Filtrar por gênero
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.
- 357 - Making Positive Psychology Work - Afterparty with Chelle, Paige and Michelle
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 FacebookThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Thank you!
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 - 31min - 356 - Do You Have A Wellbeing Strategy? with Dr. Peggy Kern
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-reviewed articles and chapters, and most recently the wonderful and freely available Palgrave Handbook of Positive Education.
In this week's podcast - our very last one ever – we explore what we’ve learned from 250 episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work and the best of these insights can be used to support wellbeing strategies in workplaces, schools, and communities."
Connect with Peggy Kern:
https://www.peggykern.org/ You’ll Learn: [03:55] - Peggy reflects on the evolution of the field of positive psychology and what it means practically for workplaces, for schools, for communities, when it comes to caring for our wellbeing. [09:04] - Michelle shares her reflections on how the application of positive psychology has evolved in workplaces, schools, and communities in recent years. [13:33] - Peggy explains why workplaces, schools, and communities are prioritizing the need for wellbeing strategies. [15:26] - Peggy recommends some of the key factors workplaces, schools, and communities might want to include in their wellbeing strategies. [19:47] - Michelle shares a case study of how large organizations pivot their wellbeing strategy to embrace thriving and struggle and what this has meant practically in terms of the changes they have made. [26:02] - Peggy reflects on the importance of building wellbeing literacy and having a shared – non pathologized – language to talk about how we are feeling. [29:47] - Michelle and Peggy reflect on how we can use the science of positive psychology wisely to help – rather than unintentionally harm – others. [34:17] - Michelle explains how she positions the science of positive psychology to clients in an effort to acknowledge its limitations and do no harm. [36:21] - Michelle shares new research on the benefits of combining wellbeing and mental health approaches in workplaces. [38:42] - Peggy and Michelle reflect on what’s next for the field of positive psychology. [45:27] - Peggy begins the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on FacebookThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Peggy!
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 - 50min - 355 - Can You Unlock The Leader Within? with Halla Tómasdóttir
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 school. She was the first female CEO of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce and later went on to co-found an investment firm with a vision to incorporate feminine values into finance. The company successfully survived the infamous economic meltdown in Iceland, and in 2016, Halla was an independent candidate for the president of Iceland, where she entered a crowded field of candidates and finished as the runner-up with nearly 30% of the vote.
In this week's episode, we explore why we need to throw out the old leadership playbooks and unleash the authentic and principled leaders that can be found within each of us.
Connect with Halla Tómasdóttir:
https://bteam.org/ You’ll Learn: [03:04] - Halla shares why she is on a quest to empower and inspire authentic, gender-balanced, and principal leadership. [08:39] - Halla explains why so many leaders remain stuck in a crisis of conformity despite the scientific and business evidence that supports authentic, gender-balanced, and principled leadership. [12:38] - Halla offers some practical tips to help us unlock the leader inside ourselves, regardless of our job title. [19:29] - Halla explains why we need to broaden our definition of success in order to create thriving organizations. [26:28] - Halla shares her hopes for what might be possible after the global pandemic if leaders were ten times bolder in how they led and the impact this could have on workplace wellbeing. [32:44] - Halla shares how Reset Dialogues can help our workplaces and communities be braver, bolder, and more integrated as we create a healthier and more successful future. [38:21] - Halla begins the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Think Again by Adam GrantThanks so much for joining me again this week. If you enjoyed this episode, pleaseshareit 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Halla!
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 - 43min - 354 - Do You Need A Wise Intervention? with Greg Walton
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 published in leading journals and covered in major media outlets all over the world. He's the co-editor of the Handbook of Wise Interventions: How Social Psychology Can Help People Change, and we are so honored to have him here with us today.
In this episode, we explore how wise interventions - simple shifts to the way we make meaning of what's happening in the world around us - can have a big impact at work.
Connect with Greg Walton:
https://www.wiseinterventions.org/ You’ll Learn: [03:05] - Greg explains what makes an intervention wise. [06:30] - Greg shares how wise interventions can improve our sense of belonging at work. [11:37] - Greg explains how wise interventions can leverage our need for accuracy. [13:32] - Greg shares our wise interventions can leverage our need for integrity. [18:00] - Greg explains when wise interventions are most likely to succeed. [25:39] - Greg begins the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt PhDThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Greg!
Fri, 20 Aug 2021 - 31min - 353 - What Do You Most Desire & Why? with Luke Burgis
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 book Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life has just been released.
In this week's episode we explore how desire impacts our wellbeing and the simple steps we can take to positively shape our desires for the good of ourselves and others.
Connect with Luke Burgis:
https://lukeburgis.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:39] - Luke explains why understanding what shapes our desire is an important part of caring for our wellbeing. [04:07] - Luke explains what mimetic desire is and how it influences our motivation. [06:49] - Luke helps us understand the social nature of desire and how different role models influence us. [08:56] - Luke offers tips for how we can keep our relationships with our role models healthy. [11:57] - Luke explains the difference between thick and thin desires. [14:10] - Luke discusses how having a hierarchy of values can help us navigate conflicts around thick desires. [16:45] - Luke helps us understand the positive and destructive cycles desire can energize. [19:15] - Luke explains how destructive cycles of desire can lead to toxic relationships and toxic cultures. [21:51] - Luke shares an example of how we can short circuit destructive cycles of desire. [24:53] - Luke offers some tips for how we can create positive cycles of desire in workplaces. [27:14] - Luke begins the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Sherry Turkle 'Alone Together' TED TalkThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Luke!
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 - 32min - 352 - Could You Be A Positively Energizing Leader? with Kim Cameron
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 downloaded on Google. He has also published more than 140 academic articles and 15 scholarly books, the most recent of which is Positively Energizing Leadership, which is due for release in August this year.
In this week’s episode, Dr. Paige Williams talks to Prof. Kim Cameron about Positively Energizing Leadership.
Connect with Kim Cameron:
https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/ You’ll Learn: [03:47] - Kim explains the inherent tendency in all living systems that underpin positively energizing leadership [06:05] - Kim explains how the heliotropic effect translates into leadership and organizations [09:14] - Kim describes how we might recognize positive energy at work [10:42] - Kim describes how positively energizing leadership differs from other types of leadership [12:55] - Kim explains why we may not be a positive energizer for everyone [16:33] - Kim shares research that shows the impact positively energizing leadership has [21:47] - Kim shares examples of positively energizing leadership in action [27:29] - Kim explains how team members can help their leaders be more positively energizing [31:55] - Kim lets us know of the cautions and caveats we need to be aware of as we work to be a positively energizing leader [35:52] - Kim completes the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on FacebookThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Kim!
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 - 41min - 351 - Can You Use Positive Emotion to Move Beyond Fear? with John Hagel
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 of programs to help people navigate through change at many levels.
In this week’s episode, we chat with John Hagel, who helps us discover how positive emotions can help us move beyond fear.
Connect with John Hagel:
https://www.johnhagel.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:20] - John shares why psychology is as important as strategy [04:31] - John shares how narratives help us move beyond fear [10:07] - John discusses the power of alignment with your personal and organizational narratives [13:07] - John outlines how the passion for the explorer helps us move beyond fear [17:39] - John discusses the benefits of productive friction in teams [20:48] - John explores learning platforms and how they might work [30:25] - John answers the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Mindset by Carol DweckThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, John!
Fri, 30 Jul 2021 - 34min - 350 - Are You Happy Enough? with Robert Biswas-Diener
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 income to happiness, the cultural dimensions of happiness, the consequences of happiness, and happiness policies. Ed won the highest prize in psychology, The Distinguished Contribution to Science Award, was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. And was a founder of Perspectives of Psychological Science, and The Journal of Happiness Studies.
In this week's episode, we honor and savor the research of Dr. Ed Deiner and discover what his 40 years of happiness research can teach us.
Connect with Robert Biswas Diener:
http://www.intentionalhappiness.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:34] - Robert explains how Ed Diener came to be known as Dr. Happiness and what made him such a highly respected researcher. [04:21] - Robert outlines Ed’s theoretical approach to happiness. [06:33] - Robert shares some of Ed’s conclusions about happiness based on his 40 years of research. [09:19] - Robert explains what Ed learned about how happiness can be measured and what this means practically for us as researchers and practitioners. [13:52] - Robert shares Ed’s concerns about the happiness pie and how we can help people to think more intelligently about what shapes their wellbeing. [18:24] - Robert explains how our happiness set point range works and why our happiness ebbs and flows over time. [22:40] - Robert explains how happiness policy can be enacted by governments. [24:55] - Robert challenges us to consider if we are happy enough. [26:53] - Robert shares Ed’s favorite happiness practices. [29:25] - Robert shares some of Ed’s favorite questions about happiness. [31:46] - The lightning round with Robert. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on FacebookThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Robert!
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 - 35min - 349 - Could Compassion Be Commercially Smart? with Dr. Stephen Trzeciak
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, which we are going to dive into in our discussion today.
In this week’s episode, Dr. Paige Williams speaks with Dr. Stephen Trzeciak about his research into compassion and the difference it can make in organizations.
Connect with Dr. Stephen Trzeciak:
https://www.compassionomics.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:05] - Stephen defines compassionomics [07:20] - Stephen describes what research suggests is the difference Compassionomics makes [10:36] - Stephen explains the impact of compassionomics in reversing the effects of burnout [19:16] - Stephen shares the surprising finding of how long it takes to put Compassionomics into action [22:46] - Stephen outlines the mindset that can help to bring compassionmics to life [29:40] - Stephen explains how we can create cultures of compassion [33:07] - Stephen completes the lightning round Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook The War For Kindness by Jamil ZakiThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Stephen!
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 - 35min - 348 - Can You Create A Great Place To Work? with Michael Bush
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 house business council, and a founding board member of the private equity seed fund, Fund Good Jobs, which invests in small Inner-City businesses.
In this week’s episode, we discover what the latest research suggests creates a great place to work and why prioritizing people’s wellbeing improves productivity and profitability.
Connect with Michael Bush:
https://www.greatplacetowork.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:32] - Michael outlines the business case for companies to be great places to work. [04:39] - Michael shares the evidence-based factors that help people to feel happier at work. [08:18] - Michael explains how the global pandemic, Black Lives Matter, and a tense political environment impacted the happiness of workers. [13:28] - Michael explains why organizations who prioritized their people’s wellbeing over their financial wellbeing – even during uncertain times – fared better over the past year. [16:35] - Michael offers some tips for how workplaces can build trust with their people. [26:34] - Michael shares examples of how the best places to work are helping workers navigate the transition to a ‘new normal’ or work post-pandemic. [31:15] - Michael enters the lightning round Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Work Inspired by Aron AinThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Michael!
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 - 39min - 347 - Do Our Projects Shape Our Personality? with Brian Little
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 Carleton University in Ottawa. He is also a widely renowned educator, having received major awards for his teaching at a number of universities, including Harvard where for four consecutive years he was elected a Favorite Professor by his students. Along with Brian’s bestselling books – “Me, Myself and Us: The Science of Personality” and the “Art of Well-Being”; Brian has a very popular TED talk that has been viewed over 20 million times.
In this week's episode, Brian Little shares insights from his innovative research on how our personal projects shape our personality.
Connect with Professor Brian Little:
http://www.brianrlittle.com You’ll Learn: [03:41] - Brian explains what shapes our personality. [06:48] - Brian discusses how personal projects contribute to our personality. [08:54] - Brian shares examples of how projects shape personality. [12:06] - Brian explains what it is to be ‘authentic’ when it comes to personality. [15:40] - Brian discusses how we express ourselves for individual flourishing can impact others. [17:50] - Brian describes how our personal project could enhance or compromise our wellbeing. [23:43] - Brian introduces us to ‘well-doing’ and the sustainable pursuit of our personal projects. [25:00] - Brian shares a tip on how we can better understand each other in the workplace. [28:15] - Brian enters the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Think Again by Adam GrantThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Brian!
Fri, 02 Jul 2021 - 33min - 346 - Five Ways To Make Your Team Happier - with Nic Marks
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 evidence-based ways we can improve the wellbeing and resilience of teams at work. [08:35] - Nic provides an example of how we can make hybrid working arrangements fairer for teams. [10:52] - Nic shares how leaders can help their teams strike the right balance of learning and challenge without burning people out. [12:29] - Nic explains why encouraging teams to playfully experiment as they work can boost psychological safety, creativity, and innovation. [15:17] - Nic shares how we can optimize meaning and purpose in our teams without creating passion fatigue for workers. [17:25] - Nic shares some suggestions on how teams can set healthy boundaries as they work together. [24:04] - Nic shares insights from the new World Happiness reports on the impact that COVID has had on worker wellbeing. [27:33] - Nic enters the lightning round... Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on FacebookThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Nic!
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 - 31min - 345 - Do Your Leaders Have A THRIVE Mindset? with Dr. Paige Williams
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 ideas come together in her book, Becoming AntiFragile: Learning to Thrive through Disruption, Challenge, and Change.
In this week's episode, we explore new research that explains how some leaders are supercharging the well-being and performance of themselves and their teams as they try to shape the new normal of work.
Connect with Dr. Paige Williams:
https://www.michellemcquaid.com/theleaderslab/leadingtothrive/ You’ll Learn: [02:45] - Paige explains why new data suggests that old leadership approaches are no longer working well in most workplaces. [06:08] - Paige shares how leaders are doing right now when it comes to their ability to navigate the uncertainty ahead. [07:23] - Paige explains why team members often have a different perspective on how their leaders are doing. [09:56] - Paige shares the impact leader’s work location – at home, in the office, or a hybrid – is having on the outcomes they can achieve. [11:42] - Paige helps us understand how leaders who are thriving in the midst of uncertainty do show up differently. [12:56] - Paige outlines the beliefs of a THRIVE mindset. [17:19] - Paige shares how leaders are creating cultures of care to support the wellbeing and performance of themselves and their teams. [19:27] - Paige shares why the frequency of care that leaders express makes a significant difference in what teams can achieve. [22:16] - Paige provides some practical tips for how leaders can create a care culture. [24:52] - Paige enters the lightning round... Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Useful Belief by Chris HelderThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Paige!
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 - 29min - 344 - Are These Outdated Brain Myths Limiting Your Potential? with Lisa Feldman Barrett
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 experiences and actions of our lives. [08:16] - Lisa shares why our brains are predicting organs and what this might mean practically for us as we go about our work. [15:12] - Lisa explains how our brains are impacted by each other as we work together. [20:16] - Lisa explains the 5Cs of the human brain and how these help us to create a social reality as we work together. [33:14] - Lisa shares how we can use our brains to more intelligently navigate the socially constructed worlds in which we live. [35:51] - Lisa enters the lightning round... Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook After Phrenology by Michael Anderson Metazoa by Peter Godfrey-SmithThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Lisa!
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 - 40min - 343 - Can You Build Bridges of Connection? with Carol Kauffman
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 more constructive leadership perspective [10:37] - Carol shares how to build bridges with people who are reluctant for connection [14:28] - Carol explains the risk of resilient leaders missing compassion [17:18] - Carol explains a technique to build bridges in feedback conversations [20:08] - Carol shares a guiding principle to use when ‘coaching up’ [28:35] - Carol enters the lightning round... Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook The Institute of CoachingThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Carol!
Fri, 04 Jun 2021 - 32min - 342 - Is Your Workplace Psychologically Safe? with Dr. Sandra Bloom
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] - Sandra shares how trauma theory and attachment theory can help us to care for wellbeing in workplaces. [10:09] - Sandra explains how workplace wellbeing approaches can balance the science of human flourishing with the science of human suffering. [11:49] - Sandra offers some tips for how we can create sanctuaries of wellbeing in our workplaces. [18:05] - Sandra shares why we need a safety plan in addition to a wellbeing plan. [20:06] - Sandra offers some tips for how we can build more psychologically safe organizational cultures. [24:08] - Sandra explains the importance of balancing rights and responsibilities in order to avoid abuses of power in our workplaces. [33:31] - Sandra enters the lightning round... Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook https://nonkilling.org/center/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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Sandra!
