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Finding Gratitude in New Experiences

March 18, 2021

| Grateful Parenting

When I really thought about it, I found that it was easy to see the benefits in the entire experience as a whole, and there is so much gratitude to be found in the team sports experience. I’ll highlight some examples and how you can use these experiences as a lesson in gratitude for kids:

Love Heals – February 2021 Acrostic

March 18, 2021

| Get The Right Attitude Through Gratitude

During February, we celebrate the month of LOVE. We can only have a better year of 2021, by treating each other better than we did in 2020. A starting point is to share kind words, politeness, appreciation, and support. And to work at overlooking our minor differences — so that we focus more on unity. Grateful Leadership provides that foundations of kindness toward one another in spite of our many differences.

Continuing Gratitude Education – August 2020 Acrostic

August 12, 2020

| Get The Right Attitude Through Gratitude

Get the Right Attitude Through Gratitude Climb aboard the CGL express AUGUST 2020 Acrostic by Harry Waldron “CONTINUING GRATITIDE EDUCATION” – During August, a new academic year […]

Neurodiversity and Grateful Parenting

July 20, 2020

| Grateful Parenting

Since our guest presenter for the July CGL webinar, Brandon Fargis, is speaking about leading with gratitude in a neurodiverse world, I felt that writing about my own […]

The Surprising Connection Between Gratitude and Solitude

July 9, 2020

| The Gratitude Connection

The Gratitude Connection The Surprising Connection Between Gratitude and Solitude By Donald Officer Overview by Harry Waldron – In our fast-paced world, there is a need to […]

Grateful Leadership, Driver of Innovation

July 1, 2020

| Uncategorized

In the research done to make the dramatic connection between Grateful Leadership and Innovation, it was discovered that a critical component of the ability to innovate is “psychological […]

A True Leadership Hero!

February 28, 2020

| IIL Conference, Judy's Blog, LICon, Speaking Events & Press

Douglas R. Conant, Founder of ConantLeadership, has been one of my leadership “heroes” for ages! This began when I learned of his practice when he was CEO of […]

Gratitude and Silver Linings

February 17, 2020

| Grateful Parenting

My youngest son is 7, and nearly two years ago he was demoted from being the “baby” of the family, not only by age and self-proclamation, but also […]

Grateful Leadership Creativity Challenge

July 23, 2019

| Design

Enter the “Grateful Leadership Creativity Challenge”! How can we most creatively reach all kinds of potential Grateful Leadership enthusiasts, as well as reignite the passion of long-timers who […]

Grateful for Freedom

July 11, 2019

| Get The Right Attitude Through Gratitude

The Gratitude Connection July Acrostic By Harry Waldron ACKNOWLEDGMENT is the theme for the month of July, as we in the U.S. celebrate our birthday as a FREE […]

Grateful Parenting Pilot Article

June 12, 2019

| Articles, Grateful Parenting

Grateful Parenting By Roxi Nevin I’d like to welcome you to my first Grateful Parenting blog article and give you a bit of background of how this series […]

Let Gratitude Blossom – May Acrostic

May 9, 2019

| Get The Right Attitude Through Gratitude

By Harry Waldron COMMITMENT is the theme for the month of May. Just as “April showers bring May flowers” – a relationship with others requires patience, listening, […]

Beyond the Work Ethic

April 13, 2019

| The Gratitude Connection, Uncategorized

By Donald Officer Ninety percent of adults spend half their waking lives doing things they would rather not be doing at places they would rather not be. – […]

December Acrostic – Get the Right Attitude Through Gratitude

December 13, 2018

| Get The Right Attitude Through Gratitude

How to Talk Intelligently

November 15, 2018

| The Gratitude Connection

By Don Officer Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. – Arthur Ward Don’t feel bad if you […]

Friend of a Friend

October 18, 2018

| The Gratitude Connection

By Don Officer We tend to act as if our closest friends are our biggest assets. While that may be true for social support or trusted information, it’s […]

Are you Short-Circuiting Your Potential for Gratitude?

