The Art of Grateful Leadership

Over the past few episodes,aActually, for the life of the entire podcast,

I have been presenting the benefits of Gratitude.

Today, I would like to give you a concrete example of the benefits

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Welcome to the Art of Grateful Leadership Podcast

In this episode, we are going to look at two emotions, anger and gratitude, and how they cannot coexist in your mind

So if you have a choice, which you do, Pick Gratitude!

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In the last couple of episodes we have been looking at the importance of acknowledgment 

And performing the acknowledgment now, not waiting

Why is this important?

It is important because it helps you in many different ways and it develops a sense that there is a lot going on around you that is good.

I found a great blog that touches on these points

Backing it up with scientific research

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Welcome to the Art of Grateful Leadership Podcast

For the last few episodes, I have been focused on Time; Taking time to acknowledge NOW; Time itself can be an acknowledgment; And the world needs Acknowledgment NOW

In this episode, I want to emphasize simplicity

I don’t know about you, But I tend to over complicate things.

And my conversations with Judy Umlas bring me back to the simpler explanations.

The other day, Judy was reviewing an episode of this podcast

And had to talk to me. "You’re over complicating things

And it scares me!"

If there was something to stop you in your tracks, It’s when your mentor says something scares them.

So I stopped

Shut my mouth

And opened my ears

That’s when some of the simplest, and yet profound thoughts were presented to me from Judy. And I want to share them with you here, in this episode

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Welcome to the Art of Grateful Leadership Podcast

In the last episode we discussed the importance of time in acknowledgment

That cannot be stressed enough

Acknowledgment and Time go together

In this episode

We are going to examine this

“Now is the time for acknowledgment and

The time for acknowledgment is Now”

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In this episode we are going to look at one key elements of Acknowledgment that people sometimes don’t think about

And that’s TIME

There are two aspects to time that I want to visit with you:

#1. It takes time for acknowledgment 

#2. There is no better time to acknowledge someone than now and now is the time for acknowledgment

Since I could probably talk forever about these topics 

They will be split between this and the next podcast.

So let’s jump right in.

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Why is it important to be grateful for what we have?

To live with an attitude of gratitude?

In this episode, we will look at the very practical reasons for being grateful and then back that up with some research evidence showing the relationship between the Attitude of Gratitude and Success.

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For the last few episodes, we have been discussing the Five Cs as found in the book Grateful Leadership: Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results By Judith W. Umlas

These are the recipe for acknowledgment

The five Cs are:

• Consciousness
• Choice 
• Courage 
• Communication
• And Commitment

In case you didn’t know this, Judith W. Umlas listens to each, and every podcast episode before it is published. While listening to the last episode Judy Umlas noted that I spoke of what an individual could do both for themselves,  with whom they interact, and for organizations through teaching and presenting.  

Those are all noble and valid ways to pass along the Grateful Leadership message. But is there another way to bring this to an organization?

Yes there is.

Can you imagine what could happen if a company put their efforts behind the Grateful Leadership culture? 

And does this make a difference?

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In this episode we are going to delve into the fifth of the five Cs - Commitment, and why this is so important.

Let’s review the recipe, otherwise known as the Five Cs as described in Judith W. Umlas’ book Grateful Leadership - Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results

You begin with the first C - Consciousness; the  conscious realization that another person should be acknowledged

Then you move along to the second C - Choice; the choice to acknowledge that person. You know that you could choose to keep your acknowledgment to yourself, or choose to impact another’s life by letting them know that the world sees something about them that is outstanding

Then there is the third C - Courage; when one is speaking of Grateful Leadership and the Power of Acknowledgment,  courage refers to the internal strength to continue along the path to acknowledging  another person. It is the internal mental strength take that next step, especially when you don’t know how the acknowledgment will turn out.

Once you have realized how much courage you have within you, it’s time to move to the fourth C - Communication.

Communication all begins from the heart. Remember, if the acknowledgment is sincere and comes from the heart, you can’t go wrong

The fifth and final C is Commitment.

Why is Commitment so important? Because without it, the message will be lost

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In this episode we are going to delve into the fourth of the five Cs - Communication

And why this is so important.

Let’s review the recipe, otherwise known as the Five Cs as described in Judith W. Umlas’ book: Grateful Leadership - Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results

You begin with the first C - Consciousness; The  conscious realization that another person should be acknowledged

Then you move along to the second C - Choice; The choice to acknowledge that person. You know that you could choose to keep your acknowledgment to yourself. Or choose to impact another’s life by letting them know that the world sees something about them that is outstanding.

Then there is the third C - Courage; When one is speaking of Grateful Leadership and the Power of Acknowledgment, Courage refers to the internal strength to continue along the path to acknowledging  another person. It is the internal mental strength take that next step Especially when you don’t know how the acknowledgment will turn out.

Once you have realized how much courage you have within you, it’s time to move to the fourth C - Communication

Communication all begins from the heart. Remember, if the acknowledgment is sincere and comes from the heart, you can’t go wrong.

But HOW does one communicate it?

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