Fri, 28 May 2021 - 37min - 341 - Are You Embracing Neurodiversity? with Dr. Nancy Doyle
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 Birkbeck, University of London. And In 2019 she was recognized by the British Psychological Society with an award for her contribution to Policy Impact in Occupational Psychology.
In this week's episode, Dr. Nancy Doyle talks us through the wonderful benefits of a neurodiverse workforce and how we can best support this.
Connect with Nancy Doyle:
https://www.geniuswithin.co.uk/ You’ll Learn: [02:38] - Nancy explains what neurodiversity is. [07:55] - Nancy shares what are considered Neurominorities. [10:06] - Nancy shares where labeling people’s neurodiversity began. [14:01] - Nancy shares some of the future labels neurotypicals might be given as our work changes in the future. [19:02] - Nancy shares where we can get started growing more inclusive workplaces for Neurominorities. [23:00] - Nancy shares what everyone should know about supporting Neurominorities in workplaces. [24:55] - Nancy enters the lightning round... Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook The World Needs All Kinds of Minds: TED Talk by Temple Grandin Books by Thomas ArmstrongThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Nancy!
Fri, 21 May 2021 - 28min - 340 - How Can Your Team Protect Each Other From Burnout? with Paula Davis
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. [12:20] - Paula explains why teams play such an important role when it comes to addressing burnout. [14:34] - Paula shares some of the simple steps teams can take to lower the risk of burnout. [18:49] - Paula explains how tiny noticeable things in teams can have a big impact on burnout. [23:06] - Paula provides some suggestions on what leaders can do to positively impact their team’s stress level and try to decrease burnout. [33:19] - Paula completes the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook https://brenebrown.com/ http://kellymcgonigal.com/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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Paula!
Fri, 14 May 2021 - 39min - 339 - Can You Help Create A Net Thriving Culture at Work? with Jim Harter
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 create a Net Thriving Culture at work.
Connect with Jim Harter:
https://www.gallup.com You’ll Learn: [02:29] - Jim explains how thriving is defined in 'Wellbeing at Work' [03:54] - Jim explains the research that underpins this definition of thriving [06:45] - Jim unpacks a measure of thriving that all organizations can use [08:41] - Jim explains the five factors that can help us move from struggling to thriving [10:53] - Jim explains how the Gallup Net Thriving Score fills a gap in well-being measurement [13:39] - Jim shares the new findings from his research about thriving and employee engagement [18:38] - Jim explains how we can create net thriving at the team level [22:07] - Jim suggests how leaders can take a more holistic approach to creating well-being at work [26:46] - Jim Describes the experience of a net thriving culture [28:59] - Jim suggests practical ways we can help create a net thriving culture [31:03] - Jim Shares some cautions and caveats we need to be aware of [34:55] - Jim completes the lightning round Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Dying For a Paycheck by Jeffrey PfefferThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Jim!
Fri, 07 May 2021 - 38min - 338 - Can You Help Your Community Thrive Despite the Struggle? with Dr. Peggy Kern
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 practical steps communities are taking to care for people’s well-being, even in the face of significant struggles.
Connect with Dr. Peggy Kern:
https://www.peggykern.org/ You’ll Learn: [02:41] Peggy explains how people are managing to thrive even in the face of challenging circumstances. [07:32] Peggy shares the factors interpersonal, intrapersonal and external factors that appear to be supporting people’s wellbeing. [13:07] Peggy outlines how people can boost their levels of thriving across their communities, even in the face of struggle. [16:46] Peggy offers some insights into the greatest causes of struggles and how these can be reduced in communities. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on FacebookThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Peggy!
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 - 21min - 337 - Do You Have a Positive Strategy for Gaslighting? with Dr. Robin Stern
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 emotional intelligence into training, outreach, and product design.
In this week’s podcast, we explore what gaslighting is, how it can play out in our workplaces, and positive strategies we can employ when faced with it.
Connect with Dr. Robin Stern:
https://robinstern.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:23] - Robin shares with us what gaslighting is. [04:01] - Robin shares what gaslighting can look like at work. [06:04] - Robin shares an example of gaslighting at work. [09:49] - Robin shares the impact gaslighting has on people in the workplace. [11:05] - Robin explains how gaslighting is something that builds up over time and chips away at your confidence. [13:01] - Robin shares how we’re not born gaslighters and that this is something we learn. [14:05] - Robin shares what motivates a person to gaslight another. [16:59] - Robin shares the signs you’re experiencing gaslighting. [19:72] - Robin shares positive strategies to use when experiencing gaslighting. [21:40] - Robin shares preemptive strategies for tackling gaslighting. [26:55] - Robin enters the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Permission to Feel by Marc BrackettThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Robin!
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 - 32min - 336 - Which Positive Psychology Interventions Work Best? with Scott Donaldson
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.
Connect with Scott Donaldson:
https://www.scottdonaldsonphd.com/ You’ll Learn: [03:15] Scott explains what Dr. Seligman’s PERMA theory of wellbeing suggests about caring for our wellbeing. [06:20] Scott shares some of the recent concerns about the PERMA wellbeing theory researchers have been discussing. [13:10] Scott shares the additional wellbeing factors his research has been uncovering. [15:39] Scott explains the impact studies are finding workplace wellbeing can have on workplace outcomes. [20:37] Scott shares how different modes of delivery positive psychology interventions have a different impact on outcomes. [22:58] Scott explains what his recent meta-analysis has found were the most effective positive psychology interventions for workplaces. [25:17] Scott shares what studies are finding about the impact of wellbeing on performance. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Good Business by Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Scott!
Fri, 16 Apr 2021 - 34min - 335 - Can You Be Commercial and Compassionate? with Rasmus Hougaard
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, effective, and clear for great leadership, performance, innovation, and resilience.
In this week’s podcast, we find out about the difference between compassion and empathy and how wise compassionate leadership is the most effective way to lead our teams.
Connect with Rasmus Hougaard:
https://www.potentialproject.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:51] - Rasmus shares what it means to do hard work the human way. [04:59] - Rasmus Explains why we need to go beyond compassion. [09:30] - Rasmus describes the four skills that underpin wise-compassionate leadership. [14:45] - Rasmus explains the benefits for leaders and teams of wise-compassionate leadership. [19:16] - Rasmus shares some examples of wise-compassionate leadership from his research. [22:43] - Rasmus explains the cautions and caveats we need to be aware of as we do this work. [24:12] - Rasmus shares with us what his research data shows about whether men or women are better wise-compassionate leaders. [25:57] - Rasmus enters the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on FacebookThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Rasmus!
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 - 29min - 334 - Can You Achieve The Goals That Matter Most To You? with Dr. Grace Lordan
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 their skills and productivity board and her academic writings have been published in top international journals and her new book Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want has just been released.
In this week’s podcast, we explore how to set and reach the future goals that matter most to us, even in the face of limited time, limiting stories, and our tendencies to self-sabotage.
Connect with Dr. Grace Lordan:
https://www.lse.ac.uk/PBS/People/Dr-Grace-Lordan You’ll Learn: [03:00] - Grace explains why our future selves are often underachievers when it comes to the goals that we set. [05:13] - Grace offers some tips to help us think bigger when it comes to our five years goals. [07:31] - Grace explains why learning goals and not just performance goals hold the keys to our success [09:18] - Grace explains how we can reclaim the time – even in our very busy lives – to achieve the goals that matter most to our future selves. [13:35] - Grace shares how carrots and sticks can be used to help us prioritize time for achieving our goals. [16:17] - Grace cautions us on how our biases can cause us to self-sabotage when it comes to achieving our goals. [20:22] - Grace offers some advice for navigating the limitations other people’s stories, beliefs and biases might place on us when it comes to achieving our goals. [24:50] - Grace shares how we can fuel our resilience as we work towards achieving our goals. [31:15] - Grace completes the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want by Grace Lordan Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat https://howtoacademy.com/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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Grace!
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 - 36min - 333 - Can You Navigate Hard Changes? with Michael Bungay Stanier
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.works/ You’ll Learn: [02:28] - Michael explains the difference between easy change and hard change. [06:51] - Michael explores how our definitions for successful change may need to be updated. [10:46] - Michael offers some tips to help us tell less and ask more in order to create the changes we want. [14:22] - Michael shares some simple questions we can ask to help us stay curious and open as we create change. [17:05] - Michael provides some simple prompts to help us tame our advice-giving monsters. [20:47] - Michael explains why creating a habit of asking questions will probably take us longer than 21 days. [23:27] - Michael shares why celebrating is an important part of helping us to persist with new behaviors. [26:12] - Michael outlines what workplaces can do to encourage and support organizational curiosity. [28:13] - Michael shares his one best question to ask in workplaces. [30:30] - Michael completes the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook https://boxofcrayons.com/ Reinventing Social Change by Nell Edgington Change: How to Make Big Things Happen by Damon Centola & James FouheyThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Michael!
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 - 36min - 332 - Is Your Organization Authentizotic? with Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
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 most recent publication, The CEO Whisperer: Meditations on Leadership, Life, and Change.
In this week’s episode, we explore what makes an organization authentizotic, and we uncover strategies leaders can use to help people feel engaged and wholly alive in the workplace.
Connect with Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries:
https://www.kdvi.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:29] - Manfred shares what an 'authentizotic' organization is. [03:08] - Manfred shares the factors leaders can focus on to help create authentizotic organizations. [06:30] - Manfred shares how leader group coaching can help an organization become more authentizotic. [08:14] - Manfred shares examples of team coaching activities. [14:41] - Manfred shares a real-life example of the power of the self-portrait activity [16:12] - Manfred shares how to begin becoming a more authentizotic leader. [17:01] - Manfred shares some cautions and caveats of doing this work. [18:34] - Manfred completes the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook http://www.ketsdevries.com/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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Manfred!
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 - 21min - 331 - How Happy Are Your People At Work? with Eric Karpinski
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 explore tiny evidence-based actions and habits you can take to improve levels of happiness and engagement for yourself and others as you work.
Connect with Eric Karpinski:
https://puthappinesstowork.com/ You’ll Learn: [ 02:54] - Eric explains why employee engagement is generally done wrong in most workplaces. [05:12] - Eric outlines the differences between happiness and wellbeing in workplaces. [11:51] - Eric outlines the two different groups of employees who are likely to benefit most from happiness and wellbeing strategies in workplaces. [14:51] - Eric shares how putting stress to work can help improve employee happiness. [19:39] - Eric explains how embracing the negative can also help to make workers feel happier. [23:18] - Eric provides some examples of team habits that can be used to improve happiness and engagement for workers. [28:19] - Eric offers some tips on overcoming the challenges leaders and workplaces often face in implementing these happiness habits consistently. [30:41] - Eric completes the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Think Again by Adam GrantThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Eric!
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 - 35min - 330 - Can You Help People Stand Out As They Fit In? with Stefanie K Johnson
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.
In this week’s episode, we explore how supporting people to stand out whilst creating a sense of belonging can help us to thrive at work.
Connect with Stefanie K Johnson:
https://drstefjohnson.com/ You’ll Learn: [ 02:33] - Stef shares how we can more confidently engage in the diversity and inclusion conversation with each other, even when it’s awkward. [05:41] - Stef explains why we each long to stand out and fit in and the challenges and opportunities this creates for inclusion. [07:37] - Steph shares how leaders can help to create more diverse and inclusive teams where different ideas and approaches are respected and valued. [12:03] - Stef shares how organizations can reduce gender bias & support women in the workplace [15:24] - Stef shares what her research shows helps to minimize unconscious bias [29:04] - Stef Shares what listeners can try practically to bring this to life in their own workplaces [32:31] - Stef explains the cautions & caveats we may need to be mindful of, as we do this work. [35:06] - Stef completes the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Flourish by Martin SeligmanThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Stef!
Thu, 25 Feb 2021 - 38min - 329 - What Good Are Positive Emotions? with Barbara Fredrickson
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 contributions have been recognized with numerous honors and her work has influenced scholars and practitioners worldwide within education, business, healthcare, the military, and beyond, and she’s regularly invited to give keynotes nationally and internationally.
In this week’s podcast, we explore how positive emotions can help to broaden our minds and build our emotional, social and physical well-being.
Connect with Dr. Barbara Fredrickson:
https://peplab.web.unc.edu/ You’ll Learn: [ 02:58] - Barb explains why her research suggests we need to intentionally prioritize positivity in order to care for our wellbeing. [04:36] - Barb shares why positivity needs to be heartfelt. [08:17] - Barb explains why it’s important to be mindful about when to reach for positivity and when to sit with our more uncomfortable emotions. [10:51] - Barb shares her latest thoughts on positivity ratios and what we should be aiming for when it comes to the amount of positive emotion we experience. [13:27] - Barb outlines what studies are discovering about the impact positive emotions have on caring for our physical health. [14:38] - Michelle enters the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on FacebookThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Barb!
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 - 21min - 328 - Can We Make Mentoring Extraordinary? with Belle Rose Ragins
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 citations, and she was recently recognized in Stanford University’s Top Two Percent of Scientists in the World.
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 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 discusses by mentoring is particularly important for marginalized and disadvantaged groups in workplaces. [13:29] - Belle shares how mentoring can support diversity and inclusion initiatives for the whole of workplace change. [16:09] - Belle highlights what steps we can take to go from ordinary mentoring relationships to extraordinary mentoring relationships. [21:45] - Belle shares the immediate next steps we can take to open ourselves up to being mentors. [23:16] - Belle explains what leaders need to know to ensure their mentoring programs are achieving the outcomes they hope for. [26:42] - Belle enters the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Stacey Abrams TED Talk - 3 Questions to Ask YourselfThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Belle!
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 - 32min - 327 - Do You Know How To Be A Good Ally? with Dr. Meg Warren
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 latest research is finding on how we can be better allies in workplaces and why many workplace diversity and inclusion policies fail to make a positive difference.
Connect with Dr. Meg Warren:
https://megwarren/home You’ll Learn: [ 03:15] - Meg offers some advice for how we can more readily step into conversations about allyship with each other, even when we’re worried about saying the wrong things. [07:07] - Meg shares how researchers define who is in a relatively privileged group and who is in a marginalized outgroup. [09:57] - Meg shares how researchers define allyship. [11:12] - Meg offers insights from her research on why and how exceptional allies show up for marginalized groups in workplaces. [15:22] - Meg explains why the top-down enactment of diversity policies often have unintended negative consequences in workplaces and how these can be avoided. [17:58] - Meg shares new research on a simple and quick allyship intervention in workplaces that has been found to boost feelings of inclusion and vitality. [22:48] - Meg explores how allyship behaviors and psychological safety may be intertwined. [24:37] - Meg offers some cautions and caveats for helping people to build the skills to be more effective allies. [25:32] - Meg enters the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Making the Impossible Possible by Kim Cameron & Marc LevineThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Meg!
Thu, 04 Feb 2021 - 30min - 326 - Do You Need A Resilience Bank Account? with Michael Maddaus
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. Michael Maddaus:
https://michaelmaddaus.com/ 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 acceptance of cynicism might look like practically in our jobs. [08:45] - Michael explains what radical acceptance of depersonalization might look like practically in our jobs. [10:05] - Michael shares some tips for how workplaces can support people experiencing burnout. [12:33] - Michael explains how a resilience bank account can help protect us from burnout at work. [14:58] - Michael offers some practical approaches to keep our resilience bank accounts topped up. [20:14] - Michael shares some practical examples of how teams can support each other’s resilience bank accounts. [26:19] - Michael enters the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook The Molecule of More by Daniel Lieberman, Tom Parks & Michael Long Women @ Work PodcastThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Michael!
