31: Unwrapping the Gift Mindset in 2022

Welcome to the New Year. I hope you’ve been able to take some time out to reflect, recharge and reset for the year ahead.   In this episode of Limitless Leaders Podcast I want to talk about:   ‘The Great Resignation’, which I call ‘The Great Rejuvenation’ and what’s driving it;  Embracing The Gift Mindset and the 12 Gifts;  The importance of embracing gratitude.    ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:  www.ReneeGiarusso.com/resources  www.GiftMindset.com   Limitless Leaders 90-Day Program     EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:  [1.43] The Great Resignation  A term that has come from WEF  In 2021, 41% of employees were planning to leave their job (Europe and USA)  Gartner’s Innovation Expert, Aaron McEwen believes there is data that shows it’s going to impact Australia in March 2022.  What’s behind the Great Resignation?  Companies who have their values aligned with their employees, are growing their employees, and are purpose led – will be fine.  Companies who will be most impacted will be because of a lack of career opportunities, no pay rises, lack of appreciation and recognition  Post pandemic values misalignment – no longer congruent with employee values  Poor company culture  Lack of work/life balance and flexibility   Overseas work  [5.25] Embracing The Gift Mindset  Tapping into the gifts  Looking at the lessons from challenges or successes  Did we learn the Gift of Growth or Optimism or Curiousity?  Did we learn the Gift of Empathy?  [6.23] The Importance of Gratitude  There’s a lack of appreciation and recognition in many organisations  Many organisations are performance based; focused on bottom line and progress  Some executives feel showing gratitude can be a weakness  Other executives don’t feel they have the time  Expressing gratitude needs to be part of your leadership  [9.19] The Happiness Project  People who were sent ‘thank you’ letters their happiness went from 2% to 4%  When people were phoned directly their happiness increased from 4% to 19% [10.00] Tips to showing gratitude  Question to ask: “Who or what are you grateful for?”  For every negative that comes up in a meeting, ask for three positive aspects that has come about from that negative challenge  Have a Gratitude Jar  Don’t make it complicated  Start to ingrain the showing of gratitude as commonplace   Know what makes you feel appreciated and share that with others  Find out what makes others feel appreciated and show appreciation to them that way Quote:   Think about what can you do to foster a workplace of gratitude and make people feel truly appreciated?    Enjoy This Podcast?   Post a review and share it! If you learned something by tuning into this podcast, do not hesitate to write a review and share it with your friends! The world needs more people with the drive and leadership qualities to make the world a better place.  For more updates and episodes, visit and subscribe on the Limitless Leaders podcast page!  Have any questions? You can contact me through these platforms:  Company website  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn     To leading the future,  Renée