Leading with Gratitude

Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast

Andy Stanley

Business

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Unexpressed gratitude is perceived as ingratitude. In this episode, Andy Stanley and co-host Suzy Gray unpack one of the most overlooked leadership habits—expressing gratitude. Most leaders feel thankful for their teams but fail to say it out loud. And when we don’t express gratitude, people don’t assume we’re busy—they assume we’re ungrateful. But appreciation builds loyalty, strengthens culture, and fuels motivation far more effectively than paychecks or perks ever could.

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Here is what they cover in this episode:

The future-focus of leaders (1:40)
How gratitude has a ripple effect (5:52)
What unexpressed gratitude communicates (14:00)
Three Habits for Expressing Gratitude (15:24)
Practical Ways to Start Building a Rhythm of Gratitude (19:21)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to the Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast, a conversation designed to help leaders go further, faster.
0:08.2	And before we jump into today's content, I want to tell you about a special offer from our friends at Belay.
0:13.7	If you're ready to scale your business, you're also probably dreading the extra hours you'll need to maintain it, right?
0:20.0	I mean, after all, going bigger means
0:21.5	working overtime. Going overtime means less time at home. So, Belay has a solution because the best
0:27.9	leaders know that setting boundaries doesn't hinder growth. Actually, setting boundaries often
0:32.6	accelerates growth, as we talk about all the time on the podcast. So when you're overworked,
0:36.9	you aren't operating at your best.
0:38.5	Too many hours make an unfocused foggy, stretch too thin, leader.
0:41.9	We know that.
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1:02.0	offering a free resource to help you craft a balanced schedule. They call it the 40-hour CEO
1:07.5	Workweek Guide. It includes goal-set setting tools, templates, and an ideal workweek
1:12.4	builder. So if you want to learn how the top CEOs do it, download this resource today. To claim
1:17.5	this offer, just text the word Andy to 55123. That's A-N-D-Y to 55-1-2-3. And now let's jump into
1:26.9	today's content. Today, we're talking about something that is
1:29.6	incredibly important for leaders, something we all want to get right, something I think many of us
1:34.3	assume we do get right, but oftentimes we miss. Specifically, we're going to talk about
1:39.1	gratitude. And the reason this is such a big deal, and the reason that we miss it, and by we, I'm including me, the reason we miss it is that we are wired for the future. We love momentum. We love progress, moving forward. We wake up thinking about what's next, what needs to get done today, what needs to get done this week. Consequently, we think very little at times about what's been done. I've talked about this in the podcast before. I have a hard time slowing down to look back to celebrate. People have to remind me, hey, Andy, let's celebrate what we've done. And we're always asking, you know, where do we go from here? How do we get there? What are the obstacles? You know, all the stuff we talk about. And because of that, because of the demands of tomorrow and because they quickly
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