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 - 30min - 325 - Can You Navigate the Uncertainty of Change? with Peter Senge
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 innate system’s intelligence that is our birthright, but is all but lost in modern culture.” As an engineer by training, Peter’s work has always emphasized tools and methods, not for their own sake, but as vehicles for building individual and collective capacities. And these approaches have been captured in the many books he’s published.
In this week’s podcast, we explore how to embrace the uncertainty and complexity of navigating change and unlocking learning in our workplaces.
Connect with Peter Senge:
https://www.solonline.org/ You’ll Learn: [02:57] - Peter explores if we need new measures of success when it comes to determining if workplace change efforts have succeeded or failed. [06:22] - Peter explains why the complexity of change in workplaces is often misunderstood. [11:32] - Peter offers tips for how we can create more cultures of learning to help us navigate workplace uncertainty and change in 2021. [16:12] - Peter explains how we can better navigate the creative and emotional tension that exists between our hopes for the future and our current reality. [21:50] - Peter shares why workplaces need healthy leadership communities, rather than leaders as heroes, to support change. [24:17] - Peter explains why the desire for continual growth creates changes challenges in workplaces. [28:49] - Peter offers guidance for our workplaces can leverage complexity to help them create more successful changes. [32:30] - Peter enters the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Healing Collective Trauma by Thomas HüblThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Peter!
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 - 39min - 324 - Do You Have A Culture Of Collective Accountability? with Vikki Reynolds
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 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/ 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 at work. [04:45] - Vikki explains why the goal of ‘safe enough’ rather than psychological safety may serve us better when it comes to sustaining connection with each other. [08:26] - Vikki offers some tips to help us resist the politics of politeness and instead embrace the potential value of discord. [10:45] - Vikki explains the power of collective accountability to enact our ethics. [23:40] - Vikki enters the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on FacebookThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Vikki!
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 - 26min - 323 - Can You Lead With The Brain In Mind? with Michael Platt
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 National Geographic and his new book is called The Leader's Brain. In this week’s episode, we explore how understanding more about how our brain's work can help us to thrive at work.
Connect with Michael Platt:
http://plattlabs.rocks/ You’ll Learn: [01:47] - Michael shares why neuroscience is of relevance to leaders & workplaces [03:33] - Michael shares why our brains crave a sense of certainty [04:45] - Michael shows how leaders can create cohesive & effective teams [08:26] - Michael shares how we can keep the social networks in our brain firing even when working remotely [10:45] - Michael shares how our brain's processing capacity impacts our reality [14:34] - Michael shares what leaders can do to communicate effectively given the brain's processing limitations [20:41] - Michael shares ways that leaders can approach accountability, to help us have more productive outcomes [22:18] - Michael shares how a leaders style of leadership can trigger a response in the brain [23:40] - Michael enters the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Books by Neal Stephenson Books by David MitchellThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Michael!
Thu, 17 Dec 2020 - 28min - 322 - Can You Lead With Vulnerability? with Jessica Amortegui
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 vulnerability to improve performance.
Connect with Jess Amortegul:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessamortegui/ You’ll Learn: [02:38] - Jess explains how workplaces can create safe and effective training grounds for their people to become their most evolved selves. [04:47] - Jess shares how we all get stuck sometimes in performing, pleasing, proving, and perfecting and the impact this has on how we show up to our work. [06:51] - Jess outlines how LinkedIn has been helping its leaders to pivot during a year of extreme uncertainty and disruption. [12:09] - Jess shares how LinkedIn is designing a new leadership program to help their leaders embrace their vulnerability. [17:15] - Jess explains how LinkedIn is helping their leaders to turn their learnings about the importance of purpose, strengths, and vulnerability into consistent actions. [27:16] - Jess enters the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Burnout by Amelia & Emily NagoskiThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Jess!
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 - 32min - 321 - Are You A Humble Leader? with Edgar & Peter Schein
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 from Harvard University, has consulted and published extensively, and has been the recipient of two-lifetime achievement awards. Peter’s unique work draws on 30 years of industry experience in marketing and corporate development at technology pioneers including Apple, SGI, Sun Microsystems, and numerous internet start-ups.
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/ 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 plays in Humble Leadership. [13:09] - Peter shares some of the barriers to inquiry. [16:49] - Ed highlights some practical tips for growing an attitude and approach of Humble Inquiry in workplaces. [22:18] - Peter shares where performance measurement and humble inquiry can collide. [24:52] - Ed and Peter enter the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux Book by Bob JohansenThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Edgar & Peter!
Thu, 03 Dec 2020 - 32min - 320 - Can You Plan The Future? with Margaret Heffernan
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 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/ 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 us explore the difference between a complicated world and a complex world and what this means for caring for wellbeing in workplaces. [11:39] - Margaret provides an example of how workplaces can help people successfully navigate complexity. [18:16] - Margaret outlines the capabilities we need to prioritize in workplaces to help people more confidently navigate complexity. [22:03] - Margaret explains why thinking of ourselves as artists rather than managers may serve us better in the future in workplaces. [27:47] - Margaret explores why thinking of ourselves as artists rather than managers may make us more resilient at work. [31:22] - Margaret takes on the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook TED Talk - Barry Schwartz: Our Loss of WisdomThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Margaret!
Thu, 26 Nov 2020 - 35min - 319 - Are You Riding The Third Wave of Positive Psychology? with Tim Lomas
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 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/ 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 the second wave. [06:11] - Tim explains the third wave. [09:25] - Tim explains what teams can be thinking about in riding the third wave. [13:54] - Tim shares how his research on language fits into this third wave. [15:49] - Tim shares how paying attention to words is important for cross-functional and global teams. [17:59] - Tim takes on the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook https://wakingup.com/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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Tim!
Thu, 19 Nov 2020 - 20min - 318 - Can You SOAR Into Your Purpose? Podcast with Jackie Stavros
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 what is possible to surface our purpose. [07:45] - Jackie gives us four simple questions to help us SOAR into our purpose. [11:08] - Jackie shares an example of how the four SOAR questions can be used to surface your what and why. [15:48] - Jackie explains how teams and workplaces can use the four SOAR questions to help surface a shared sense of purpose. [18:33] - Jackie offers advice for aligning people’s individual purpose with the purpose of a team or organization. [21:22] - Jackie shares how teams and workplaces drive radical change in 2021. [23:56] - Jackie explains why it’s never too soon to reach for purpose in a team or workplace. [25:51] - Jackie gives us an exercise to help keep our sense of purpose in balance so we don’t burn ourselves out. [28:11] - Jackie completes the lightning round Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz A Bit of Optimism PodcastThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Jackie!
Thu, 12 Nov 2020 - 33min - 317 - Can you Highlight Your Strengths? Podcast with Dan Cable
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 [07:10] - Dan explains why the personal hi-light reel is effective [09:49] - Dan explains the impact that doing the personal highlight reel might have in your life [13:57] - Dan shares the bottom-line outcomes for workplaces of focusing on people's strengths [14:51] - Dan provides some tips to help us with self-reflection [22:45] - Dan shares how creating a personal highlight reel helps us have an impact in the world [24:26] - Dan describes some cautions and caveats to be aware of with the personal highlight reel [26:17] - Dan completes the lightning round Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Give & Take by Adam Grant Redirect by Tim WilsonThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Dan!
Thu, 05 Nov 2020 - 30min - 316 - Can You Thrive When Times Are Tough? Podcast with Dr. Dan Diamond
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 performance and wellbeing at work. [04:40] - Dan shares how our victim, bystander, controller, and thriver mindsets get shaped and how we can free ourselves of mindsets that don’t serve us well. [09:13] - Dan offers some practical steps we can take to move towards a thriver mindset more consistently at work. [16:12] - Dan shares tips for how leaders can help their teams cultivate more thriver mindsets when times are tough. [22.49] - Dan explains how we can be intelligent thrivers who don’t burn ourselves out in an effort to help others. [25:12] - Dan Completes the Lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Dan!
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 - 31min - 315 - How Good Are Your Listening Skills? with Dr's. Peter & Susan Glaser
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 episode, we explore the simple skills that can improve our ability to listen in ways that help us to understand and persuade each other.
Connect with Peter & Susan Glaser:
https://www.theglasers.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:37] - Peter and Susan explain why studies suggest that being quiet might be the most powerful way to persuade others. [05:59] - Susan and Peter explain how different conversations at work require us to listen more to others. [07:16] - Peter and Susan explain why listening can be so hard for so many of us. [09:46] - Susan and Peter share some tips to help us really listen to understand rather than just making it sound like we’re listening. [12:46] - Peter and Susan offer some practical tips for those of us who really struggle to listen even when we’re trying hard to give other people more talk time. [15:37] - Susan and Peter explain how we can consciously communicate with each other when conversations are challenging. [22:17] - Peter & Susan enter the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group The Nurture Effect by Anthony Biglan Brene Brown Kelly McGonigal Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Peter & Susan!
Thu, 22 Oct 2020 - 27min - 314 - 3 Ways To Make Your Workplace More Human-Centered - with Michele Zanini
Michele Zanini is the co-founder of the Management Lab, with the wonderful Gary Hamel where they help forward-thinking organizations become more resilient, innovative, and engaging places to work. Together, they recently wrote the bestselling book, Humanocracy, creating organizations, as amazing people inside of them, and their work is featured in the Harvard Business Review, the Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
In this week’s episode, we explore the simple steps we can each take to make our workplaces more human-centered and less bureaucratic.
Connect with Michele Zanini:
https://hackmyorg.humanocracy.com/welcome You’ll Learn: [04:33] - Michele explains what studies are finding about the value of embedding humanity over bureaucracy when it comes to caring for worker’s wellbeing and improving performance. [11:16] - Michele offers some practical steps teams can take to move towards a more human-centric approach to working together. [17:06] - Michele explains how you can create a movement in your workplace to be more human-centered. [20:45] - Michele explains how leaders can help enable change activists across their workplace. [25:03] - Michele enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group The Age of Heretics by Art Kleiner Humanocracy by Gary Hamel & Michelle Zanini Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Michele!
Thu, 15 Oct 2020 - 30min - 313 - Can You Grow A Coaching Culture? with David Clutterbuck
Today we’re talking to Professor David Clutterbuck, who is one of the early pioneers of developmental coaching and mentoring – and co-founder of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council. Author of more than 70 books, including the first evidence-based titles on coaching culture and team coaching, he is a visiting professor at four business schools. He also leads a global network of specialist mentoring and coaching training consultants, at Coaching and Mentoring International.
In this week’s podcast, we explore how to build a coaching culture.
Connect with Professor David Clutterbuck
https://davidclutterbuckpartnership.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:29] - David shares the value of having a coaching culture. [04:42] - David describes how mentoring is often wrongly described as advising. [06:47] - David explains the place of teams in creating a coaching culture. [09:22] - David explains what’s at the heart of building a team’s coaching ability. [11:47] - David shares what immediate step we can take to grow our team’s coaching capability. [12:25] - David shares how people can role model and grow a team coaching approach. [14:43] - David shares how we can start taking a self-coaching approach with our teams. [16:33] - David enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, David!
Thu, 08 Oct 2020 - 20min - 312 - Do You Have The Skills To AMPlify Your Wellbeing? with Peggy Kern
Today we’re talking to Dr. Peggy Kern, who is an associate professor at the Center for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education. Peggy’s research is collaborative in nature and draws on a variety of methodologies to examine questions around who thrives in life and why, including understanding and measuring healthy functioning, identifying individual and social factors impacting life trajectories, and systems informed approaches to wellbeing. She has published three books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles and chapters.
In this week’s episode we explore the hot-off-the-research-desk findings of how workers are caring for their wellbeing after a year of continuous uncertainty and disruption, and the three simple skills we all need to thrive at work.
Connect with Peggy Kern
https://www.peggykern.org/ You’ll Learn: [04:30] - Peggy shares what the latest data has found about caring for workers' wellbeing when the circumstances around us are dramatically changing. [09:32] - Peggy explores how workers' ability to thrive and their confidence to navigate struggle impacts their wellbeing and resilience. [13:20] - Peggy shares why when we measure wellbeing in workplaces and the impact of our efforts to help people to care for our wellbeing we need to see the people behind the numbers. [17:06] - Peggy offers insights into how our wellbeing changes over time when we’re investing our energy and effort in caring for our wellbeing at work. [19:14] - Peggy provides examples of three of the most important capabilities workplaces can invest in when it comes to helping workers to care for their wellbeing. [26:57] - Peggy offers some tips for what workplaces can do practically to care for wellbeing at a systems level. [29:15] - Peggycompletes the Lightning Round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Lost Connections by Johann Hari Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Peggy!
Fri, 02 Oct 2020 - 35min - 311 - Do Your Leaders Have a Coaching Mindset? with Anne Scoular
Today we’re talking to Anne Scoular, a former diplomat, Citibank trained international banker, and organizational psychologist, who is recognized as one of the five leading experts in business coaching globally by the Harvard Business Review. Much in demand for her expertise, Anne has served on a number of expert panels and policy committees, and she is the author of The Financial Times Guide to Business Coaching.
In this week’s episode, we explore how coaching can transform leadership and organizations, and Anne helps us understand how we can bring a coaching mindset to the work that we do every day.
Connect with Anne Scoular:
https://www.meylercampbell.com/ft-guide-2nd-edition You’ll Learn: [01:41] - Anne explains how organizational coaching differs from mentoring and other types of coaching. [03:21] - Anne explores why coaching is so important for leaders right now. [04:51] - Anne talks us through her framework for different styles of coaching leaders can use. [09:09] - Anne shares examples of the positive impact she has seen in organizations when leaders coach. [12:33] - Ann explains how workplaces can build an organizational capacity for coaching. [16:48] - Anne shares what we can do in our own workplaces to develop coaching capacity and skills [17:50] - Anne completes the Lightning Round Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Anne!
Fri, 25 Sep 2020 - 21min - 310 - Can You Improve The Health & Performance Of Your Team? with Dominic Price
Today we’re talking to Dominic Price who is the Work Futurist at Atlassian Software, an Australian multinational that develops products for software development, project management, and content management including our teams’ all-time favorite tool, Trello. Dom has responsibilities spanning seven global research and development centers, and he is the in house team doctor who helps Atlassian scale by being ruthlessly efficient and effective with one eye on the future, and he’s personally run hundreds of sessions with Atlassian’s teams globally to help them build healthy and high-performing teams.
In this week’s episode, we explore evidence-based, playful practices to improve the health and performance of teams – even in the midst of challenges.
Connect with Dominic Price:
https://www.atlassian.com/blog You’ll Learn: [02:22] - Dom shares his insights on some of the biggest changes that you think workplaces might face when it comes to trying to bring out the best in their people as they start to look ahead to 2021. [05:41] - Dom explains how Atlassian are finding ways to bring out the best in their teams and create a better normal, in response to the challenges of COVID-19. [11:45] - Dom explains how the changes in where people are working as a result of COVID-19 pose new diversity and inclusivity challenges for many workplaces. [17:33] - Dom offers some tips for helping leaders shift their mindsets and embrace the creation of healthy and high performing teams as the most important of their role in workplaces. [23:23] - Dom shares his favorite approaches to improve the health and performance of teams. [28:41] - Dom explains why 75% of teams report being dysfunctional and how we can minimize the challenges that make workers feel this way. [32:46] - Dom enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group https://pattymccord.com/ http://andywalshe.com/ Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Dom!
Fri, 18 Sep 2020 - 37min - 309 - Are These Wellbeing Myths Holding You Back? with Tal Ben Shahar
Today we’re talking to Tal Ben-Shahar, a serial entrepreneur, a lecturer, and author, whose books have translated in more than 25 languages. You may know him from having taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University’s history, Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership.
In this week’s episode, we learn important lessons from the most popular course at Harvard ten years later and what business leaders and practitioners can do to be more effective at positive psychology interventions.
