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Making Positive Psychology Work

280 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 64 ratings

If you believe as we do that by uncovering tested, practical ways to help people move from functioning to flourishing at work, we can better navigate the incredible challenges and opportunities our world faces, then this podcast is for you. Our goal each week is to give you access to the world’ leading positive psychology, positive organizational scholarship and neuroscience researchers and practitioners to explore their latest research findings on how you can improve wellbeing, develop strengths, nurture positive relationships, make work meaningful and cultivate the grit to accomplish what matters most. If you want evidence-based approaches to bringing out the best in yourself and others at work, then consider this podcast your step-by-step guide.

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Making Positive Psychology Work - Afterparty with Chelle, Paige and Michelle

September 24, 2021 00:00 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MB

In this week's episode - join us for a chat and a laugh as we reminisce about the highs (and lows!) of 250 episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work.  Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful...

Do You Have A Wellbeing Strategy? with Dr. Peggy Kern

September 03, 2021 00:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MB

Dr. Peggy Kern is an associate professor at the Centre for Wellbeing Science within the University of Melbourne's Graduate School of Education. Originally trained in social personality and developmental psychology, Peggy's research focuses on understanding, measuring, and supporting wellbeing across the lifespan. She works with schools and workplaces to examine strategies for supporting wellbeing and bridging gaps between research and practice and has published three books, over 100 peer-rev...

Can You Unlock The Leader Within? with Halla Tómasdóttir

August 27, 2021 00:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MB

Halla Tómasdóttir is the CEO of the B Team, a group of courageous business and civil society leaders working together to transform business for a better world. Halla started her leadership career in corporate America, working for Mars and Pepsi-Cola. She was on the founding team at Reykjavik University, where she established the executive education department, founded and led a successful women's entrepreneurship and empowerment initiative, and was an assistant professor at the business scho...

Do You Need A Wise Intervention? with Greg Walton

August 20, 2021 00:00 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MB

Greg Walton, who's an associate professor of psychology at Stanford University. Much of Greg's research investigates psychological processes that contribute to major social problems and how wise interventions that target these processes can address such problems and help people flourish even over long periods of time. Dr. Walton's research has been recognized with awards from numerous organizations, including the American Psychological Society's Rising Star of the Year Award. And has been pu...

What Do You Most Desire & Why? with Luke Burgis

August 13, 2021 00:00 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MB

Luke Burgis, who's the entrepreneur in residence and director of programs at the Ciocca Centre for Principled Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of America, where he also teaches business and develops new education initiatives. Luke's co-created and led four companies in wellness, consumer products, and technology. He is the founder and director of Fourth World Ventures, an incubator for people and companies that contribute to the formation of a healthy human ecology. And Luke's new...

Could You Be A Positively Energizing Leader? with Kim Cameron

August 06, 2021 00:00 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MB

Kim Cameron is a professor of management and organizations at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. He’s co-founder of the Centre for Positive Organizational Scholarship and professor of higher education in the school of education at the University of Michigan. Kim is recognized as among the top 10 organizational scholars in the world and his work on virtuousness, downsizing, effectiveness, corporate quality culture, and the development of leadership excellence has been most frequently dow...

Can You Use Positive Emotion to Move Beyond Fear? with John Hagel

July 30, 2021 00:00 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB

John Hagel, who’s recently retired as a partner from Deloitte, where he was the founder and chairman of the Silicon Valley-based Deloitte Centre for the Edge, which focuses on identifying emerging business opportunities that are not yet on the CEO’s agenda. With more than 40 years of experience as a management consultant, author, speaker, and entrepreneur, John has just released a new book, The Journey Beyond Fear, which addresses the psychology of change. And he’s also developing a series o...

Are You Happy Enough? with Robert Biswas-Diener

July 23, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 49.7 MB

Robert Biswas-Diener, as we remember and savor the incredible research and life of his father, Ed Diener, who recently passed away. Over the last 40 years, Ed published hundreds of articles, amassing more than 250,000 citations. Ed’s earliest work focused on defining and establishing measures for happiness, and his satisfaction with life scale is the most widely used measure of wellbeing today. And has been cited 30,000 times. Ed’s w- later work focused on the relation of personality and of ...

