About this session
Gratitude is sometimes presented as simply 'thinking positive,' but useful gratitude practice is more grounded than that. It involves deliberately noticing what is supportive, meaningful or going reasonably well while still allowing frustration, stress and difficulty to be real.
This session helps participants understand gratitude as an attention practice. When work becomes demanding, attention can naturally become dominated by problems, risks and unfinished tasks.
Participants practice widening that field to include helpful people, progress, resources and moments that may otherwise pass unnoticed.
The session also focuses on expressed gratitude: recognizing other people's contribution in ways that are specific and genuine rather than generic praise.
The final module helps participants create a flexible gratitude routine that can support perspective, relationships and wellbeing without becoming another daily obligation or a way of minimizing legitimate workplace concerns.
What your people take away
- Understand gratitude as noticing what is meaningful or supportive rather than forcing positivity
- Practice widening attention beyond problems and unfinished work
- Recognize progress, support and positive experiences more deliberately
- Express appreciation to colleagues in specific and meaningful ways
- Build a sustainable gratitude practice that leaves room for difficult emotions
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30 minutes
30 Minutes — Key Points: Notice What Your Attention MissesA focused 30-minute session on three key points from Notice What Your Attention Misses: notice the brain's problem-solving bias, widen the field of attention and notice small things without dismissing them.
- Notice the brain's problem-solving bias
- Widen the field of attention
- Notice small things without dismissing them
Covers 3 of 4 points in Notice What Your Attention Misses.
60 minutes
60 Minutes — Module 1: Notice What Your Attention MissesParticipants explore how attention can become dominated by problems and practice deliberately noticing helpful, meaningful or positive elements of everyday working life without denying difficulty.
- Module 1: Notice What Your Attention Misses
- Live Q&A
Covers 1 of 4 parts: Notice What Your Attention Misses.
90 minutes
90 Minutes — Modules 1 and 2: Practice Realistic GratitudeEverything in the 60-minute session, plus practical gratitude exercises focused on specificity, progress, support and meaningful moments rather than vague positive thinking.
- Module 1: Notice What Your Attention Misses
- Module 2: Practice Realistic Gratitude
- Personal gratitude reflection exercise
- Live Q&A
Covers 2 of 4 parts: Notice What Your Attention Misses and Practice Realistic Gratitude.
3 hours
Covers 3 of 4 parts: Notice What Your Attention Misses, Practice Realistic Gratitude and Express Appreciation That Matters.
Full day
Full Day — Full Power of Gratitude WorkshopFull coverage of all four modules with gratitude exercises, appreciation practice, relationship scenarios and personal routine design. Participants leave with a practical 30-day gratitude plan.
- Module 1: Notice What Your Attention Misses
- Module 2: Practice Realistic Gratitude
- Module 3: Express Appreciation That Matters
- Module 4: Build Gratitude Into Everyday Life
- Guided gratitude exercises
- 30-day personal gratitude plan
- Live Q&A
Covers all 4 parts.
Also available as a 4-week or 8-week program, for change that lasts. Ask us about it.
What’s covered
Notice What Your Attention Misses
Every length- Notice the brain's problem-solving biasParticipants identify how attention naturally gravitates toward problems, risks, unfinished tasks and things that need fixing.
- Widen the field of attentionParticipants pause and deliberately identify what is also present.
- Notice small things without dismissing themParticipants practice recognizing modest experiences such as a helpful message, a task completed, a quiet break or an enjoyable conversation without deciding that something must be dramatic before it counts.
- Look for what helpedParticipants review a demanding situation and identify what helped them get through it, such as another person's support, a skill, a resource or their own persistence.
Practice Realistic Gratitude
90 minutes and longer- Be specific about what you appreciateParticipants move beyond broad statements such as 'I am grateful for my job' and identify a specific event, person or experience and what made it meaningful.
- Notice progress as well as outcomesParticipants identify effort, learning, improvement or movement that might otherwise be ignored because the final goal has not yet been reached.
- Let gratitude and difficulty coexistParticipants practice holding two truths at once: something can be difficult, unfair or disappointing while another part of the situation remains supportive or valuable.
- Find a practice that does not feel forcedParticipants test different approaches such as brief reflection, writing one specific thing, sharing appreciation or mentally reviewing the day and choose the form that feels most genuine rather than following one prescribed gratitude ritual.
Express Appreciation That Matters
3 hours and longer- Name the specific contributionParticipants practice replacing generic praise such as 'great job' with recognition of what the person actually did.
- Explain why it matteredParticipants connect the contribution with its impact, such as making work easier, helping a customer, supporting the team or improving an outcome.
- Notice the people who are easy to take for grantedParticipants identify colleagues, support functions or people in their wider lives whose contribution has become so familiar that it is rarely acknowledged.
- Keep appreciation authenticParticipants distinguish genuine recognition from forced praise or constant positivity.
Build Gratitude Into Everyday Life
Full day only- Attach gratitude to an existing momentParticipants choose an existing cue such as finishing work, commuting, closing the laptop or having an evening meal and attach a brief gratitude reflection to it rather than creating another demanding routine.
- Use gratitude after difficult days tooParticipants practice asking what helped, what mattered or what they want to remember after a hard day without requiring themselves to call the day good.
- Share appreciation while it is still relevantParticipants identify opportunities to acknowledge helpful behavior close to when it happens instead of saving recognition for formal reviews or major milestones.
- Avoid turning gratitude into another performance targetParticipants review whether the practice is helping them notice, appreciate or gain perspective rather than measuring perfect daily consistency.
How booking works
- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about The Power of Gratitude
How long is The Power of Gratitude?
The Power of Gratitude runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers three key points from Notice What Your Attention Misses: notice the brain's problem-solving bias, widen the field of attention and notice small things without dismissing them. A 60-minute session covers Notice What Your Attention Misses in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Practice Realistic Gratitude. A 3-hour session adds Express Appreciation That Matters. A full-day session adds Build Gratitude Into Everyday Life. It is also available as a 4-week or 8-week program.
Can The Power of Gratitude be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book The Power of Gratitude?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open The Power of Gratitude to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.