Connect with Tal Ben Shahar:
http://www.talbenshahar.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:06] - Tal explains why people were so interested in taking his psychology course at Harvard University ten years ago when it became the most popular course at the school. [04:20] - Tal explains what gets lost when leaders do not know how to be well. [07:03] - Tal shares some examples of what his students from ten years ago are doing differently as today’s leaders. [11:33] - Tal explains the tipping point philosophy for change. [14:56] - Tal explains his integrative whole-being model called SPIRE. [17:06] - Tal explains what practitioners can keep in mind as they facilitate positive change in workplaces. [21:49] - Tal explains what myths we need to be mindful of as we work to create positive change. [27:29] - Tal enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Books by Tony Schwartz Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Tal!
Fri, 11 Sep 2020 - 31min - 308 - Can You Confidently Navigate Change? with Dr. Lindsey Godwin
Today we’re talking to Dr. Lindsey Godwin, who is a professor of management at the Stiller School of Business at Champlain College in Vermont, and the academic director of the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry. A practitioner and possibility-iser, Lindsey has a passion for helping individuals and organizations leverage their potential through strength-based change and is a sought after international speaker, consultant, and facilitator whose work has been published in a variety of journals and books, and presented at conferences around the world.
In this week’s episode, we discover the three things workplaces are doing to successfully navigate change even in the midst of uncertainty and disruption.
Connect with Dr. Lindsey Godwin:
https://lindseygodwin.com/ You’ll Learn: [03:19] - Lindsey shares the most intriguing findings from a new study of 1,400 Australian workers on how they are navigating change during this very uncertain and unusual time. [05:27] - Lindsey explains why despite the fact that it is often reported most workplace changes fail, so many participants in the current study reported that their teams and workplaces were thriving despite COVID and economic disruption. [10:56] - Lindsey shares why the way we measure the success of change in most workplaces fails to capture the complex and iterative nature of changing human behavior. [15:43] - Lindsey explains how leaders can help their people navigate change more successfully. [20:25] - Lindsey explains when a tell-and-control change approach from leaders can be beneficial in workplaces. [23:40] - Lindsey shares why our ability to have coaching conversations with others might positively impact the outcomes we’re able to achieve and our wellbeing. [26:29] - Lindsey enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Leading From the Emerging Future by Otto Scharmer Theory U by Otto Scharmer Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Lindsey!
Mon, 07 Sep 2020 - 33min - 307 - Can You Buffer Against Burnout? with Dr Gail Gazelle
Today we’re talking to Dr. Gail Gazelle, who is a former hospice physician, part-time Harvard Medical School Assistant Professor, and Master Certified Coach for physicians. Over the past decade, Gail has coached hundreds of physician leaders on leadership development, mindfulness, and building resilience. Her passion is to provide physicians the resilience skills not covered in training that make the difference between burnout and surviving the marathon of a medical career. Gail is also a long-time mindfulness practitioner and teacher and has recently released a book called – ‘Everyday Resilience. A Practical Guide to Build Inner Strength and Weather Life’s Challenges ’.
In this week’s podcast, we explore how we can reduce burnout in our workplaces.
Connect with Dr. Gail Gazelle:
https://www.gailgazelle.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:01] - Gail shares what’s leading to physician burnout. [04:05] - Gail paints a picture of burnout culture for physicians and what it can cost them. [05:31] - Gail shares how the pandemic has changed the world of physicians. [06:56] - Gail explores why coaching is an effective method of supporting people in high burnout professions. [09:53] - Gail shares three things leaders and coaches should be focusing on when it comes to supporting people facing burnout. [12:51] - Gail puts a spotlight on how we can build a culture that reduces burnout. [15:05] - Gail shares the most essential thing we should be aware of in the face of burnout. [17:15] - Gail highlights one thing everyone should start doing today to grow their resilience to buffer against burnout. [18:30] - Gail enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Lucy Hone TED Talk on Resilience Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Gail!
Fri, 28 Aug 2020 - 23min - 306 - Do You Really Understand How Your Brain Works? Podcast with Dan Siegel
In this week’s podcast, we explore how to integrate our brains to care for our wellbeing and enhance our performance at work – especially when we’re feeling uncertain or insecure.
Connect with Dan Siegel:
https://www.drdansiegel.com/[free_product_purchase id="89473"]
You’ll Learn: [03:15] - Dan explains why interpersonal neurobiology offers important insights for all of us when it comes to caring for wellbeing in workplaces. [06:20] - Dan offers some tips for helping leaders to understand the potential practical impacts of harnessing interpersonal neurobiology as we work. [08:01] - Dan explains why we need to integrate all the parts of our brains in order to care for our wellbeing and improve our performance at work. [11:45] - Dan provides some practical, easy-to-apply examples to help integrate the different parts of your brain as you work. [16:24] - Dan shares some tips on how we can create better neurological integration in our relationships with others as we work. [19:17] - Dan shares how leaders can help people feel seen, safe, soothed, and secure as we work together. [24:15] - Dan offers some recommendations on the role of leaders as more people experience and share their traumas in workplaces – for example as a result of COVID. [29:13] - Dan completes the Lightning Round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group How racial bias works -- and how to disrupt it | Jennifer L. Eberhardt Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Dan!
Fri, 21 Aug 2020 - 32min - 305 - Can Your Workplace Become More Human? Podcast with Gary Hamel
In this week’s episode, we explore how traditional models of organizing in workplaces stifle innovation and creativity. Gary helps us understand what we can do to fuel collaboration, resilience, and leadership in our workplaces.
Connect with Gary Hamel:
http://www.garyhamel.com/[free_product_purchase id="89127"]
You’ll Learn: [02:56] - Gary explains how we can recognize ways in which bureaucracy stifles creativity and innovation in our own organizations and contexts. [05:08] - Gary describes what human-centric principles can look like in organizations. [10:23] - Gary explains the Humanocracy principle of Ownership. [14:28] - Gary explains the Humanocracy principle of Meritocracy. [17:03] - Gary explains the Humanocracy principle of Markets. [19:41] - Gary explains the Humanocracy principle of Community. [21:55] - Gary explains the Humanocracy principle of Openness. [23:48] - Gary explains the Humanocracy principle of Experimentation. [23:48] - Gary explains the Humanocracy principle of Paradox. [23:48] - Gary suggests how we can start to help our own workplaces become more human-centered. [23:48] - Gary provides caveats and cautions as we help to create more humanocratic workplaces. [26:17] - Gary completes the Lightning Round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Gary!
Fri, 14 Aug 2020 - 33min - 304 - Can You Collaborate More Effectively? with Jody Hoffer Gittell
Jody Hoffer Gittell is a professor at Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Jody's research explores how people contribute to high-performance outcomes through their coordination with each other, and she's the Executive Director of the Relational Coordination Research Collaborative and Principal Investigator of the Relational Society Project. Jody, in these roles, brings together scholars and practitioners to build relational coordination for positive impact all over the world.
In this week’s episode, we explore how we can collaborate more effectively and joyfully as we work together, even in the midst of uncertainty and disruption.
Connect with Jody Hoffer Gittell:
https://www.jodyhoffergittell.info/ You’ll Learn: [02:56] - Jody explains the process of relational coordination and how it can help us bring out the best in each other in workplaces. [05:08] - Jody shares the research findings from more than 70 empirical papers on the potential benefits of relational coordination in workplaces. [10:23] - Jody offers some tips for leaders to support better relational coordination in their teams. [14:28] - Jody explains how workplaces can support leaders in moments of crisis to reach for relational – rather than technical – responses. [17:03] - Jody shares her thoughts on how leaders can balance the need for control and autonomy in our relationships during periods of crisis. [19:41] - Jody explains how relational co-ordination approaches can help us navigate change more confidently and effectively. [21:55] - Jody offers tips for creating shared goals in teams and workplaces. [23:48] - Jody shares how teams can create shared accountability around their goals. [26:17] - Jody enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Humble Leadership by Edgar Schein Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Jody!
Fri, 07 Aug 2020 - 29min - 303 - Is Your Energy, Attitude and Mindset AntiFragile? with Dr. Paige Williams
Today we're talking to Dr. Paige Williams, co-founder of the Leaders Lab, an honorary fellow, and researcher at the Center for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne. Paige works to create practical evidence-based pathways that use the latest research in neuroscience, positive psychology, leadership, and systems thinking to help leaders leverage their energy, attitudes, and mindsets to benefit from the dynamic, complex, and uncertain environment in which most organizations now operate.
She is determined to help leaders move beyond just the need for resilience so that they can become anti-fragile. This is the focus of her new book, Becoming Anti-fragile, Learning to Thrive Through Disruption, Challenge, and Change, which we're going to explore together today.
In this week’s episode, we explore how we can leverage the physical, emotional, and mental energy, attitude and mindsets of anti-fragility to create positive change.
Connect with Dr. Paige Williams:
https://drpaigewilliams.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:30] - Paige explains what antifragility is and why it is important. [04:27] - Paige shares some real-life examples of antifragility in action. [07:14] - Paige explains the robust principles that we can use as touchstones to becoming antifragility. [09:45] - Paige explains why energy, attitude, and mindsets are the building blocks to being antifragile. [13:17] - Paige explains the nuances of energy – the physical, mental and emotional components. [15:10] - Paige describes antifragile attitudes. [17:43] - Paige describes the antifragile mindset. [21:17] - Paige explains how to scale up antifragile principles and building blocks for teams and organizational systems. [26:00] - Paige enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Letting Go by Dr. David Hawkins Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Paige!
Fri, 31 Jul 2020 - 33min - 302 - Are You Reaching For Gratitude At Work? with Robert Emmons
Today we’re talking to Robert Emmons, who’s a professor of psychology at the University of California. Bob’s research focuses on the Psychology of Gratitude and joy as they relate to human flourishing and wellbeing. Bob has authored over 200 original publications in peer-reviewed journals or chapters written or edited eight books, including The Psychology of Gratitude. He is a frequent speaker at professional conferences and public events and has his groundbreaking work on gratitude featured in dozens of popular media outlets all over the world. Bob is also the founding editor and editor in chief of The Journal of Positive Psychology.
In this week’s episode, we explore how the practice of gratitude can help us care for wellbeing in workplaces and the practical things leaders and teams can do to practice affirmation and recognition of each other.
Connect with Robert Emmons:
https://emmons.faculty.ucdavis.edu/ You’ll Learn: [02:30] - Bob defines gratitude for us. [04:27] - Bob shares some of the common misunderstandings people have about gratitude when it comes to improving wellbeing. [07:14] - Bob explains the bottom-line benefits for prioritizing gratitude in workplaces. [09:45] - Bob shares what recent studies have found in terms of how gratitude works neurologically. [13:17] - Bob explains how the practice of gratitude can help leaders and teams feel psychologically safe. [15:10] - Bob offers some tips for how the best ways to express gratitude in workplaces. [17:43] - Bob offers some advice to ensure our expressions of gratitude are authentic. [21:17] - Bob shares what the research is finding in terms of the most effective forms of expressing gratitude. [26:00] - Bob enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group The Book of Joy Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Bob!
Fri, 24 Jul 2020 - 34min - 301 - What is the Art of Coaching? with Christian Van Nieuwerburgh
Today we’re talking to professor Christian Van Nieuwerburgh. Christian is a leading academic and practitioner in the field of coaching in education. He’s a professor of coaching and positive psychology at the University of East London and executive director of Growth Coaching International, a Sydney based global coaching provider for the education sector.
In this week’s podcast, we explore the skills and art that enable us to be effective coaches.
Connect with Christian Van Nieuwerburgh:
https://www.growthcoaching.com.au/ You’ll Learn: [02:55] - Christian explains what makes coaching so effective for development and growing wellbeing. [05:12] - Christian shares the top two skills coaches should develop. [07:25] - Christian shares the ‘art’ of coaching and how we can lean into this opportunity to make our coaching more effective. [13:30] - Christian highlights what coaches should be considered when supporting people faced with uncertainty and disruption. [37:20] - Christian enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Humble Enquiry by Edgar Schein Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Christian!
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 - 32min - 300 - Are Your Thoughts Holding You Back? with Dr. Judith Beck
Today we’re talking to Dr. Judith Beck, who is a clinical professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and the president of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Judith is a prolific author, clinician, and educator in the field of mental health, and has written several books for professionals and for consumers about cognitive behavior therapy, made hundreds of presentations around the world, and continues to treat clients through Beck Institute’s in-house clinic, and has won numeral awards for her contributions to the field of CBT.
In this week’s podcast, we explore how cognitive behavior therapy can be safely used in workplaces to help leaders and staff care for their wellbeing.
Connect with Judith Beck:
You’ll Learn: [02:13] - Judith explains what cognitive behavior therapy is and provides an example of how it can support our wellbeing. [06:20] - Judith shares some of the research findings on the benefits of cognitive behavior therapy when it comes to caring for our wellbeing. [09:08] - Judith explains how cognitive behavior therapy has changed over the last decade to tap into research on motivation, purpose, and resilience. [13:38] - Judith offers some examples of how cognitive behavior therapy can be safely used in workplaces – particularly in the midst of COVID-19. [18:04] - Judith provides three tips on how we can use cognitive behavior therapy to care for our own wellbeing at work. [23:05] - Judith enters for the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Martin Seligman's books. Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Judith!
Fri, 10 Jul 2020 - 27min - 299 - Are Your Leaders Islands of Sanity? with Meg Wheatley
Today we’re talking to Margaret Wheatley, Co-founder and President of The Berkana Institute, an organizational consultant since 1973, a global citizen since her youth and a prolific writer. Meg began caring about the world’s peoples in 1966 as a Peace Corps volunteer in postwar Korea. She received her doctorate in organizational behavior from Harvard University in 1979 just as the field of OD was forming and has been honored for her groundbreaking work by many professional associations, universities, and organizations. She has authored nine books, including the classic leadership and the new science and of my personal favorite, Who Do We Choose To Be? For the past five years, Meg has been training leaders and activists from 35 countries as Warriors for the Human Spirit, an in-depth training program and path of service supported by a robust global community. Her most recent work is a CD, The Warrior Songline, A Journey into Warriorship Guided by Voice and Sound.
In this week’s episode, we explore the challenges and opportunities for leaders in the world right now when their ability to control uncertainty has never been more challenging. Meg helps us understand how leaders can adjust their approaches to have a more positive impact on their people and their workplaces.
Connect with Meg Wheatley:
http://www.margaretwheatley.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:55] - Meg describes what the challenges and opportunities are for leaders in the world right now. [05:12] - Meg explains why traditional models and thinking about leadership are no longer relevant. [07:25] - Meg describes how leaders need to be warriors of the human spirit [13:30] - Meg explores why leaders who show care, compassion and appreciation bring out the best in themselves and others [19:06] - Meg describes the ‘enlightened leadership’ that is needed in the world right now [21:59] - Meg outlines three elements to ‘enlightened leadership’ [27:25] - Meg describes the importance of context for ‘enlightened leadership’ [28:41] - Meg explains how leaders can consciously choose to be warriors of the human spirit [30:58] - Meg relieves us of the burden of being ‘change-makers’ for other leaders [33:55] - Meg introduces us to Islands of Sanity [37:20] - Meg enters for the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Meg!
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 - 40min - 298 - Do You Receive Feedback Well? with Sheila Heen
Sheila Heen is an expert on managing difficult negotiations, a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, and a founder of Triad Consulting. Sheila often partners with executive teams, helping them work through conflict, repair working relationships, and make sound decisions together and her clients include Apple, HSBC, Unilever, and Pixar among others. She is the co-author of the New York Times business bestseller Difficult Conversations: How To Discuss What Matters Most and more recently Thanks For The Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (Even When It’s Off-Base, Unfair, Poorly Delivered and Frankly, You’re Not in the Mood).
In this week’s podcast, we explore why receiving feedback can be so challenging at work, and how we can unhook from our feedback triggers to make the most of the gift we are being given.
