4. Teams Gravitate Toward Gratitude
Your team gravitates toward gratitude. Far too many people despise their work because they feel underappreciated.
You should always pay people well—as generously as you can in fact.
But even money has its limits.
Eventually, you can’t pay people enough to overcome an ungenerous spirit.
I’ve known people who have taken pay cuts because they would rather work for someone who was grateful than for an ungrateful leader.
Leaders, remember: Gratitude is the greatest currency with which a leader can pay a team.
And, when it comes to volunteers, gratitude is pretty much all your volunteers run on.
The best leaders realize that even their employees are, at their core, volunteers. Every capable person could work somewhere else.
5. Gratitude Neutralizes Your Anger and Jealousy
Grateful people are rarely angry.
And angry people are rarely grateful.
Ditto with jealous people.
Cultivating gratitude will make you far less angry (you’ll realize no one owes you anything) and it will make you far less jealous (because you’ll realize God has given you what you need).
Want to be far less angry and jealous? Stay on your knees long enough to be grateful.
What Makes You Grateful?
What helps you cultivate gratitude? I’d love to hear from you.
How does gratitude impact your leadership?
I wrote this post on 5 things that make me more grateful when I’m feeling ingratitude.
I’d love to hear your perspective.
This article originally appeared here.