Could Compassion Be Commercially Smart? with Dr. Stephen Trzeciak

July 16, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MB

Stephen Trzeciak is a physician-scientist and chief of medicine at Cooper University Healthcare, and professor and chair of medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. Stephen specializes in intensive care medicine, and is a National Institutes of Health-funded clinical researcher, with more than 100 scientific journal publications. Currently, Stephen’s research has focused on a new field called Compassionomics. And he is the co-author of the best-selling book of the same name, wh...

Can You Create A Great Place To Work? with Michael Bush

July 09, 2021 00:00 - 39 minutes - 55 MB

Michael Bush is the CEO of Great Place to Work. The global research and analytics firm that produces the annual Fortune 100 best companies to work for list, and dozens of other distinguished workplace rankings all over the world. Driven by a love of business and an unwavering commitment to fair and equitable treatment, Michael joined Great Place to Work as CEO in 2015, bringing 30 years of experience leading and growing organizations. He’s also a former member of President Obama’s white hous...

Do Our Projects Shape Our Personality? with Brian Little

July 02, 2021 00:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MB

Professor Brian R. Little has been a major innovator in the field of personality assessment and motivation, beginning when he received his Ph.D. in personality psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and most recently he has been the 2020 winner of the Henry A. Murray Award for distinguished research on the study of lives. He is currently a Senior Fellow in Person-Analytics at the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania, and Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at...

Five Ways To Make Your Team Happier - with Nic Marks

June 25, 2021 00:00 - 31 minutes - 44.1 MB

In this week's episode, we discover the five evidence-based approaches teams can playfully experiment with as they head back to the office to improve their resilience and wellbeing. Connect with Nic Marks: https://fridaypulse.com/ [free_product_purchase id="112024"] You’ll Learn: [02:47] - Nic explains how we can differentiate happiness and wellbeing in our workplaces [03:58] - Nic outlines the business case for investing in employee wellbeing. [06:45] - Nic outlines the five evid...

Do Your Leaders Have A THRIVE Mindset? with Dr. Paige Williams

June 18, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MB

Dr. Paige Williams is co-founder of The Leaders Lab and honorary fellow and researcher at the Centre for Wellbeing at the University of Melbourne. Paige creates practical evidence-based pathways to teach leaders how to leverage their energy attitudes and mindsets to benefit from the dynamic complex and uncertain environment in which most organizations now operate using the latest research in neuroscience, positive psychology, leadership, and systems thinking. And you can see how all of these...

Do Your Leaders Have A THRIVE Mindset? Podcast with Dr. Paige Williams

June 18, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MB

Dr. Paige Williams is co-founder of The Leaders Lab and honorary fellow and researcher at the Centre for Wellbeing at the University of Melbourne. Paige creates practical evidence-based pathways to teach leaders how to leverage their energy attitudes and mindsets to benefit from the dynamic complex and uncertain environment in which most organizations now operate using the latest research in neuroscience, positive psychology, leadership, and systems thinking. And you can see how all of these...

Are These Outdated Brain Myths Limiting Your Potential? with Lisa Feldman Barrett

June 11, 2021 00:00 - 40 minutes - 56 MB

In this week's episode, we bust the outdated myths about how our brains work and discover what the latest science really suggests about how we can work better with others. Connect with Lisa Feldman Barrett: https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/ You’ll Learn: [03:29] - Lisa explains what the latest research suggests about how our brains really work and what they are best for? [06:21] - Lisa shares how our brains are structured like a network, to share the information that makes up the experi...

Can You Build Bridges of Connection? with Carol Kauffman

June 04, 2021 00:00 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MB

In this week’s episode, Dr. Paige Williams chats with Associate Professor Carol Kauffman, who shares her insights into how leaders can more effectively build bridges of connection with their people. Connect with Carol Kauffman: https://carolkauffman.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:17] - Carol shares her favorite question to help build leadership capacity and impact [05:48] - Carol explains how we can overcome ego through a shift in perspective [09:14] - Carol suggests how we can shift to a m...

Is Your Workplace Psychologically Safe? with Dr. Sandra Bloom

May 28, 2021 01:01 - 37 minutes - 52.2 MB

In this week's episode, we explore how workplace wellbeing programs can benefit from understanding the best practices of trauma theory and attachment theory. Connect with Dr. Sandra Bloom: https://www.geniuswithin.co.uk/ [free_product_purchase id="108735"] You’ll Learn: [02:49] - Sandra explains what trauma theory can teach us about caring for each other in workplaces. [04:38] - Sandra outlines why attachment theory can teach us about caring for each other in workplaces. [06:30] -...

