The “apostles of appreciation” Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick?provide managers and executives with easy ways to add more gratitude to the everyday work environment to help bolster moral, efficiency, and profitability. Showing gratitude to employees is the easiest, fastest, most inexpensive way to boost performance. New research shows that gratitude boosts employee engagement, reduces turnover, and leads team members to express more gratitude to one another?strengthening team bonds. Here are eight simple ways managers can show employees they are valued. They supplement their insights and advice with stories of how many of today?s most successful leaders?such as Alan Mulally of Ford and Hubert Joly of Best Buy?successfully incorporated gratitude into their leadership styles
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