Connect with Sheila Heen:
https://stoneandheen.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:45] - Sheila explains why learning to receive feedback is a skill that we should all be building. [05:29] - Sheila outlines the research findings on how being able to receive feedback impacts people’s performance and wellbeing at work. [07:37] - Sheila shares the three different triggers that can make hearing feedback difficult to hear. [11:26] - Sheila explains the three different types of feedback people are given at work and why it helps to be clear about the purpose of the feedback we’re giving and receiving. [16:07] - Sheila offers tips for us to be present and really hear and make the most of the feedback we’re given. [20:04] - Sheila explores how growth mindsets can help us lean into giving and receiving feedback better. [24:09] - Sheila explains why the ability of leaders to receive feedback well helps to improve psychological safety in teams. [26:33] - Sheila enters for the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Thanks for listening!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 of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you, Sheila!
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 - 30min - 297 - Can You Build Psychological Safety? with Amy Edmondson
Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. She’s an expert on leadership, teams and organizational learning, whose research on psychological safety in workplaces has been discussed in the New York Times, the Financial Times, Forbes and many other media outlets around the world and is the author of several books, including her most recent, Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Teaming.
In today’s episode, we discuss why Google have found that psychological safety is the common factor in all of their highest performing teams, and what you can do in your workplaces to improve psychological safety for others.
Connect with Amy:
Website: Amy Edmonson HBS Faculty Profile
[free_product_purchase id="26666"]
You’ll Learn: [02:03] - Amy explains why more and more workplaces are talking about the need for psychological safety. [04:43] - Amy offers practical tips for leaders to improve the levels of psychological safety in their teams. [06:38] - Amy explains how leaders can practice inclusive leadership to improve psychological safety. [08:45] - Amy shares why courageous conversations can be problematic in workplaces. [11:15] - Amy explores the intersection between psychological safety and growth mindsets. [12:39] - Amy shares her tips for creating psychology safety in more temporary teams. [14:10] - Amy talks about ways of assessing psychological safety in teams. [16:44] - Amy explains how to help teams get over the politeness hump when it comes to improving psychological safety. [19:49] - Amy outlines some of the biggest challenges leaders face when it comes to improving psychological safety at the moment in workplaces. [21:18] - Amy shares why a coaching mindset can help improve psychological safety in teams. [22:17] - Amy completes the lightning round. Your Resources: How to Turn a Group of Strangers Into a Team | Amy Edmondson | TEDxHGSE Building a psychologically safe workplace | Amy Edmondson | TEDxHGSE Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Amy!
Fri, 01 Jun 2018 - 25min - 296 - Are You Ready for Action? with Mark Williamson
Dr. Mark Williamson, who is the Co-founder and Director of Action for Happiness. Since creating and launching Action for Happiness in 2011, Mark has engaged with a vast range of organizations, projects, and people on the topics of happiness, well-being, and resilience, including leading academics, major multinational corporations, public sector organizations, policymakers, schools, charities, and community organizations. He’s led the development of all of the Action for Happiness resources and activities and has spoken regularly on related topics at events and conferences across the UK and around the world.
In today’s episode, we’ll explore how Action for Happiness are helping to improve people’s wellbeing in workplaces and communities around the world.
Connect with Mark:
Website: actionforhappiness.org/
You’ll Learn: [02:04] - Mark explains how Action for Happiness became a global movement to improve people’s wellbeing. [04:09] - Mark shares how Action for Happiness has mobilized wellbeing champions around the world. [07:07] - Mark shares how Action For Happiness help bridges the gap between knowledge and action when it comes to improving people’s wellbeing. [10:27] - Mark explains how coaching circles can provide social support for people creating behavioral changes. [13:51] - Mark explains how to have meaningful conversations in workplaces about wellbeing behaviors. [15:58] - Mark shares an example of a company building wellbeing practices across their workplace. [17:57] - Mark explains why organizations will continue to invest in wellbeing programs over the next 12 months. [21:15] - Mark completes the lightning round. Your Resources: Making Positive Psychology Work on Facebook - Free Gift 10 Keys to Happier Living by Vanessa King A Fearless Heart by thupten jinpa Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Mark!
Fri, 25 May 2018 - 25min - 295 - Headline: Can You Engineer Trust? with Paul Zak
Paul Zak is the founding director of the Centre for Neuroeconomic Studies and professor of economics, psychology, and management at Claremont Graduate University. Paul is part of the team of scientists that first made the connection between oxytocin and trust, and this TED Talk on the topic has received over a million views. His latest book, Trust Factor, The Science of Creating High-Performance Companies uses neuroscience to measure and manage organizational cultures to inspire teamwork and accelerate business outcomes.
In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing the effects of oxytocin on trust and how heightening the OXYTOCIN factors can help to build stronger and more effective teams in workplaces.
Connect with Paul:
Website: pauljzak.com [free_product_purchase id="26345"]
You’ll Learn: [01:57] - Paul explains how neuromanagement works. [04:33] - Paul outlines the OXYTOCIN factors that workplaces can build to improve trust in organizations. [08:30] - Paul explains how to confidently share neuroscience findings as researchers continue to learn more about the brain. [14:34] - Paul shares the bottom-line benefits of trust in workplaces. [17:30] - Paul outlines the research on how oxytocin impacts people’s ability to trust. [21:28] - Paul shares why new studies have found oxytocin can stimulate envy. [23:17] - Paul completes the lightning round. Your Resources: Making Positive Psychology Work on Facebook - Free Gift Gwynne Shotwell's TED Talk Eat People by Andy Kessler Trust Factor by Paul J Zaj & Dan John Miller Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Paul!
Fri, 18 May 2018 - 27min - 294 - Want an Energy Boost? with Elaine O'Brien
Dr. Elaine O’Brien is an educator, trainer, author, presenter, speaker, and pioneer in the Health, Exercise, and Fitness Industry, as well as a leader in the burgeoning science of Applied Positive Psychology. She is CEO of Lifestyle Medicine Coaching & Training, a consultancy, & FitDance: Move2Love providing training, presentations, and program content development around positive health, whole fitness, optimal performance, exercise and aging well through the lifespan. Elaine delivers positive exercise programming, and training protocols to help boost motivation, exercise adherence, enjoyment, and whole health and wellbeing across domains and through the lifespan.
In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing the psychology of human movement and the small steps you can take in workplaces to keep people’s bodies, hearts and minds functioning at their best.
Connect with Elaine:Website: Elaine O'Brien (LinkedIn)
[free_product_purchase id="26102"]
You’ll Learn: [02:07] - Elaine explains the psychology of human movement and how understanding this can help to improve people’s wellbeing. [06:07] - Elaine shares why workplaces are becoming more intentional in finding ways to help people move more during their days to improve our ability to learn, connect and flourish. [08:22] - Elaine explains how workplaces can use energy breaks to improve people’s mood and sense of connection with each other. [12:16] - Elaine shares how energy breaks can be a great opportunity for people to practice their growth mindset, develop their strengths and engage their self-compassion. [14:32] - Elaine shares the latest thinking on how much movement we should be aiming for to maintain our wellbeing. [16:07] - Elaine offers some tips for workplaces wanting to engage their people in their more authentic, joyful and positive movement programs. [21:42] - Elaine completes the lightning round. Your Resources: Making Positive Psychology Work on Facebook - Free Gift Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Elaine!
Fri, 11 May 2018 - 28min - 293 - You Build Your Resilience Muscles? with Rick Hanson
Rick Hanson is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at the Greater Good Science Centre at UC Berkeley, and New York Times bestselling author. Founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, he’s been an invited speaker at NASA, Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, and other major universities, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. His books are available in 26 languages and include Hard Wiring Happiness, and his newest book, Resilient, has been featured on the BBC, CBS, and NPR.
In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about how to develop the traits of resilience to help people manage their levels of anxiety and stress in the workplace.
Connect with Rick:
Website: www.rickhanson.net/
[free_product_purchase id="25900"]
You’ll Learn: [02:12] - Rick explains why modern life is neurologically heightening our levels of anxiety. [04:38] - Rick explains how we can be more resilient in the face of constant change, uncertainty and complexity in workplaces. [07:37] - Rick shares the three simple steps people can take to build resilience practices. [10:48] - Rick gives several quick techniques for improving resilience that take less than 5 minutes per day. [11:47] - Rick shares the 12 neurological muscles for resilience that people can build. [13:06] - Rick explains how the intensity of positive emotions impact our levels of resilience. [17:44] - Rick points out the difference between building positive emotions that are state-to-state and those that are sustainable traits that boost our resilence. [26:44] - Rick completes the lightning round. Your Resources: Resilient by Rick Hanson Resilience training resource Fred Rogers acceptance speech Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Rick!
Fri, 04 May 2018 - 27min - 292 - Can You Improvise Wellbeing? with Zoe Galvez and Betsy Crouch
Zoe Galvez and Betsy Crouch, co-founders of ImprovHQ, help leaders and organizations develop effective communication, exceptional collaboration, and engaged cultures through interactive learning experiences, based on the principles of improvisation and positive psychology. They deliver workshops, keynotes, and executive coaching programmes, to workplaces that include Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Dropbox, and many more.
Today we’ll be discussing how the principles and practices of improvisation can be used to teach people the skills of positive psychology in workplaces.
Connect with Betsy and Zoe:
Website: improvhq.com
[free_product_purchase id="25798"]
You’ll Learn: [02:36] - Zoe and Betsy explain how positive psychology practices can be fused with improvisation techniques to help people flourish at work. [05:40] - The Improv HQ team give examples of how improvisation skills can develop people’s resilience. [09:02] - Zoe explains why every conversation at work is an opportunity for connection or confusion, and how improv can build trust and psychological safety between people. [10:47] - Betsy shares how improv practices can be a great opportunity to spot people’s strengths and put them to work. [12:43] - Zoe explains how improv can be an emotional rope course in workplaces and how they teach leaders to build a resilient response to failure. [18:03] - Zoe shares how improv can help to build a giving culture in teams. [18:59] - Betsy shares how AI Summits are using improv to supercharge results for participants. [21:04] - Betsy and Zoe explain the six improv principles unscripted leaders use to thrive at work. [26:58] - Betsy & Zoe complete the lightning round. Your Resources: improvhq.com/free-training Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Betsy and Zoe!
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 - 30min - 291 - Can You Build Wholebeing? with Tal-Ben Shahar
Dr. Tal Ben Shahar is the co-founder of the Happiness Studies Academy and the creator and instructor of the Certificate in Happiness Studies Programme. Known around the world for teaching two of the most popular courses in Harvard’s history, Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Leadership, Tal is also an international best-selling author and the co-founder of Potential Life and Happier TV.
Today we’ll be exploring the concept of wholebeing and why our happiness at work and in life is interconnected.
Connect with Tal-Ben Shahar:
Website: talbenshahar.com
[free_product_purchase id="25707"]
You’ll Learn: [01:37] - Tal shares the impact positive psychology has had over the last decade in workplaces. [02:30] - Tal talks about the need to bring together different scientific disciplines in order to further the study of happiness. [04:23] - Tal introduces the concept of wholebeing and why people need to SPIRE. [06:38] - Tal explains why our happiness is interconnected with our environment and what this means practically. [09:36] - Tal shares how workplaces can leverage interconnectedness to improve people’s sense of wholebeing. [11:47] - Tal explains how Sainsbury grocery stores in the UK are working to improve the happiness of their employees. [13:38] - Tal outlines how workplaces can help people to change and sustain the behaviors that may make them happier at work. [16:49] - Tal outlines how high-intensity interval training can help to embed happiness behaviors. [19:08] - Tal completes the lightning round. Your Resources: The Power of Full Engagement by Tony Schwartz & Jim LoehrThe Courage to Teach by Parker J. Palmer Books by Tal-Ben Shahar Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Tal!
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 - 23min - 290 - Do You Need A Happiness Business Model? with Jenn Lim
Jenn Lim is the CEO of Delivering Happiness, a company she and Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, co-founded to inspire passion and purpose as part of their profitable happiness business model. To achieve this, Jenn delivers talks, interactive workshops, executive alignment sessions and culture team training for companies all over the world, and with the help of her team, they also create some wonderful tools to measure and improve happiness in workplaces.
In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing how to leverage Self-Determination Theory practices to help employees feel happier, ensure customers are more satisfied and deliver and improve the bottom line for your workplace.
Connect with Jenn Lim:
Website: deliveringhappiness.com
[free_product_purchase id="25441"]
You’ll Learn: [02:00] - Jenn shares the story of Zappos and how they have created a flourishing culture. [06:21] - Jenn explains how Self-Determination Theory provides the foundation for a happiness business model. [07:36] - Jenn shares practical examples of how to improve autonomy and competence in workplaces. [10:57] - Jenn explains how Zappos helps build relatedness in the workplace between managers and their teams [13:45] - Jenn shares some tips and tricks for helping people in your organizational live the cultural values. [17:43] - Jenn explains why Zappos offer people money to quit during their induction to ensure they have the right cultural fit. [20:06] - Jenn shares some real-world examples of the kind of business outcomes organizations are achieving by investing in the happiness of their employees. [24:07] - Jenn completes the lightning round. Your Resources: Scary Close by Donald Miller Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Jenn!
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 - 27min - 289 - Are You Too Busy to Choose Happiness? with Tim Sharp
Dr. Timothy Sharp runs one of Australia’s most respected clinical psychology practices, is a highly regarded executive coaching practice, and is the founder and chief happiness officer of the happiness institute, Australia’s first and now largest organization devoted solely to enhancing happiness in individuals, families, and workplaces. An adjunct professor in positive psychology at the University of Technology in Sydney and RMIT University, Tim is a sought-after public speaker who makes frequent media appearances, and is the author of, among other things, “100 Ways to Happiness: A Guide for Busy People” and most recently, “Live Happier, Live Longer: A Guide to Positive Ageing”.
In today’s episode we’ll discuss how to help people find the time to integrate wellbeing practices into their workplace.
Connect with Tim Sharp:
Connect with Tim Sharp:
Website: www.drhappy.com.au/
[free_product_purchase id="25009"]
You’ll Learn: [03:28] - Tim details the acronym CHOOSE, which relates to the idea of choosing happiness for our own lives. [08:07] - Tim gives tips on how to make time for happiness practises. [12:27] - Tim discusses how a workplace could embed happiness practises into the everyday lives of their employees, using the approach of mental health organisation Batyr as an example. [17:48] - Tim talks about making happiness practises work for the long term, by embedding and reinforcing key principles within the organisation. [21:03] - Tim gives examples of some support and activities that can be provided to improve mental health in the workplace. [22.58] - Tim explains how to navigate the cynics when trying to implement wellbeing practises within a workplace. [25:25] - Lightning round with Tim Sharp. Your Resources: 100 Ways to Happiness by Tim Sharp Live Happier, Live Longer by Tim Sharp Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Tim!
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 - 31min - 288 - Do You Need A Play Mindset? with Stella Grizont
Stella Grizont is a graduate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Master’s of Applied Positive Psychology programme and is an executive coach who has worked with over 14,000 people in 21 countries. Stella has also delivered workshops to organizations including Google, Johnson and Johnson, Young & Rubicam to inspire their employees to develop a positive work culture. Her unique approach to loving your work has been featured on MSNBC, ABC news and the Today Show.
In today’s episode Stella explains the power of playful mindset to help us avoid getting stuck in the common mind traps most of us struggle with at work.
Connect with Stella Grizont:
Website: www.woopaah.com
You’ll Learn: [05:06] – Stella explains how the playful mindset can help approach uncertain situations with curiosity rather than fear at work. [10:38] – Stella shares how complaining can become a common mind trap, because it triggers our negativity bias over and over again. [11:56] – Stella talks about how comparing yourself to others is another mindtrap in which people often become stuck. [13:56] – Stella outlines her “Vision Generator” exercise, and how it can help you to generate your vision and clarify how you want to be to avoid comparisons with others. [14:34] – Stella explains how criticism – especially of ourselves – gets many of stuck when it comes to our work and what we can do to be more supportive of ourselves. [19:29] – Stella shares what she wishes she known when she first graduated from the Masters of Positive Psychology program. [21:24] – Lightning round with Stella Grizont. Your Resources: www.workhappinessmethod.com/vision Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Stella!