Are You Embracing Neurodiversity? with Dr. Nancy Doyle

May 21, 2021 00:00 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MB

Dr. Nancy Doyle is a Chartered Psychologist, in organizational and occupational psychology and the founder and owner of Genius Within, a social enterprise dedicated to facilitating neurodiversity inclusion. Her work has included advising NGOs, international and national civil servants, and political groups, as well as working with organizations towards a future where all Neurominorities are able to maximize their potential and work to their strengths. Nancy is also a Research Fellow with B...

How Can Your Team Protect Each Other From Burnout? with Paula Davis

May 14, 2021 00:00 - 39 minutes - 54 MB

In this week’s episode, we explore how teams and leaders can work together to lower the risk of burnout.  Connect with Paula Davis: https://stressandresilience.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:46] - Paula explains why addressing burnout has become such a big issue in workplaces in recent years. [05:00] - Paula defines the difference between burnout and stress. [08:51] - Paula shares why we need to cause approach – and not simply a symptoms approach – to addressing burnout in workplaces. [12...

Can You Help Create A Net Thriving Culture at Work? with Jim Harter

May 07, 2021 00:00 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MB

Jim Harter, Ph.D. is chief scientist for Gallup’s Workplace and Management and Well-Being Practises. Jim is the primary researcher and author of the first large-scale, multi-organization study to investigate the relationships between work-unit employee engagement and business results. This study currently includes 2.7 million employees across 54 industries in 96 countries. In this week’s episode, Jim Harter shares his insights from the latest Gallup research to help us understand how to cr...

Can You Help Your Community Thrive Despite the Struggle? with Dr. Peggy Kern

April 30, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MB

Peggy is an associate professor at the Centre for Wellbeing Science at the University of Melbourne. Her research is collaborative in nature and draws on a variety of methodologies to examine questions around who thrives in life and why and she has published 3 books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles and chapters. Danielle is a registered psychologist, and the Co-Founder of The Wellbeing Lab, and the Co-Creator of The PERMAH Wellbeing Survey. In this week's episode, we discover the practic...

Do You Have a Positive Strategy for Gaslighting? with Dr. Robin Stern

April 23, 2021 00:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MB

Dr. Robin Stern is the co-founder and associate director for the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence and an associate research scientist at the Child Study Centre at Yale. She is a licensed psychoanalyst with 30 years of experience treating individuals, couples, and families, and also does consulting work with schools both nationally and across the globe, as well as with large corporations, including Facebook and Google on best practice, practices for integrating the principles of emotion...

Which Positive Psychology Interventions Work Best? with Scott Donaldson

April 16, 2021 00:00 - 34 minutes - 47 MB

Scott Donaldson is a post-doctoral scholar in evaluation, statistics, and measurement at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine Moores Cancer Centre. Scott’s research focuses on the design, measurement, and evaluation of individual workplace and community-based well-being interventions and has been published in leading journals. In this week’s episode, we explore which positive psychology interventions have been found to be the most effective in workplaces, and why. Co...

Can You Be Commercial and Compassionate? with Rasmus Hougaard

April 09, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 67.5 MB

Rasmus Hougaard is the founder and managing director of Potential Project. He’s recognized by the Thinkers50 as one of the most important emerging business thinkers and leaders in the world. He writes for Harvard Business Review and Forbes and lectures at the world’s leading business and executive education schools like IMD, Rotman, and IESE. Rasmus has led more than 1,500 keynotes and workshops, and he’s recognized as the leading global authority on training the mind to be focused, effectiv...

Can You Achieve The Goals That Matter Most To You? with Dr. Grace Lordan

March 25, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MB

Dr. Grace Lordan is the founding director of the Inclusion Initiative, director of the master’s in behavioral science, and an associate professor in behavioral science at the London School of Economics and political science. Grace’s research is focused on understanding why some individuals succeed in life and others don’t and she’s an expert on the effects of bias, discrimination, and technology and how these changes impact us. She’s also an expert advisor to the UK government sitting on the...

