When did a colleague last thank you for your work? Managers generally underappreciate their employees, but more importantly, they tend to undervalue the benefits of expressing their gratitude. Best-selling author, speaker and executive coach, Chester Elton has a lighthearted discussion with us about the value of expressing gratitude. What makes gratitude different to recognition? And how do you create a grateful work environment?
Chester, along with his co-author, Adrian Gostick, have sold millions of books on how to lead with gratitude. In our conversation with Chester, he tells us how there is disparity between how well managers believe they are expressing their gratitude and how employees feel they are valued. To create a work environment based on gratitude, your colleagues need to know their work is appreciated. Showing gratitude to employees is the easiest, fastest and most inexpensive way to boost performance.
Topics(5:07) Welcome to Chester Elton and speed round questions
(8:03) Why being grateful brings us joy
(14:27) Be specific with praise
(17:16) The benefits of random acts of kindness
(22:33) What’s the difference between gratitude and recognition?
(23:48) How to create a work environment filled with gratitude
(31:36) Your inner voice and why it matters
(35:08) Chester’s Covid playlist
(43:16) Grooving Session discussing how to apply Chester’s insights:
Chester Elton https://chesterelton.com/
Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results by Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton https://amzn.to/36Cy8uo
Leading with Gratitude Podcast with Chester Elton https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMzI1MDUzLnJzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjAoN-0keDxAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg&hl=en
Leading with Gratitude Live https://vimeo.com/search?q=Leading%20with%20Gratitude%20Chester%20Elton
We Thrive Together https://www.wethrivetogether.global/
The Gratitude Journal – LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-gratitude-journal-6665677019063345152/
Anxiety at Work with Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/anxiety-at-work-with-adrian-gostick-chester-elton/id1549312484
Roger Federer https://www.rogerfederer.com/
Rod Laver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Laver
John McEnroe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McEnroe
Chris Hadfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hadfield
Bill Manning https://www.torontofc.ca/content/bill-manning
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty https://amzn.to/3h8mptC
Calm app https://www.calm.com/
Dan Airely https://danariely.com/
IKEA Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA_effect
Episode 170: Seven Questions to Assess the Psychological Safety of Your Teams with Susan Hunt Stevens https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/seven-questions-to-assess-the-psychological-safety-of-your-teams-with-susan-hunt-stevens/
Episode 220: How Do You Become Influential? Jon Levy Reveals His Surprising Secrets https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/how-to-be-influential-jon-levy/
Books by Chester Elton and Adrian GostickLeading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results https://amzn.to/36Cy8uo
Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done https://amzn.to/3dr7gBK
All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results https://amzn.to/3AgtSyk
The Best Team Wins: The New Science of High Performance https://amzn.to/2USP4KN
The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization https://amzn.to/3ybULSb
Musical LinksBonnie Raitt “Something to Talk About” https://youtu.be/mJ58TVYNFro
Talking Heads “Psycho Killer” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O52jAYa4Pm8
Pharrell Williams “Happy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZSe6N_BXs
Danny Boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ppdB6JX99Q
Seven Questions to Assess the Psychological Safety of Your Teams with Susan Hunt Stevens
Eugen Dimant, PhD: What To Do About Bad Apples
Working through the Stages of Grief, Pandemics and the Psychology of Protests with Nicole Fisher
How Babies’ Faces on Shop Doors Can Reduce Crime: With Tara Austin
Elspeth Kirkman: Best Models for Identifying a Problem
Shlomi Ron: Visual Storying Telling In a Time of Crisis
Steve Wendel, PhD: Designing for Behavior Change
Robert Cialdini, PhD: Littering, Egoism and Aretha Franklin
Grooving: On the Principle of Scarcity
Katy Milkman, PhD: Using Behavior Change for Good
Grooving: On Goals and Goal Setting
Covid-19 Crisis: Caroline Webb, Senior Advisor at McKinsey, on The Value of Where We Place Our Attention and Amplifying Certainty
Covid-19 Crisis: Margaret Robinson Rutherford, PhD on Perfectly Hidden Depression
Grooving: Where Will You Live if You WFH?
Covid-19 Crisis: Elizabeth Gilbert, PhD on Adaptability, Imaginal Exposure and Lists
John Bargh: Dante, Coffee and the Unconscious Mind
Covid-19 Crisis: Howard Friedman, PhD on The Value of Human Life
Grooving: Protests Sparked by the Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis
Covid-19 Crisis: Chris Pfeiffer on Tips for Adjusting Sales Comp Plans
Dan Hill, PhD: On the Facial Coding of Trump, Hendrix, Prince, Gretzky and the Beatles
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