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 - 25min - 287 - Are You Curious Enough? with Diana Whitney.
Dr. Diana Whitney is the founder and president of Positive Change, a global consultancy that helps executives and their teams design and facilitate high engagement, appreciative inquiry processes in support of business goals, strategies and innovation. Diana is also the co-founder of the Taos Institute, an education think-tank with over 500 international associates, teaching and doing research into constructive, relational processes in business, education families and communities. Diana is also the author of 18 books and dozens of articles and chapters including the Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change. She has more than 30 years of experience in helping make change happen, and teaching people how to make change happen around the world.
In today’s episode, Diana shares how she uses appreciative inquiry approaches to help organizations have a curious mindset and discover what gives life to their people to help systems create changes that work. Diana shares several case studies and what her research has found enables appreciative inquiry approaches to improve relationships and bottom-line business outcomes.
Connect with Diana Whitney:
Website: positivechange.org
You’ll Learn: [02:22] - Diana talks about how to introduce appreciative inquiry to clients that you work with. [04.24] - Diana gives an example of how this could be approach could be applied in an organization. [07:40] - Diana talks about the fear surrounding things that aren’t working well in an organization if they aren't openly discussed. [09:42] - Diana explains how successful organisations "nurture out" their staff into roles that are most suitable to them. [10:46] - Diana discusses the key skill of flipping or reframing the narrative, to shift the organisation and the thinking of people from what the problems are, known as deficit, into more life affirming, positive possibilities. [14:45] - Diana shares the the incredible case study of Hunter Douglas Window Fashions. [19:18] - Diana talks about why appreciative inquiry delivers these kind of outcomes. [22:00] - Lightning round with Diana Whitney Your Resources: Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Diana!
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 - 27min - 286 - Are Your Positive Interventions Synergistic? with Reuben Rusk
Reuben Rusk is the founder of Mind Quip, a social enterprise in Christ Church New Zealand whose vision is to create a happier and more productive workforce. Reuben is a lifelong learner and a big picture thinker who's passionate about teaching people to improve their lives and their wellbeing by distilling large amounts of research into down to earth training about what matters most. An experienced presenter and recognized expert in well being and resilience, Reuben’s research has been published in the Journal of Positive Psychology, the psychology of wellbeing, and the Journal of Happiness studies.
In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about the five domains Rueben’s research has found lie at the heart of more than 18,000 peer-reviewed positive psychology intervention articles and how these can be combined to create a synergistic and holistic approach to create wellbeing behavior changes that work.
Connect with Reuben Rusk:
Website: mindquip.com
[free_product_purchase id="24176"]
You’ll Learn: [02:00] - Reuben identified more than 18,000 documents, and here talks about what he found that can help us to improve our well being? [03:47] - Reuben discusses the five clusters of terms that he identified. [07:09] - Reuben talks about how the synergistic change model might help to shape our wellbeing. [08:59] - Reuben explains how the synergistic change model provides a framework to think through some important complexities. [11:41] - Reuben talks about how he helps people understand how to navigate emotional and social complexities. [12:50] - Reuben discusses the concept of relapse. [14:45] - Reuben explains how to think synergistically across those five domains of emotions, attention and awareness, comprehension and coping, goals and habits and social relationships, when trying to make a positive intervention. [15:58] - Reuben talks about the environmental factors that can affect positive interventions. [18:38] - Reuben discusses how the simpler option is not necessarily easier, and how simplifying complex systems can do more harm than good. [21:37] - Lightning Round with Reuben Rusk Your Resources: mindquip.com Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Reuben!
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 - 25min - 285 - Is There An Easier Way To Build Self-Control? with David Desteno
David Desteno is a Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University where he directs the social immersions group. David’s research examines the mechanisms of the mind that shape vice and virtue, and his work continually reveals that human moral behaviour is much more variable than most would predict. He’s regularly featured in the media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Harvard Business Review to name just a few. David is the author of several books including Emotional Success, The Truth about Trust, and the co-author of the Wall Street Journal’s spotlight psychology best seller, Out of Character.
In today’s episode David shares his research on self-control and why harnessing social emotions – like gratitude, compassion and pride – can be an effective and energizing way to improve our levels of grit.
Connect with David Desteno:
Website: www.davedesteno.com
[free_product_purchase id="24033"]
You’ll Learn: [01:56] - David talks about the ability to be future oriented and persevere to our future goals is an important part of life. [03:27] - David explains how the human mind tends to discount the value of the future. [05:01] - David lists gratitude, compassion and pride, as the social emotions that help with control and grit? [06:58] - David discusses how being self interested and aggressive is not an effective recipe for success, in the long term. [07:42] - David explains that what is adaptive for helping other people is adaptive for ourselves as well. [09:03] - David talks about how people who practise gratitude, compassion and pride, will demonstrate greater perseverence and less procrastination. He also discusses how the practise of meditation and mindfulnes can improve these qualities. [10:21] - David talks about making a habit of taking pride in steps along the way, not just when you reach your ultimate goal. [14:02] - David explains how pride can lead to perseverance. [15:47] - David gives examples of things that we can do to create a sense of authentic pride for ourselves. [17:21] - David details the intersection between the social emotions and our ability to maintain a growth mindset as we go about our jobs. [18:42] - David talks about our biases on who we choose to show compassion to, and how. [20:00] - David gives some practical tips on how to cultivate more compassion to improve relationships at work. [21:32] - David lists some other emotions that play into our social relationships, impact the choices we make, and our levels of self-control and grit. [22:24] - Lightning round with David Desteno. Your Resources: Emotional Success by David Desteno The Truth About Trust by David Desteno Power Paradox by Dacher Keltner Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you David!
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 - 25min - 284 - Can Tough Workplaces Afford Wellbeing? with Jo Mitchell
Jo Mitchell is a clinical psychologist and co-founder of the Mind Room, a health, wellbeing and performance psychology practice in Melbourne, Australia. Jo has over 20 years of sports industry experience and has a specialist interest in working with high performers across all fields to improve their wellbeing, particularly by using the tools of Positive Psychology, Acceptance Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness. She is also on the board for Action for Happiness Australia.
In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing how to introduce wellbeing practices into workplaces that are cautious or skeptical about ‘soft skills’. We’ll explore how to tailor language, create a systems approach and a new app that opens this science up to a much wider market.
Connect with Jo Mitchell:
Website: themindroom.com.au
[free_product_purchase id="23878"]
You’ll Learn: [01:58} - Jo explains how she taylors the language used to present ideas of positive psychology, to be openly accepted in typically tough and competitive workplaces. [04:55] - Jo talks about setting up a support network to help footballers stick with newly learned behaviours, using repetition and reinforcement. [10:24] - Jo talks about her new wellbeing mobile app called Mind Max. [14:37] - Jo discusses the gender bias in men around wellness and wellbeing. [20:45] - Jo explains how we can prevent burnout by scheduling moments of rejuvenation into our daily life, and the importance of giving ourselves permission to do this. [21:39] - Lightning round with Jo Mitchell Your Resources: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson Mindmax.com.au Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Jo!
Thu, 22 Feb 2018 - 26min - 283 - Is Employee Engagement Over-Rated? with Patty McCord
Patty McCord is a workplace innovator, culture and leadership consultant, and former chief talent officer at Netflix. Patty has many years of working with business leaders and aspiring management to help people realize and practice leadership. She is the author of a wonderful new book, Powerful: Teams, Leaders and the Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, which pushes the boundaries of thinking about the way we work. From abolishing performance reviews to challenging the need for policies, Patty believes people come to work as fully formed adults with a desire to make an impact and to be proud of what they do. Her ideas have been featured in publications around the world, including the Harvard’s Business Review, Fast Company and The Wall Street Journal.
In today’s podcast Patty explains why mapping engagement and happiness measures against productivity in workplaces may undermine the very results workplaces are trying to create. She also shares how Netflix built a thriving culture by treating employees like adults, balancing freedom and responsibility and replacing performance reviews with radical honesty.
Connect with Patty McCord:
Website: pattymccord.com
[free_product_purchase id="23610"]
You’ll Learn: [02:03] - Patty gives some of the dangers of overlaying engagement and happiness scores with team performance. [06:48] - Patty talks about the value of saying something radically honest every day. [07:53] - Patty explains how if you practise giving people feedback every day, 50% of it will work and be positive feedback. [11:24] - Patty says why the freedom and responsibility has to live inside of the business that you're trying to accomplish. [12:28] - Patty explains why strategy is figuring out what not to do. [16:52] - Patty tells how to orchestrate vigorous debates to encourage people to get curious, and put themselves on the other side of the argument. [19:23] - Patty gives examples of what should managers do instead of formal perfomance reviews. [21:40] - Lightning round with Patty McCord. Your Resources: Brotopia by Emily Chang Powerful by Patty McCord Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Patty!
Thu, 15 Feb 2018 - 26min - 282 - Is Humor The Key To Improving Relationships? with Peter McGraw
Dr. Peter McGraw is an associate professor of marketing and psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. As a behavioral scientist, his research examines the interrelationship of judgment, emotion, and choice—with a focus on the production and consumption of entertainment. McGraw directs The Humor Research Lab (HuRL) and is the co-author of The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny.
His research has been covered by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME NPR, BBC, and CNN. His work appears in the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Management Science, Psychological Science, and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He is currently trying to kick a sweater vest habit – even if it does get him kicked off the Stylist Scientist List.
Today we’re talking all about humor; how it can bring people together and push them apart. We’ll also cover it’s role in generating success for several key business areas.
Connect with Pete McGraw:
Website: petermcgraw.org/
[free_product_purchase id="23485"]
You’ll Learn: [03:17] - Pete explains the principles of humour, and it's commonalities and differences across various demographics. [05:03] - Pete dicsuses how to cultivate humour. [07:32] - Pete covers the negative side of humour, and how it should be regulated in a work environment. [09:53] - Pete talks about humour within cultures, and how forgiveness can be a complimentary quality. [11:03] - Pete uses the analogy of being a supporting actor in life, and how productive it is when people act with this mindset. {16:59] - Pete discusses the role of humour in sales and marketing, and how enthusiasm is a powerful tool for making an impact. [18:55] - Pete lists some qualities that present charisma, including the use of movement and well placed silence. [20:41] - Lightning round with Peter McGraw. Your Resources: The Humour Code by Peter McGraw Boddy Pants by Tina Fey Rethink by Steven Poole Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Gervase!
Thu, 08 Feb 2018 - 24min - 281 - Do Your Leaders Have The Right Mindset? with Gervase Bushe
Gervase Bushe is the Professor of Leadership and Organisational Development at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. His career spans over three decades of transforming organisational structures, cultures and processes, away from command and control and towards more collaborative work systems. Gervase is an award winning author of over one hundred papers and has three books on organisational change, leadership, teams and teamwork. His newest co-authored book, “Dialogic Organisation Development: The Theory and Practise of Transformational Change,” builds on his ground breaking research into how appreciative inquiry leads to transformational change, and is gathering international acclaim. He has consulted to blue chip corporations and start-ups, public sector and business corporations in a variety of sectors and, in 2016, HR Magazine in the UK added him to their list of the 30 Most Influential HR thinkers.
Today we’re talking with Gervase about how to create changes in workplaces that enable them to flourish. Gervase shares his award-winning insights on why we need to understand more about how living systems thrive, the role of leaders and the danger of big visions, and how to ask generative questions that shift people’s thinking and behavior.
Connect with Gervase Bushe:
Website: gervasebushe.ca
[free_product_purchase id="23420"]
You’ll Learn: [03:05] - Gervase introduces transformational change processes, and explains the results of tests he's done in that area. [07:18] - Gervases gives his experience of how self organisation has been integrated into the workplace. [11:26] - Gervase explains the difference between a 'positive' and 'generative' approach. [16:27] - Gervase shares his tips on asking more generative questions. [16:35] - Gervase talks about how to focus on developing positive traits, rather than trying to eliminate the negative. [26:59] - Lightning round with Gervase Bushe Your Resources: Clear Leadership by Gervase Bushe Dialogic Organisation Development by Gervase Bushe & Robert J. Marshak Good People, Bad Managers by Samuel Culbert Strangers to Ourselves by Tim Wilson Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Gervase!
Thu, 01 Feb 2018 - 31min - 280 - Can Chaos Help Us Flourish? with Peggy Holman
Peggy Holman is an author and consultant who employs dialogical practices to turn passivity into participation. Her award-winning book, Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity, provides a roadmap for tackling complex systems challenges. In the Change Handbook she and her co-authors profile 61 processes that enable diverse groups to create their desired future. As co-founder of the non-profit, Journalism that Matters, Peggy has helped to cultivate a journalism community of practise that is committed to journalism, which supports communities and democracy to thrive.
Today we’re talking to Peggy about what researchers are learning enables workplaces and systems to flourish, and why chaos rather than balance holds the key to learning and growth. Peggy shares her insights on how to create positive disruptions that enable a system to change, why passion and responsibility are the keys to authentic leadership and how leaders can mobilize and support people in taking action.
Connect with Peggy Holman:
Website: www.peggyholman.com
[free_product_purchase id="23267"]
You’ll Learn: [03:40] - Peggy explains why it's important to challenge the current systems in place, and how disturbance can prompt change. [07:47] - Peggy talks about how to actively guide disruptive factors, rather than taking a passive approach. [15:16] - Peggy discusses the benefits of open space technology. [18:47] - Peggy explains why organisations have difficulty embracing self organisation. [21:10] - Peggy covers how self organisation has been proven to benefit work processes. [22:25] - Peggy gives examples of principles and support that can help open space technology function at it's best. [23:20] - Peggy talks about some new approaches that have been discovered. [25:11] - Peggy lists some cautions and caveats when implementing these approaches. [25:51] - Lightning round with Peggy Holman Your Resources: Engaging Emergence by Peggy Holman Personal History by Katharine Graham Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Peggy!
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 - 29min - 279 - Can You Help Organziations SOAR? with Jacqueline Stavros
Jacqueline Stavros is an Associate Professor at the Lawrence Technological University and has been honored with the LTU Inaugural Presidential Research Award. She’s known for her creation of SOAR, a profoundly positive approach to strategic thinking, planning, and leadership, based on the concept of Appreciative Inquiry.
Today we’re talking to Jacqui about how the SOAR framework and how this can be used to help organizations and teams take a strengths-based, systems approach to strategic planning. and the kind of results they might expect. Jacqui helps us to understand how SOAR differs from SWOT approaches, how to help the cynics embrace a more strengths-orientated approach and how you conduct a quick SOAR in just a few hours with a team.
Connect with Jacqueline Stavros:
Website: http://soar-strategy.com/
[free_product_purchase id="22823"]
You’ll Learn: [02:14] - Jackie talks about 'meeting people where they're at]. [02:50] - Jackie explains generative questions. [03:43] - Jackie gives an introduction to SOAR (strengths, opportunities, aspirations & results) and how it works. [05:55] - Jackie gives example of which situations SOAR is most appropriate for. [08:59] - Jackie explains the '5 'I' Approach'. [12:05] - Jackie discusses the impact of SOAR on the workplace. [17:15] - Jackie talks about potential cautions and caveats of using SOAR. [24:18] - Lighting round with Jacqueline Stavros. Your Resources: Conversations Worth Having by Jackie Stavros, Cheri Torres & David L. Cooperrider Flourish by Martin E. P. Seligman Your Strengths Blueprint by Michelle L. Mcquaid & Ms Erin Lawn Give & Take by Adam Grant Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Jackie!
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 - 30min - 278 - Is Being A Giver Burning You Out? with Reb Rebele
Reb Rebele is the Research Director for Wharton People Analytics, and teaches in the Masters in Applied Positive Psychology Programme at the University of Pennsylvania. Reb's research, writing and consulting projects bring behavioral science and research into the world of work, to drive better employee experiences and organizational outcomes.