Can You Navigate Hard Changes? with Michael Bungay Stanier

March 18, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MB

Michael Bungay Stanier, who helps people be a force for change. Best known for his book, The Coaching Habit, Michael’s learning and development company, Box Of Crayons, trains hundreds of thousands of managers to be more coach-like, and their clients range from Microsoft right through to Gucci. In this week’s podcast, we explore how to navigate hard changes more effectively by leveling up our individual and organizational curiosity. Connect with Michael Bungay Stanier: https://www.mbs.w...

Is Your Organization Authentizotic? with Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

March 11, 2021 23:00 - 21 minutes - 30 MB

Manfred Kets de Vries is a distinguished clinical professor of leadership development and organizational change at INSEAD, whose work explores the interface between management science, psychoanalysis, development psychology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, psychotherapy, executive coaching, and consulting. Manfred is one of the pioneers in the field of global leadership. He has published more than 400 academic papers and is the author, co-author, or editor of 52 books, including his m...

How Happy Are Your People At Work? with Eric Karpinski

March 04, 2021 23:00 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MB

Eric Karpinski has been on the cutting edge of bringing positive psychology tools to workplaces for over 10 years with clients that include Intel, Facebook, IBM, T-Mobile, and many others where he has helped managers and executives lead with positive emotions to drive team productivity, engagement, and performance. He is a key member of Shawn Achor’s GoodThink team and Eric’s new book, Put Happiness to Work, has just been released and we highly recommend it. In this week’s episode, we expl...

Can You Help People Stand Out As They Fit In? with Stefanie K Johnson

February 25, 2021 23:00 - 38 minutes - 53.8 MB

Stefanie Johnson is an associate professor of management at the University of Colorado, whose research focuses on the intersection of leadership and diversity. Stef works with companies to implement evidence-based practices to reduce unconscious bias and increase inclusion. She is a member of the MG 100 Coaches, was selected for the 2020 Thinkers50 Radar List, and is the author of the National Bestseller, Inclusify, harnessing the power of uniqueness and belonging to build innovative teams. ...

What Good Are Positive Emotions? with Barbara Fredrickson

February 18, 2021 23:00 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MB

Dr. Barbara Fredrickson is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Director of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She’s among the most highly cited and influential scholars in psychology and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and her general audience books, Positivity and Love 2.0 have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Dr. Fredrickson’s scholarly cont...

Can We Make Mentoring Extraordinary? with Belle Rose Ragins

February 11, 2021 23:00 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MB

Dr. Belle Rose Ragins is a Sheldon B. Lubar professor of management at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She’s an expert in the field of mentoring, diversity, and positive relationships at work. Dr. Ragins has co-authored and edited a number of books. She’s an elected fellow of five professional associations, a Fulbright Senior Specialist Scholar, and past editor of The Academy of Management Review. She’s also received numerous Lifetime Achievement Awards. Her research has over 20,000 c...

Can We Make Mentoring Extraordinary? Podcast with Belle Rose Ragins

February 11, 2021 23:00 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MB

In this week’s podcast, we explore high-quality mentoring relationships and the positive impact they can have on diversity and inclusion initiatives. Connect with Dr. Belle Rose Ragins: https://uwm.edu/ragins-belle-rose [free_product_purchase id="99857"] You’ll Learn: [ 02:55] - Belle describes high-quality mentoring relationships and shares why they’re important. [04:09] - Belle paints a picture of who is mentoring in workplaces and what we want this to look like. [07:18] - Belle...

Do You Know How To Be A Good Ally? with Dr. Meg Warren

February 04, 2021 23:00 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MB

Dr. Meg Warren is an Assistant Professor of Management at Western Washington University. Meg’s award-winning research uses a positive psychology approach to study how individuals from relatively privileged groups can serve as allies to marginalized outgroups. She’s a co-editor of the International Journal of Wellbeing and the lead editor of two books, Scientific Advances in Positive Psychology and Toward a Positive Psychology of Relationships. In this week’s episode, we explore what the la...

Do You Need A Resilience Bank Account? with Michael Maddaus

January 28, 2021 23:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MB

Dr. Michael Maddaus is a retired professor of thoracic surgery at the University of Minnesota, who has trained with Kristin Neff and Chris Germer to teach self-compassion. Michael currently works with individuals and with surgical groups to help them enhance their resilience and ability to thrive. In this week’s podcast, we discover how investing in small daily wellbeing behaviors can help workers to build a resilience bank account that helps them to avoid burnout. Connect with Dr. Micha...

