Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and with it the season of gratitude and thankfulness. (OK, and pie.) Expressing gratitude, scholars say, is actually good for us — decreasing depression and increasing happiness. But did you know that gratitude is also good for our companies? Gratitude is a key factor in employee well-being, organizational citizenship and pro-social behavior — all of which impact key metrics like employee engagement, retention and productivity.
Join Globoforce’s Jennifer Sartor and Darcy Jacobsen as they show how gratitude can be a key ingredient in your organization’s recipe for success. Learn:
Why thankful employees are happier employees.
The ROI of employee gratitude.
Key tips to encourage gratitude in your organization.
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How gratitude makes us happier
How gratitude makes us healthier
How gratitude makes us better employees
Why gratitude is good for the bottom line
The recipe for a culture of gratitude
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6. When were you last appreciated at
work for a job well done?
POLL
QUESTION:
A. Within the last week
B. Within the last month
C. Within the last year
D. Longer than a year
E. Never =(
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11. Grateful
People Get
Along Better
with Others
Clinical Psychology Review, 2009
Gratitude and well-being: A review and theoretical
integration - Wood, Froh, Geraghty
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14. Grateful
People Sleep
Better
Journal of Health Psychology, 2012
Differential Effects of Gratitude and Sleep on Psychological
Distress in Patients with Chronic Pain– Ng, Wong
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19. Grateful
People
Achieve
More
Journal of Personality & Social Psych, 2003
Counting Blessings Versus Burdens: An Experimental
Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in
Daily Life – Emmons, McCullough
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21. Grateful
People are
Less Likely
to Burn Out
Educational Psychology, 2010
Gratitude, gratitude intervention and subjective well- being
among Chinese school teachers in Hong Kong – Chan
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25. Opportunity
to Give
Increases
Commitment
to a Company
Academy of Management Journal, 2008
Giving Commitment: Employee support programs
and the prosocial sensemaking process – Grant, Dutton
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26. Givers Are More Engaged
60%
50%
40%
Highly
Engaged
56%
30%
20%
10%
Highly
Engaged
27%
0%
Have recognized others Have not recognized
in the past year
others in the past year
27. How does giving make you feel?
POLL
QUESTION:
A. Drained
B. Energized
C. Grateful
D. Annoyed
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28. GETTING TO THE BOTTOM LINE:
HOW DO GIVING AND
GRATITUDE CONTRIBUTE TO
BUSINESS RESULTS?
34. THE RECIPE:
HOW TO COOK UP A CULTURE OF
GIVING AND THANKSGIVING AT
YOUR COMPANY.
35. Create a culture of appreciation
• Encourage employees to “catch
each other doing things right”
• Help workers to be givers
• Facilitate “everyone-to-everyone” recognition
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36. Encourage organizational “virtuousness”
• Give work purpose and meaning
• Allow people to flourish and grow
• Encourage and reward strength,
self-control and resilience
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37. Facilitate connections among employees
• Tear down intra-organizational barriers
• Increase multilateral communication
• Foster emotional connections
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38. Encourage expression of gratitude
• Provide a formal system for thanking co-workers
• Make thanks public within your company
• Encourage written gratitude
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