Today we're talking to Reb about why being a 'giver' at work can backfire and cause you to hurt the very people you want to help and burn yourself out in the process. Discover what drives giving behaviors at work, the practical steps you can take to be a self-protective giver and what leaders can do to create their dream team of reciprocity approaches.
Connect with Reb Rebele:Website: www.rebrebele.com
[free_product_purchase id="22570"]
You’ll Learn: [01:44] - Reb explains how helpfulness creates value in the workplace. [03:21] - Reb talks about how giving too much can be draining and counter-productive. [08:05] - Reb discusses the generosity spectrum that he calls 'reciprocity style' - that includes takers, matchers & givers. [11:37] - Reb explores how personality styles, beliefs and mindsets might drive these behaviors. [14:15] - Reb shares the habits of highly effective giving, including how you can perform small five minute favors. [19:31] - Reb talks about how leaders can build dream teams of reciprocity styles. [23:48] - Lightning round with Reb Rebele Your Resources: Give & Take - Adam Grant Extreme You by Sarah O' Hagen The Three Marriages by David Whyte Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Reb!
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 - 28min - 277 - Can You Job Craft? with Amy Wrzesniewski
Amy Wrzesniewski is a Professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management. For almost two decades, her research has focused on how people make meaning of their work in challenging work contexts or conditions Her findings have been published in a wide range of top academic journals, and highlighted in several best-selling books and popular press outlets, including Forbes, Time, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, U.S. News and World Report, The Economist, as well as bestselling books such as Drive by Daniel Pink, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman, and The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler.
Do you wish you had more meaning in your work? Amy explains how you can craft your job, whatever your role and status, to find more meaning in what you do each day at work. She also shares practical tips for leaders to create an environment that encourages job crafting among employees to help them feel more proactive, engaged and productive at work.
Connect with Amy Wrzensieski:Website: www.jobcrafting.org
[free_product_purchase id="22286"]
You’ll Learn: [02:10] - Amy defines job crafting. [04:02] - Amy explains the value of meaning in our work, including how it affects our job choices, longevity of a particular role, and peoples perception of their careers. [07:32] - Amy gives examples of how leaders can support job crafting for employees. [09:46] - Amy suggests ways people can create more meaning in their own work. [12:58] - Amy discusses the latest findings and developments in job crafting. Your Resources: Happiness Advantage by Shawn Anchor Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler How to be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact by Jane E.Dutton, Gretchen Spreitzer & Shawn Achor Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Amy!
Thu, 14 Dec 2017 - 15min - 276 - Is Compassion the Key to Success? with Chris Kukk
Christopher Kukk is a Professor of Political Science and Social Science at Western Connecticut State University, the Founding Director for the Centre for Compassion, Creativity and Innovation, the author of the Compassionate Achiever, and the co-host of the Compassionate Achiever Podcast. Chris’ research and publications combine neuroscience with the social sciences and focus on education issues, the political economy of natural resources, and the creation and sustainability of civil society. Chris was also a counterintelligence agent for the United States Army, and is regularly featured in the media for his analysis on a wide range of topics and issues.
Today Chris explains the neurological differences between empathy and compassion and why compassion may be the key to success in workplaces. He also shares his simple four step approach to creating more compassion and ways this can be practically be applied in workplaces.
Connect with Chris Kukk:Website: http://chriskukk.com/
You’ll Learn: [02:16] - Chris explains the difference between empathy and compassion [05:51] - Chris discusses the complications of empathy and why it can lead to burn out. [07:09] - Chris talks about how compassion leads to success personally and professionally. [11:10] - Chris gives an example to show how kindness is a precursor to compassion and how this can help us to be more effective givers. [12:42] - Chris lists the 4 steps for cultivating compassion (LUCA) - 'listen to learn', 'understanding to know', 'connect to capabilities' and 'act to solve'. [19:19] - Chris explains how to teach these skills in workplaces. [25:10] - Lightning round with Chris Kukk Your Resources: The Compassionate Achiever - Chris Kukk Give & Take - Adam Grant Behave - Sapolsky Dark Matter - Blake Crouch Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Chris!
Thu, 07 Dec 2017 - 30min - 275 - 3 Hacks For A Happier Workplace with Jennifer Moss
Jennifer Moss is a researcher, Co-founder of Plasticity Labs, and a member of the Workplace Happiness Group at the United Nations Global Happiness Council. She is considered to be a Workplace Culture Expert and Thought Leader on the topic of happiness and emotional intelligence, and is author of the bestselling book Unlocking Happiness at Work.
In this conversation, Jen guides us through the seven traits that enable happy and high performing employees and offers simple happiness hacks any workplace can use to help improve people's wellbeing. She also cautions us about the happiness inhibitors that can bring us unstuck and why being happy at work doesn't mean avoiding stress or sadness.
Connect with Jennifer Moss:Website: https://plasticitylabs.com/
You’ll Learn: [02:38] - Jen discusses the traits needed for people to be happy and effective at work. [07:27] - Jen talks about how paying attention to the little things can have a big impact on productivity. [10:27] - Jen explains how you can utilize technology to better engage with staff, and learn what's happening in the workplace. [12:12] - Jen talks about the three R's of building habits and why habits don't get created in 21 days. [14:45] - Jen gives examples of how to create habits that help improve wellbeing. [19.21] - Jen explains how to make changes at work a more positive experience. [21:44] - The lightning round with Jennifer Moss Your Resources: Unlocking Happiness at Work James Clear (Author) The Future of Happiness - Amy Blankson Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Jen!
Thu, 30 Nov 2017 - 26min - 274 - Can You Help A System Flourish? with Gabrielle Kelly
Gabrielle Kelly is the SAHMRI Wellbeing and Resilience Centre's inaugural director. Gabe is a filmmaker, digital media executive, social entrepreneur and strategist, who has worked on human behaviour and systems change in a range of settings, including the groundbreaking Adelaide Thinkers in Residence Programme, where she commissioned and led the residency of professor Martin Seligman in South Australia in an effort to build mental wellbeing and resilience and reduce mental illness at a societal level.
In this conversation, Gabe takes us inside the amazing work being done across the state of South Australia to help an entire population flourish. She explains the PERMA PLUS dashboard and measure they have created to build a common language for resilience and wellbeing and walks us through the LIMBE approach they have created for embedding systems change.
Website: http://www.wellbeingandresilience.com/
You’ll Learn: [01:55] - Gabe shares how she convinced an entire State to invest in improving the wellbeing and resilience of its population. [05:10] - Gabe walks us through how she's learned to deal with the cynics of positive psychology and wellbeing approaches. [08:18] - Gabe explains the PERMA PLUS model the State has adopted to education and measure wellbeing and resilience. [13:58] - Gabe shares the LIMBE approach they have created to help implement systems change. [20:44] - Gabe provides a real life example of using positive psychology and resilience training to deliver wellbeing, resilience and bottom line results to help closing car manufacturers. [28:11] - The Lightning Round with Gabrielle KellyThanks 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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Gabe!
Thu, 23 Nov 2017 - 32min - 273 - Could Savoring Be The Key To Happiness At Work? with Fred Bryant
Fred Bryant is Professor of Social Psychology at Loyola University in Chicago, where he teaches on Social Psychology, Personality Statistics, and Research Methods. Fred has won numerous teaching awards. He has produced more than 200 professional publications in Psychology, has presented over 150 papers at professional conferences around the world, and given numerous invited addresses and workshops at many prominent universities. Fred is best known for his work on savoring, on which he has conducted cross-cultural investigations in a variety of Eastern and Western cultures.
In this discussion, you will hear Fred talk about the practice of savoring and the impact it has on your wellbeing. Fred summarizes the research on savoring, the process by which savoring works, practical ways we can introduce more savoring into workplaces and cautions for where savoring may go wrong. He also explains why women are generally better at savoring than men!
Connect with Fred Bryant:
Website: bryant.socialpsychology.org
You’ll Learn:
[02:00] - Fred’s research shows that we don’t always make the most out of the positive experiences. He explains why this is the case. [03:34] - Fred shares what his studies show about the impact of savoring on our wellbeing. [06:29] - Fred describes the benefits of savoring in the workplace. [09:32] - Fred explains that if happiness and joy are outcomes, then savoring is the process through which they are achieved, and exactly how this process works. [10:42] - Fred shares what it might look like if we apply this model of savoring to our everyday lives. [12:23] - Savoring doesn’t need to just be about the present. Fred explains how time impacts our ability to savor through reminiscence. [15:33] - Fred talks about the difference between savoring in the moment and mindfulness. [18:09] - Fred shares what his research has shown about gender differences in savoring. [20:46] - Celebrating success is a double-edged sword. Fred cautions avoiding excessive celebration. [22:09] - The Lightning Round with Fred Bryant.Your Resources:
Savoring: A New Model of Positive Experience - Fred B. Bryant and Joseph Veroff Making Positive Psychology Work: Shane Lopez on Can You Bring Out The Best in Others? Starlight and Storm: The Conquest of the Great North Faces of the Alps - Gaston Rebuffat and Jon Krakauer Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Fred.
Thu, 16 Nov 2017 - 26min - 272 - Are Strengths Holding You Back? with Jessica Amortegui
Jessica Amortegui is the Senior Director of Learning and Development at Logitech. Logitech were the winners of the 2016 Positive Business Project Competition, presented by the Center for Positive Organizations at The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Logitech designs personal peripherals, and they connect customers to their digital experiences. They are recognized for their work in creating community, where it’s employees are invigorated by the work that they do each day. Jessica has spent many years studying, writing about, and applying the practices of positive psychology and positive organizational scholarship.
In this conversation, you will hear Jessica share how Logitech is helping its employees use their strengths intelligently at work. She talks about the changes the company has seen from individuals completing the VIA Survey, using job crafting and participating in the free online strengths challenge and explains how Logitech is taking the next step of helping people discover the fears that get in the way of them using their strengths effectively at work.
Connect with Jessica Amortegui:Website - JessicaAmortegui.com
You’ll Learn: [02:30] - Jessica tells us what Logitech is doing to helping people put their strengths to work each day. [06:02] - Recently, hundreds of Logitech employees joined us for the free online strengths challenge. Jessica talks about the change that has been seen from individuals picking one strength to work on. [07:46] - Jessica talks about how Logitech is taking things one step further with strengths by looking at the fears that get in the way of using our strengths intelligently. [10:44] - Jessica provides some examples of things that are holding people back from being able to embrace their strengths at work. [15:05] - Jessica shares information on creating a safe environment for people to have more authentic conversatioins about their strengths. [17:40] - Getting leaders prepared to support people after the workshops is vital. Jessica explains how she is doing this. [19:18] - The Lightning Round with Jessica Amortegui Your Resources: StrengthsChallenge.com The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact - Chip Heath and Dan Heath Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thank you Jessica!
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 - 23min - 271 - Are You Under Using Your Strengths? with Robert McGrath
Robert McGrath is Professor of Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is also a Senior Scientist at the VIA Institute on Character, program evaluator for Thriving Learning Community, a character development program implemented in fifty middle schools around the United States, and Director of Integrated Care for the Underserved of Northeast New Jersey.
In this conversation, you will hear Robert talk about the exciting work he is doing with various assessments at the VIA Institute. He shares the latest tools and insights to assess and understand character strengths and explains how these can help you to bring out the best in yourself and others at work.
Website: http://fdu-psych.com/mcgrath
You’ll Learn: [01:53] -Bob explains how you can use your character strengths at work. [04:53] - Bob shares how understand the rankings of their character strengths in the VIA survey and what this means practically for developing our strengths. [9:01] - Bob talks about the recent research on the overuse and underuse of our strengths and how this impacts our ability to flourish at work. [10:44] - Bob shares how character strengths are being used to assist in clinical diagnosis. [13:20] - Bob talks about the new Global Assessment of Character Strengths and how this can help people to identify the strengths they find essential to their identity. [18:00] - Bob shares the new Signature Strengths Survey and talks about how this can be used to gather 360 degree feedback. [19:40] - Bob has been working on re-examining the character strengths virtue groupings and why new studies suggest there are three, rather than six virtues. [24:16] - The Lightning Round with Robert McGrathYour Resources:
Your Strengths Blueprint: How to be Engaged, Energized, and Happy at Work - Michelle McQuaid and Erin Law The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity - Esther Perel ViaCharacter.com Free Global Strengths Challenge Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care!
Thu, 02 Nov 2017 - 31min - 270 - Should Your Language Be More Positive? with Linda Robson
Linda Robson is a scholar practitioner, blending work in executive education with consulting and coaching around the elevation of organizations and the individuals who work within them. Linda received her Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. She studied with David Cooperrider and Ron Frey. She is an advisor at the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value. Linda also helped write The Flourishing Enterprise: The New Spirit of Business.
In this conversation, you will hear Linda share her fascinating research on the language used by high performing teams and why the words we speak impact the results we are able to achieve particularly in organizational change programs. Linda also shares while simply being more positive is not enough, why we need to acknowledge the sense of loss that any change in our workplaces can bring and the practical things leaders can do to use language to improve people's wellbeing at work.
Connect with Linda Robson:
Email - Linda.Robson@Case.edu
You’ll Learn:
[02:20] - Linda explains why Professor David Cooperrider believes her research will be so influential in helping organizations navigate change. [04:23] - Linda defines and describes mirror flourishing. [06:55] - Linda shares why language plays such a large role in our interactions with each other and our willingness to embrace and act upon change. [07:48] - Linda talks about what positive and negative language sounds like, in the workplace. [09:07] - Linda explains that the use of positive language is a missed opportunity. [12:18] - Linda shares what we can do to help leaders be more strategic in their language. [14:40] - Linda talks about the idea of some forms of negative language being helpful with change in workplaces. [20:20] - Linda explains what a flourishing enterprise looks like. [22:56] - The Lightning Round with Linda Robson.Your Resources:
Care to Dare: Unleashing Astonishing Potential Through Secure Base Leadership - George Kohlrieser Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way - Rick Carson The Positive Organization: Breaking Free from Conventional Cultures, Constraints, and Beliefs - Robert E. Quinn Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care!
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 - 28min - 269 - Can Story-Telling Improve Your Wellbeing? with Anna Box
Anna Box is a psychologist, story strategist, and founder of Screen and Soul, where she delivers film and thriving workshops, designed to deliver evidence-based well-being and performance psychology, all while feeling like a day at the movies. In all she does, Anna mashes the art of story with the science of thriving.
Connect with Anna Box:
Anna Box on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabox/
You’ll Learn:
[02:55] - Anna explains how to fuse storytelling and thriving in workplaces. [04:45] - Anna talks about the role of Joseph Campbell’s “Hero's Journey Approach” in storytelling. [06:05] - Anna describes how she’s teaching leaders to improve thriving in workplaces by helping them understand more about the hero’s journey. [10:30] - Anna shares cautions about using film to teach wellbeing and how to protect from those things. [17:02] - Anna shares that the neuroscience of stories work. [18:14] - Anna discusses teaching leaders how to tell stories that might help to improve their people’s wellbeing. [20:12] - The Lightning Round with Anna Box.Your Resources:
Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead - Brené Brown Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead - Brené Brown A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled - Ruby Wax Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care!
Thu, 19 Oct 2017 - 25min - 268 - Can You Improve Your Creativity? with Scott Barry Kaufman
Scott Barry Kaufman is an author, researcher, speaker, and public science communicator. He is interested in using psychological science to help all kinds of minds live a creative, fulfilling, and meaningful life. Scott is a professor of positive psychology at The University of Pennsylvania. His research has been featured in The Atlantic, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and the Harvard Business Review, just to name a few of the many publications. Scott is the host of The Psychology Podcast, which I highly recommend listening to.
In this conversation, you will hear Scott talk about creativity in the workplace. While creativity can be messy, and organizations typically don’t like “mess,” Scott explains how a “no agenda zone”, openness to new experiences, opportunities for awe and other leadership behaviors can improve people's creativity. We also explore the psychological tools of growth mindsets, git and self-compassion that may be needed to support creative risk taking. shares some ways we can improve our creativity at work.