Do You Need A Resilience Bank Account? Podcast with Michael Maddaus

January 28, 2021 23:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MB

In this week’s podcast, we discover how investing in small daily wellbeing behaviors can help workers to build a resilience bank account that helps them to avoid burnout. Connect with Peter Senge: https://michaelmaddaus.com/ [free_product_purchase id="98994"] You’ll Learn: [ 03:23] - Michael defines the three domains of burnout. [05:49] - Michael explains what radical acceptance of emotional exhaustion might look like practically in our jobs. [07:00] - Michael shares what radical ...

Can You Navigate the Uncertainty of Change? with Peter Senge

January 21, 2021 23:00 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MB

Peter Senge, who has been at the forefront of organizational learning since publishing his classic text, The Fifth Discipline, in 1990, provided theories and methods to foster aspiration, develop reflective conversation, and understand complexity in service of shaping learning orientated organization cultures. Throughout Peter’s work with leading organizations around the world, he’s been asking, “How do we create the conditions for people to work together at their best, cultivating the innat...

Do You Have A Culture Of Collective Accountability? with Vikki Reynolds

January 14, 2021 23:00 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MB

Today we’re talking to Vikki Reynolds, who’s an activist and therapist who works to bridge the worlds of social justice with community work and therapy. An adjunct professor, she’s written and presented internationally on her work, responding to the opioid catastrophe, refugees and survivors of torture, and supporting violence, mental health, substance abuse, housing, and shelter counselors in gender and sexually diverse communities. In this week’s episode, we explore how to find our zone ...

Do You Have A Culture Of Collective Accountability? Podcast with Vikki Reynolds

January 14, 2021 23:00 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MB

In this week’s episode, we explore how to find our zone of fabulousness and the power of collective accountability in the face of work experiences that can lead to “burnout”. Connect with Vikki Reynolds https://vikkireynolds.ca/ [free_product_purchase id="97710"] You’ll Learn: [01:47] - Vikki explains why our approaches to vicarious trauma and burnout in workplaces need re-thinking. [03:33] - Vikki shares how we can each find our Zone of Fabulousness when it comes to helping others ...

Can You Lead With The Brain In Mind? with Michael Platt

December 17, 2020 23:00 - 28 minutes - 39.9 MB

Today we're talking to Michael Platt, a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor with appointments in the Department of Neuroscience, the Department of Psychology, and the Department of Marketing in the University of Pennsylvania. Michael works at the intersection of economics, psychology, and neuroscience, and he is a former president of The Society for Neuroeconomics. Michael's work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Guardian, and Nation...

Can You Lead With Vulnerability? with Jessica Amortegui

December 10, 2020 23:00 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MB

Today we’re talking to Jessica Amortegui, who’s the Senior Director of Learning & Development at LinkedIn where she designs and delivers programs for leaders and teams. Equipped with a conviction that we are all in beta-mode, Jess believes her work is much more than the opportunity to do what we do best. It’s a training ground to become our most evolved selves. In this week’s episode, we explore how LinkedIn’s development programs are helping their leaders to pivot and embrace their vulner...

Are You A Humble Leader? Podcast with Edgar & Peter Schein

December 03, 2020 23:00 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MB

In this week’s podcast, we explore how humble leadership and humble inquiry can help to improve our workplace cultures. Connect with Edgar & Peter Schein: http://www.scheinocli.org/ [free_product_purchase id="96480"] You’ll Learn: [02:07] - Ed shares clarifies what is culture and how we can shape it. [05:10] - Peter shares what Humble Leadership is and why it matters to workplaces and their culture. [09:13] - Ed gives us an insight into what Humble Inquiry is and what role it play...

Are You A Humble Leader? with Edgar & Peter Schein

December 03, 2020 23:00 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MB

Today we’re talking to Professor Edgar Shein and Peter Shein. Ed and his son Peter together co-founded the Organizational Culture and Leadership Institute (OCLI.org) and have together published the award-winning Humble Leadership and Culture + Change + Leadership: The Corporate Culture Survival Guide, along with the upcoming second edition of Humble Inquiry that will be released in 2021. Ed is Professor Emeritus of MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology fro...

