CULTIVATE GRATITUDE AT WORK

 

Figure 1 (Cain et.al,2019)

As our country struggles to cope with the pandemic, fostering appreciation is a topic that can have a significant impact on your workplace. Recognize the challenges your employees faced whether they were forced to work from home, wear a mask all day, or cope with the death of a loved one.

According to gratitude interventions

-strengthen motivation behave pro socially

-Foster close interpersonal relationships

-Improve self-control

-Enhance feelings of support (Chen et.al, 2012)

 

SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE WAYS TO SHOW GRATITUDE AT WORK

-Focus on sincerity

-Don’t limit your team to top-down gratitude giving

-Identify different ways to give thanks

·         Keep an office gratitude journal

·         Create a slack or teams channel

-Give gifts

-Use a recognition tool

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO CULTIVATE GRATITUDE

Gratitude is an expression of thankfulness for what one receives, whether material or intangible. People express thanks for the positive things in their lives. Gratitude assists people in experiencing more pleasant emotions, appreciating excellent experiences, improving their health, dealing with adversity, and forming meaningful connections.

WAYS TO CULTIVATE GRATITUDE

-Take notice, get aware of your negativity, complaining or gossiping

-Keep a gratitude journal

-Switch your point of view

-Be humble

-Share your appreciation

-see the silver lining in every situation

-Donate

BENEFITS OF CULTIVATE GRATITUDE AT WORK

1.      It’s makes us happier

2.      It reduces stress

3.      It improves self-esteem

4.      It helps us be more resilient

5.      It helps us sleep

6.      It improves our romantic relationships

7.      It improves our physical health

8.      It improves our friendships

9.      It makes us better managers

10.  It helps us find more meaning in our work

BARRIERS IN CULTIVATING GRATITUDE AT WORK

Other research has discovered some personality features that operate as roadblocks to thankfulness. Envy, materialism, narcissism, and cynicism are among them. Social factors, such as religion, cultural influences, and parenting practices, may also influence a person's tendency to feel grateful, according to research. (Cortini et.al, 2019)

 

HOW TO OVERCOME GRATITUTE BARRIERS

-          Gratitude for the benefits of gratitude in stress management and the development of coping abilities.

 

-          Explore strategies to wake up to appreciation in the face of failure and adversity to uncover hidden blessings.

 

-          By rewiring your ideas away from unpleasant emotions and negative thinking, you can learn what works and what doesn't.

 

-          Discovering the barriers to appreciation like craving, expectations, envy, and more from the list above will help you understand and overcome undesirable habits that aren't serving you well in life.

 

-          Allowing a passionate conclusion to set in action a new gratitude practice is a great way to start a gratitude roadmap.

 

 

CONCLUSION

Gratitude improves employee health and well-being in addition to improving work performance. Gratitude, both feeling and expressing it, fosters a healthy and happy state of mind. These cognitive enhancements can have a substantial positive impact on the physical and mental wellbeing of employees.

 

REFERENCES

Cain, I.H., Cairo, A., Duffy, M., Meli, L., Rye, M.S. and Worthington Jr, E.L., 2019. Measuring gratitude at work. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(4), pp.440-451.

Cortini, M., Converso, D., Galanti, T., Di Fiore, T., Di Domenico, A. and Fantinelli, S., 2019. Gratitude at work works! A mix-method study on different dimensions of gratitude, job satisfaction, and job performance. Sustainability, 11(14), p.3902.

Chen, L.H., Chen, M.Y. and Tsai, Y.M., 2012. Does gratitude always work? Ambivalence over emotional expression inhibits the beneficial effect of gratitude on well-being. International Journal of Psychology, 47(5), pp.381-392.