STEVE FORAN
P. ENG, CSP, MBA
My dream is one billion happier people.
While not the typical career path of an Electrical Engineer, I began exploring the notion of gratitude in a professional capacity during my MBA. In my research, I hosted many conversations in my community and discovered the existence of a gratitude gap in the workplace. From this discovery, I founded Gratitude at Work back in 2007 which has since developed into the multifaceted program that it is today.
While my kids like to tease me about my mid-life crisis as I switched professions and speaking centre stage, I see these disciplines as one and the same. Just as in engineering, with Gratitude at Work, I get to uncover the mechanics of a happy and productive workplace and figure out how to make any professional setting run at peak performance. I have been privileged to work with executives from around the world making lasting shifts in company cultures and helping their teams be happier and more productive at work.
“Gratitude transforms life from a series of negative and positive experiences into an ever present realization of goodness and growth.”
ONE BILLION HAPPIER PEOPLE
My dream is one billion happier people. My ultimate goal is to reach as many people as possible as I truly believe that gratitude opens the door to living a happier more fulfilled life and greater solidarity among humankind.
When not on stage, I’m a son, brother, supportive husband, loving father and relatively newly minted grandfather. I’m proud to be a lifelong resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia doing my part to make my home a better place to live and work. I’m grateful for my family, my community and the opportunity I have been given to do this work. So thank you!!
PROUD ACHIEVEMENTS
WRITING
Surviving to Thriving - The 10 Laws of Grateful Leadership
The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California Berkeley ranked my book as 1 of 8 recommended summer reads in 2019. It was also named in INC. as 1 of 5 positive psychology books to read for a happier 2019
SPEAKING
In 2019, I was an inaugural winner of Canada's CEO Trusted Advisor Awards Program
In 2017, together with 42 other top-rated speakers from around the world, I was awarded the gold standard of professional speaking - CSP™
OUR GRATITUDE BUILDS OUR COMMUNITIES
Gratitude at Work donates a percentage of our top line revenue on everything we do to support important community programs. We began this practice on day one and it's an important part of how we give back to make a difference in the community out of gratitude for the clients we serve, for the community which supports us and for the skills and talents we've been given.
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