The Transformative Nature of Gratitude with Chris Schembra: Re-Release

On today's episode of The Future of Teamwork, host Dane Groeneveld speaks with Chris Schembra, the best-selling author also known as The Gratitude Guru. Chris talks about 7:47, his organization focused on creating meaningful connections through dinner parties. He shares how that experience was impacted by COVID, and how it allowed 7:47 to pivot with still great success. Additionally, Dane and Chris discuss authentic networking, why gratitude will change you how interact with the world, and ways that businesses can show up to meet their imperfect human employees with empathy. Key Takeaways:Introduction to Chris SchembraHow Chris became the Gratitude GuruNetworking and remembering how people make you feelShared food and strength of mind, and the hurdles to togetherness"The world is ending" but you're going to be fineMarcus Aurelius, the stoics, and gratitudeThe beginning of the business, and creating connections98% of dinner parties were for client engagement purposesShifting to a remote strategy because of COVIDInventiveness and gratitudePreventing employee burnout, stress, loneliness, overwhelm, and anxietyEmployer-sponsored soul and emotional healthCombatting loneliness with curiosity and connectionMicro-shifts towards a more grateful attitudeGratitude interventions, and living in the presentAuthentic moments of gratitudeWitnessing theoryHiring humans, and showing up with empathyThe benefit appraisalThe good news if you're operating through a lens of ingratitudeAcknowledgment helps destigmatize ingratitudeListeners, answer this question!