Can You Plan The Future? Podcast with Margaret Heffernan

November 26, 2020 23:00 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MB

In this week’s podcast, we explore the difference between complicated and complex systems, and how we can help people to care for their wellbeing as they navigate unpredictable and challenging work environments. Connect with Dr. Margaret Heffernan: http://mheffernan.com/ [free_product_purchase id="96041"] You’ll Learn: [02:33] - Margaret explains why studies suggest we can only confidently plan the future in workplaces for approximately 150 days at a time. [06:29] - Margaret helps u...

Can You Plan The Future? with Margaret Heffernan

November 26, 2020 23:00 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MB

Today we’re talking to Dr. Margaret Heffernan, who’s an entrepreneur and the author of six books, including her most recent Uncharted: How To Map The Future. Margaret’s Ted talks have been seen by over 7 million people around the world. She is also the lead faculty for the Forward Institutes Responsible Leadership Program, and she mentors CEOs and senior executives of major global organizations. In this week’s podcast, we explore the difference between complicated and complex systems, and ...

Are You Riding The Third Wave of Positive Psychology? with Tim Lomas

November 19, 2020 23:00 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MB

Today we’re talking to Doctor Tim Lomas, a Senior Lecturer in Positive Psychology at the University of East London. Tim completed his Ph.D. with a thesis focusing on the impact of meditation on men’s health. And, since then, Tim has published over 70 papers and 11 books relating to wellbeing, linguistics, mindfulness, Buddhism, gender, art, cross-cul- cultural inquiry. His work has been featured in articles in prominent publications, like Time and The New Yorker. In this week’s episode, we...

Are You Riding The Third Wave of Positive Psychology? Podcast with Tim Lomas

November 19, 2020 23:00 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MB

In this week’s episode, we explore the third wave of positive psychology recently published in the Journal of Positive Psychology and what leaders can be saying and doing to help team members navigate the complexity of our time. Connect with Tim Lomas: https://www.drtimlomas.com/ [free_product_purchase id="96041"] You’ll Learn: [02:21] - Tim explains the wave metaphor by sharing his views of the first wave when positive psychology was formalized as a field. [03:09] - Tim explains th...

Can You SOAR Into Your Purpose? Podcast with Jackie Stavros

November 12, 2020 23:00 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MB

In this week’s podcast, we discover how to soar into your individual or collective purpose at work with four simple but powerful questions to help us navigate uncertainty. Connect with Jackie Stavros: http://www.soar-strategy.com/ [free_product_purchase id="94846"] You’ll Learn: [02:51] - Jackie shares why purpose is so powerful in moments when work and life feel chaotic. [05:31] - Jackie explains how an appreciative inquiry approach can help us to discover the best of what is and w...

Can you Highlight Your Strengths? Podcast with Dan Cable

November 05, 2020 23:00 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MB

In this week’s episode, we explore how building a personal highlight reel can be effective in understanding our strengths, and dan shares with us the results of his research on the impact this has for individuals and teams. Connect with Dan Cable: http://dan-cable.com/ [free_product_purchase id="39560"] You’ll Learn: [02:39] - Dan shares why we may struggle putting our strengths to use in our daily lives [04:23] - Dan explains the three-step process to the personal highlight reel ...

Can You Thrive When Times Are Tough? Podcast with Dr. Dan Diamond

October 29, 2020 23:00 - 31 minutes - 44.2 MB

In this episode, we explore how it's possible to adapt and thrive, even under extreme circumstances at work and in life as Dan explains how two simple questions can move us towards a thrivers mindset that renews us, or a victim, bystander, or controller mindset that drains us. Connect with Dan Diamond: Website: dandiamondmd.com [free_product_purchase id="39560"] You’ll Learn: [02:37] - Dan explains how power and purpose shape a thriver’s mindset and how it can improve our performanc...

How Good Are Your Listening Skills? with Dr's. Peter & Susan Glaser

October 22, 2020 23:00 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MB

Today we’re talking to Doctors Peter and Susan Glaser, who have spent their lifetimes researching and teaching people how to connect through conscious communication. Life and business partners for 40 years, they have published three books, including the highly acclaimed Be Quiet, Be Heard: The Paradox of Persuasion, and more than 40 research articles, as well as working with Fortune 500 companies all over the world, including Microsoft, Facebook, and Sony to name a few. In this week’s epis...

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