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ence. Prompt the employee with open-ended questions such as, %u201cTell me about how it went,%u201d %u201cHow are you feeling now?%u201d or %u201cHow can I best support you?%u201d Additionally, these conversations can help you to better understand your employee, what the pain points of their position are, and can help improve your ability to provide proactive gratefulness in the future, as you%u2019ll better understand what about a task makes it most challenging. If necessary, repeat your genuine expression of gratitude to the employee after the event. A little gratitude repetition never hurts, especially for employees who seldom hear it at work.4. Cultivate a culture of gratitude.Our findings suggest that gratitude in advance is successful in part because it makes people feel a strong sense of collective social worth. They believe they are a valued part of the team and that their contributions to this team are meaningful, even when the tasks are difficult. While it%u2019s important for managers to give gratitude in advance, supervisors should also encourage their team to liberally extend gratitude amongst themselves; for example, expressing genuine gratitude to other team members when they embark on a project or new initiative together, or when one team member does something helpful for another team member. And don%u2019t forget to express gratitude upwards to supervisors (a new spin on what some refer to as %u201cmanaging up%u201d or %u201ccaring for the caregivers%u201d). This is likely to create an even stronger sense of connectedness throughout the organization, which could further boost employees%u2019 resilience should they meet obstacles along the way.According to Gallup%u2019s Global Emotions report, negative emotions are higher today than they were a decade ago. There%u2019s a lot about work that can be difficult and distressing, and this can contribute to the general dread that many employees feel about their work, not just on Sunday night. While many of these challenges cannot be immediately solved, they can be assessed and acknowledged in advance. One of the most meaningful ways to acknowledge others%u2019 efforts is to not wait until after the fact, but to anticipate it. A little %u201cthanks in advance%u201d can go a long way.