How do you deal with employees who are ungrateful for the opportunities they’re given?

Our reader poll today asks: How do you deal with employees who are ungrateful for the opportunities they’re given?

• I don’t say anything and hope they figure it out. 13.88%
• I go out of my way to highlight the opportunities they’ve been afforded. 37.80%
• I offer a gentle prod that they’re coming across as ungrateful. 19.62%
• I share direct feedback that they’re behaving ungratefully and need to change. 12.44%
• I stop providing them opportunities since they’re not grateful for them. 16.26%

Be grateful or hear about it (and maybe lose opportunities). Leaders should create opportunities for team members to grow and develop. If you’re one of those team members who has been afforded those opportunities, be sure to express your gratitude to your leaders. They’re taking a risk and putting effort into you to create those opportunities for you. The least you could do is express some gratitude for those chances to grow, excel, and advance. Clearly there’s a large group of leaders who are willing to provide feedback if you’re being ungrateful and a large portion of them will be unwilling to provide future opportunities. A simple “thank you” can go a long way in helping you advance your career.

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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These results were originally a SmartPulse poll in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks feedback from more than 240,000 business leaders. Get smarter on leadership and sign up for the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.