about how I did that for her;  how I’ve given her that feeling of safety and security

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; psychological safety

Recently, I received an unusual acknowledgment. It didn’t seem like one until later in the conversation.

Then I realized this technique is so simple, it should be shared with everyone.

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 this episode we are going to talk about the best part of acknowledgment: It is simple

Why do we always complicate things?  I know that I tend to do that.  And I hope that I haven’t made acknowledgment complicated at all; because it isn’t. It should never be

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; Simplicity; Simple