The G.L.A.D. Technique
One of our internal Wellbeing Initiatives is the G.L.A.D. challenge. An opportunity to do something for each other to actively recognise how much time we spend at work and with our colleagues. Using an adapted version of Donald Altman’s G.L.A.D. technique from The Mindfulness Toolbox, we ask everyone to participate and write a G.L.A.D message for their assigned colleague.
How does it work?
- You will need a list of names for those that are participating. This can be an organisation wide initiative or just a team activity depending on the size of your organisation.
- Allocate everyone a person; this can be random or just split into pairs.
- Email everyone their designated person with instructions asking them to fill in the G.L.A.D. message. Whether they pick one letter or all of them.
Grateful- One thing you are grateful for
Learned- One thing the person has taught you
Appreciate-One thing that you appreciate about this person
Delight- One thing that delights you of this person
- Once everyone has sent in their responses it is up to you how you would like to share them. You can email them or you can print out little cards
Remember that you can make this activity your own, so it works for you and your organisation! Decide if you’d like it to be anonymous or not and how you want to share these great messages. Below is a snippet of the AccessEAP’s cards.
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