Grateful To You: Express Thanks For Better Workplace Outcomes
Gratitude completely matters.
On the 12th anniversary of Take The Lead’s launch, we are extremely grateful to the global community supporting the mission of gender parity in leadership across all sectors through programs, events, trainings, coaching, mentorship and multiplatform resources.
To echo that gratitude, it is crucial to suggest the need for today’s leaders to express gratitude to colleagues, employees and clients in a challenging era when many feel anxious and overworked. The goal is to create and maintain a culture of intentional community with high expectations, fruitful outcomes and a sense of belonging, social connectedness, value and purpose. Not with rote, brief recognition, but with true gratitude. The outcome is retention, profit, expansion, creativity and a sense of wellness at work.
I don’t believe a calendar flip magically changes human behavior.
But I do believe there are moments—collective and personal—when energy shifts and we get to decide whether we’ll meet it with resistance or take its energy to propel ourselves forward.
Happy Lunar New Year, the Year of the Fire Horse galloping in on February 17.
Nearly 20 years ago, I received a cold email from a young engineer at a Fortune 100 company. She didn’t ask for anything dramatic—just advice on how to build a more flexible career. I wrote back with one small lead and a website link. A single suggestion.
Last year, I ran into her at a conference in Washington, D.C. She stopped me and said, “Do you remember me?” I didn’t. But she remembered me. She told me that brief email—that tiny nudge—had helped her take a leap that eventually became a thriving business.
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