August 21, 2018

| The Gratitude Connection

By Donald Officer Do not wait for someone else to write and sing your song. Only you know the melody of your life, so sing it with […]

Power of Acknowledgement – an acrostic

March 27, 2018

| Get The Right Attitude Through Gratitude

People are most important resource for a project Others behind the scenes, contribute to success Welcome ideas and participation from others Everyone wins when we work together Remember […]

Grantland – Issue #7

March 20, 2018

| Articles, Grantland

The High Cost of Ingratitude

February 16, 2018

| Articles, The Gratitude Connection

By Donald Officer Everywhere, people are awaiting a messiah. and the air is laden with the promises of large and small prophets…we all share the same fate: […]

Best Practices – Expressing Gratitude in Written Communications

October 16, 2017

| Get The Right Attitude Through Gratitude

By Harry Waldron Our best way to express appreciation is through direct one-on-one interaction. However, time and distance are often challenging factors. And we may also work remotely […]

The Power of Meaning and Grateful Leadership

July 27, 2017

| Articles, The Gratitude Connection

If we do not bridge the chasm between living a meaningful life and living a modern life, our drift will continue at a major cost. – Emily Esfahani […]

Behind the Scenes of my International Project Management Day Keynote Taping: From Cowardly Lion to Lionhearted Leader!

July 24, 2015

| Blog

I worked as a television producer and writer at WCBS-TV for about a dozen years. I know the workings of a TV studio inside and out. So that […]

The Best Valentine’s Day and Everyday Gifts You Can Give!

February 4, 2014

| Blog

NOTE: The below is an except from The Best Valentine’s Day and Everyday Gifts You Can Give — originally published on the Whole Foods Market Blog. The best gifts you […]

7 New Year’s Resolutions for Grateful (and Potentially Grateful) Leaders

December 19, 2013

| Uncategorized

Traditionally, the idea of a “meeting” is to gather a group for a specific purpose, whether it be business-related or otherwise. But let’s be honest…attention is not always […]

Passing the Torch…

December 17, 2013

| Blog, Stories

It is our honor and privilege as parents to be able to model and mold the behaviors and values we want our children to have as adults. Watching […]

Finding a Platform for Our Passion … and Being Grateful For It

November 21, 2013

| Uncategorized

A few years ago, our publishing team was trying to find the right title for the book that McGraw-Hill and IIL were co-publishing about acknowledgment. All of my […]

What is the Connection Between Grateful Leadership/Grateful Employees and Project Management?

November 14, 2013

| Blog, Stories, Uncategorized

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his post is based on one of the questions I received during the live Q&A following my keynote address, From Great Kids to Grateful Leaders, at IIL’s International […]

The Greatest Acknowledgments Come in Many Forms

August 9, 2013

| Uncategorized

Last week, I had the great pleasure of camping with my family in the woods of New Jersey (except for the flash flood on the first night, where […]

A Perfect Fortune…from a Cookie!

February 4, 2013

| Uncategorized

I must have gotten hundreds of fortunes from cookies in the past, but when I got this one, I nearly whooped with recognition and joy! Someone who wrote […]

What makes The Power of Acknowledgment so transformational?

February 8, 2010

I often feel so lucky to have stumbled on Acknowledgment, the “oh-so-simple” action or tool that while being so simple, still makes such a profound difference in […]

The key to it all….

February 20, 2009

Recently I addressed a conference called “All Your Relations” in San Diego — there was an audience of close to 1,000 people there and yes, I will admit […]

About Judy

Judith W. Umlas is Sr. Vice President, author and trainer at International Institute for Learning (IIL), a global corporate training company. She is the publisher of IIL Publishing, New York, as well as the Publisher of allPM.com, the web portal for many thousands of project managers around the globe. She is the author of the ground-breaking book, The Power of Acknowledgment which has been credited with changing workplaces and lives by making use of the 7 Principles of Acknowledgment she developed. Her book on Grateful Leadership: Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results and You’re Totally Awesome! The Power of Acknowledgment for Kids.

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What role does gratitude play in your life? Gratitude Connection columns and International Institute of Learning Vice-President, Judith Umlas in her acclaimed books, Grateful Leadership, Using the Power […]

“LOVE HEALS” – During February we celebrated Valentine’s Day, where love & appreciation were the key themes. And with many difficult issues all around the world, a deeper […]

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