This week’s Compass Check is about gratitude— as a leadership discipline.

We spend so much of our time focused on what’s next that we rarely pause to see the milestones behind us. Those milestones matter. They’re the proof points that show we’ve navigated complexity before… and that we’re ready for what comes next.

High-performing teams don’t just execute; they recognize progress, name it, and use it to build trust, confidence, and momentum. Gratitude fuels that. It shifts us from scarcity to abundance, from worry to capability, from pressure to perspective.