Connect with Scott Barry Kaufman:
Website: ScottBarryKaufman.com Podcast: The Psychology Podcast
You’ll Learn:
[02:26] - Creativity is messy and organizations typically don’t like a mess. Scott explains how they can embrace creativity by embracing uncertainty. [05:10] - Scott discusses the relationship between positive emotion and the creative process. [07:42] - Scott talks about the latest in the neuroscience of creativity. He talks about the importance of “the imagination network.” [09:14] - Scott shares way researchers are finding can improve our creativity at work. [11:20] - Scott explains how awe can impact our creativity. [13:46] - Scott talks about how unusual environments can foster creativity, and what organizations and leaders can do to create weird experiences. [16:15] - Scott talks about the psychological skills of growth mindsets and self-compassion that enables us to take creative risks. [17:20] - The Lightning Round with Scott Barry Kaufman.Your Resources:
Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind - Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World - Adam Grant and Sheryl Sandberg David Burkus’ books on creativity in the workplace Keith Sawyer’s books on creativity in the workplace The Power of Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence - Dacher Keltner Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care!
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 - 22min - 267 - Do You Need A Mood Strategy? with Dr. Suzy Green
Dr. Suzy Green is a coaching and clinical psychologist and founder of the Positivity Institute, a positively deviant organization dedicated to the research and application of positive psychology for life, school, and work. She also holds a number of honorary academic positions at The Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, The Australian Catholic University, The Graduate School of Education at The University of Melbourne, and The Black Dog Institute. Her work has been published in articles around the world.
In this conversation, you will hear Suzy share the research on why cultivating positive emotions matter when it comes to our performance and wellbeing at work. Suzy shares the practical things employees, leaders and organizations can do to improve mood in workplaces and how to implement these approaches at a systems level.
Connect with Suzy Green:
Website - http://thepositivityinstitute.com.au
You’ll Learn: [02:00] - Suzy and I recently had the opportunity to work together on researching and writing a chapter for the new Handbook of the Psychology of Positivity and Strengths-Based Approaches to Work. Suzy shares what stood out to her in this research. [04:17] - There has been a lot of debate about measuring positivity ratios as a way to assess our wellbeing. Suzy shares the advice that she gives her clients about that approach. [06:16] - Suzy explains the importance of self-awareness when it comes to managing our moods. [08:38] - If you are looking to boost your heart-felt positivity, Suzy gives you her go-to activities. [09:56] - Suzy shares some advice if you are in a leadership role and trying to boost positivity within your team. [12:03] - Suzy provides some advice to companies wanting to implement these ideas in authentic ways. [14:50] - Suzy talks about helping organizations go beyond training with these practices. [21:01] - Suzy shares what sees as the most compelling parts of the business case at the moment, based on research. [25:05] - The Lightning Round with Suzy Green Your Resources: The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Positivity and Strengths-Based Approaches at Work Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance - Kim Cameron The Positive Organization: Breaking Free from Conventional Cultures, Constraints, and Beliefs - Robert E. Quinn The Three Questions (Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy) - Jon J. Muth Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care!
Thu, 05 Oct 2017 - 30min - 266 - Can You Create A Tiny Wellbeing Habit? with BJ Fogg
BJ Fogg is an experimental psychologist who directs the behavior design lab at Stanford University. He is renowned for creating breakthrough methods for changing human behavior. These methods are called, “Tiny Habits.” Fortune Magazine has named BJ one of the 10 New Gurus You Should Know.
In this conversation, you will hear BJ talk about the tiny habits method. He explains how small behavior changes are easier to implement and sustain when it comes to creating lasting positive changes. He shares the three simple steps you can take to make tiny habits part of your daily wellbeing routine.
Connect with BJ Fogg:
Website: TinyHabits.com
You’ll Learn:
[01:29] - BJ talks about his research on making positive behaviors stick. [02:09] - BJ explains what a “tiny habit” is and how it works. [04:12] - BJ describes how he used the tiny habits method with daily pushups. [06:19] - BJ talks about our brains adapting to tiny habits. [07:23] - In case the habit isn’t “taking.” BJ shares how to tweak the recipe. [10:26] - BJ explains that simplicity lies at the heart of behavior change. [13:35] - BJ tells us why celebration is important to help behavior changes continue. [18:34] - BJ shares how his newest research is looking to uncover super tiny ha bits that have the biggest impact on our wellbeing.Your Resources:
Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do - BJ Fogg BJ Fogg Ted Talk Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care!
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 - 21min - 265 - Can You Train Your Brain For Wellbeing? with Dr. Richard Davidson
Dr. Richard Davidson is the William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and the Director of The Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, both at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a renowned neuroscientist and one of the world’s leading experts on the impact of contemplative practices, such as meditation on the brain. He is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking work on the study of emotions in the brain. This conversation with Dr. Richard Davidson was recorded live at the 2014 World Congress on Positive Psychology. This recording has never been played before on our podcast.
In this conversation, you will hear Richard share what neuroscientists are discovering about ways to train our brains to improve wellbeing through small daily practices.
Connect with Richard Davidson:Websites:
http://richardjdavidson.com http://investigatinghealthyminds.org
You’ll Learn: [01:38] - Richard shares what the latest neuroscience research shows in the area of ways to improve wellbeing. [03:10] - Richard explains that wellbeing can be improved with practice. He talks about practices when it comes to improving wellbeing. [05:30] - Richard recommends that people start implementing these practices gradually. [6:26] - Richard encourages you to go to InvestigatingHealthyMinds.org and download the Compassion Meditation Practice. [07:02] - Mindfulness-based stress reduction is another excellent place to start, according to Richard. [07:41] - Richard explains how gratitude practices can help train our brains. [09:30] - Richard says that turning behaviors into habits is an effective way to embed these practices, neurologically. [11:37] - Richard describes some of the newer research now underway to understand how we can train our brains for wellbeing.Your Resources:
The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--and How You Can Change Them - Richard Davidson and Sharon Begley Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care!
Fri, 22 Sep 2017 - 14min - 264 - Is Your Organization Building Wellbeing Literacy? with Lindsay Oades
Lindsay Oades is the director and an associate professor at The Center for Positive Psychology at The University of Melbourne, where he oversees the masters of applied psychology program. Lindsey’s study and application of wellbeing ranges from individuals, mental health systems, educational institutions, workplaces and liveable cities. He has published over 100 journal articles and books chapters on these topics. He is the co-editor of the International Journal of Wellbeing and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board at the Institute of Coaching at Harvard University.
In this conversation, you will hear Lindsay shares some of the latest findings on how wellbeing practices can improve organizational performance. He also explains why focusing on improving individual wellbeing alone is not enough, and why we need to also address wellbeing at the team and organizational level and how we can approach this in workplaces.
Connect with Lindsay Oades:
LindsayOades.com Wiley.com education.unimelb.edu.au/cpp
You’ll Learn: [02:38] - Lindsay shares why he believes organizations are struggling to capitalize on the growing evidence about how wellbeing practices impact workplaces. [03:59] - Lindsay talks about the individual approaches for applying positive psychology at work. [06:09] - Lindsay explains why cultivating happy workers is overstated. [08:03] - Lindsay shares the importance of improving wellbeing at team levels and how this can be addressed. [14:30] - Lindsay talks about how organizational practices and policies and enable or restrict workplace wellbeing. [16:27] - Lindsay shares the advice he is currently giving to leaders about improving wellbeing at a systemic level. [20:33] - Lindsey explains why wellbeing literacy matters in workplaces. [22:22] - The Lightning Round with Lindsay Oades. Your Resources: Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace - Christine Porath Eat Move Sleep: How Small Changes Lead to Big Changes - Tom Rath Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care!
Fri, 15 Sep 2017 - 26min - 263 - Do You Need More Sisu? with Emilia Lahti
Emilia Lahti is a researcher and social activist whose life mission is to be a catalyst for human connection, compassion, and nonviolence. She has given talks at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Tedx, as well as at Singularity University at NASA Ames, where she studied futurism and exponential technology. Her work has been featured in the New Yorker, Business Insider, and Forbes, among others.
In this conversation, Emilia shares her research on sisu,an ancient Finnish construct that describes what enables you to endure the toughest of life’s situations and take extraordinary action against seemingly impossible odds. Emilia explains how we might be able to cultivate more sisu and why it can help us to exceed our own expectations and discover what we're really capable of.
Connect with Emilia Lahti:
Website: http://emilialahti.com
You’ll Learn:
[02:01] - Emilia explains that sisu is a latent inner-power and the difference between sisu, resilience and grit. [05:49] - Emilia addresses the question if sisu is something we are born with or is cultivated. [06:52] - Emila explains what an action mindset is and how it relates to sisu. [08:33] - Emila talks about what she is learning about our latent power to exceed our own expectations. [13:51] - Emilia shares why sisu is not a solo endeavor. [17:29] - Emilia explains her “Sisu Not Silence” movement and how she hopes to run the length of New Zealand to end the silence on interpersonal violence. [21:39] - Emilia defines the dark sisu zone and what to do if you find yourself there.Your Resources:
Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success - Adam Grant The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession - Paulo Coelho Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Thank you Emilia.
Until next time, take care!
Fri, 08 Sep 2017 - 29min - 262 - What Does The Future Of Wellbeing Hold? with Mathew White
Mathew White is an award-winning educator who brings a unique combination of a deep academic background in well-being with executive level leadership experience across education, public, and social sectors. Mathew is the Director of Wellbeing and Positive Education at St. Peter’s College. He is an Associate Professor in the graduate school of education at the University of Melbourne.
In this conversation, you will hear Mathew talk about the new book he recently edited, "Future Directions In Wellbeing" and the ground-breaking ways positive psychology can be applied in workplaces and schools. He also shares some of the gaps he encourages all wellbeing researchers and practitioners to be thinking about.
Connect with Matthew White:
Website: http://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person174409#tab-overview
Twitter: @Mathew_WhitePhD
You’ll Learn:
[01:45] -Mathew shares the three big a-ha moments for him as he reviewed the essays on the future on wellbeing for the book. [04:19] - Mathew discusses the idea of well-being models in schools and parenting. [07:13] - Mathew talks about how organizations can improve wellbeing. [09:32] - Mathew shares how positive psychology is being integrated into the human resource practices at St. Peter’s College. [11:18] - Mathew explains how St. Peter’s College is maintaining the momentum of wellbeing practices after seven years of implementation. [13:46] - Mathew talks about wellbeing literacy in workplaces. [16:03] - Mathew lists a few gaps in the field of wellbeing. [18:00] - The Lightning Round with Mathew WhiteYour Resources:
Future Directions in Well-Being: Education, Organizations and Policy - Matthew A White and Gavin R Slemp The Strength Switch: How The New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish - Lea Waters Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined - Scott Barry Kaufman Scott Barry Kaufman TedX I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care!
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 - 21min - 261 - Can You Put Your Strengths To Work? with Dr. Ryan Niemiec
Dr. Ryan Niemiec is a leading figure in the education, research, and practice of character strengths that are found in all human beings. He is Education Director of the VIA Institute on Character, a global, nonprofit organization. He is an award-winning psychologist and adjunct professor at Xavier University, an annual instructor at The University of Pennsylvania. He is a frequent speaker and workshop leader on positive psychology topics around the world. His latest book is Character Strengths Interventions: A Field Guide for Practitioners.
In this conversation, you will hear Ryan talk about how your character strengths are the fuel that makes our other strengths rise. Ryan talks about ways to identify and develop your strengths at work each day and the behavioral traps that can bring your strengths unstuck.
Connect with Ryan:
Websites: http://www.ryanniemiec.com and http://viacharacter.org
You’ll Learn:
[02:12] - Ryan starts the conversation by explaining what a strength is. [03:36] - Over 5 million people have measured their strengths by using the wonderful VIA Character Survey. [04:24] - Ryan talks about The Power Zone of Strengths. [07:35] - Ryan explains what he has found around subsets of our character strengths. [10:39] - Ryan discusses the idea of taking middle strengths and moving them up. [14:38] - Ryan selects three of his favorite strengths and interventions from his latest book. He talks about subtract signature strength, appreciation, and alignment. [21:00] - In his book, Ryan shares behavioral traps around developing our strengths. He shares some words of caution. He talks about trying to immediately apply a concept and the need to be flexible in this work. [23:35] - The Lightning Round with Ryan Niemiec.Your Resources:
Character Strengths Interventions: A Field Guide for Practitioners - Ryan Niemiec The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It - Kelly McGonigalThanks for listening!
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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care! Thanks for joining us today Ryan!
Fri, 25 Aug 2017 - 29min - 260 - Can You Improve Wellbeing Across An Organization? with Elise Morris
Elise Morris is a positive psychology practitioner, and Director of People and Culture at Swisse Wellness, who were recently recognized by the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business as a global example of excellence for their work in whole person wellness. Elise believes wholeheartedly that other people matter, and when we live and lead from this perspective, we can unlock ours and others ability to thrive and flourish. .
Would you like to implement a comprehensive wellbeing program to take people from functioning to flourishing in your organization? Elise explains the programs and initiatives Swisse Wellness are implementing as part of their whole person wellness program. These come under three pillars – movement, nutrition and mindfulness. Hear about the successes, and her hopes for further integrating the program within the organization.
Connect with Elise Morris:
Website - StillNorth.com.au
You’ll Learn:
[02:08] - Elise shares why Swiss Wellness won an award at the 2017 Positive Business Project Conference. [04:40] - Elise explains the growing business case to improve wellbeing at work. [06:56] - Elise talks about getting past our own biases and understanding where someone else is coming from. [08:23] - Elise shares the tools and practices in their program. [10:20] - Elise explains how they are considering how to take a more systems perspective. [13:04] - Elise discusses performance and contribution. [14:17] - Elise shares how they measure the impact of their program. [15:49] - Elise talks about gender and buy-in with the practices. [17:31] - Elise shares a challenge they have faced with rolling out this program. [19:18] - Elise provides advice to others who are thinking about rolling out a similar program. [20:23] - Elise talks about scaling this program for working across multiple markets. [22:55] - The Lightning Round with Elise MorrisYour Resources:
Positive Psychology in a Nutshell: The Science of Happiness - Ilona Boniwell Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience - Pim van Lommell Authentic: How to be yourself and why it matters - Stephen Joseph Positive Business ConferenceThanks for listening!
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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through Stitcher.
No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care!
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 - 26min - 259 - Is Technology Destroying Your Wellbeing? with Amy Blankson
Amy Blankson is one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between positive psychology and technology. Amy is the only person to be named “a point of light” by two Presidents for creating a movement to activate positive culture change. She has worked with government agencies and large companies to help foster a sense of well-being in the digital era.
In this conversation, you will hear Amy talk about how technology is positively and negatively impacting our wellbeing at work. Amy explains how our obsession with smart phones is wearing us out, how to be intelligent and deliberate in the way we use devices and the wearable technology that can actually help to improve our wellbeing.
Connect with Amy Blankson:
Website - AmyBlankson.com Amy Blankson Ted X Talk
You’ll Learn: [02:01] - Amy explains why she believes that technology is the biggest disruptor of happiness in human history. [04:13] - Amy shares her thoughts where technology is taking us when considering the way we work and our wellbeing. [06:49] - Amy encourages us to consider our intentions when it comes to technology. [09:30] - Amy talks about an experiment she is currently working on, which involves the frequency of checking an email inbox. [11:39] - Amy shares some advice on how to set other people’s expectations based on our intentions. [14:04] - Amy provides us with some statistics on our technology use and its impact on our productivity. [16:30] - Amy talks about how this conversation may change the expectations managers put on employees. [19:15] - Amy explains what digital citizenship means and the practices we need to use to role model good behavior. [21:16] - Amy talks about her current favorite wearable, The Muse Headband. [23:03] - The Lightning Round with Amy Blankson Your Resources: The Future of Happiness: 5 Modern Strategies for Balancing Productivity and Well-Being in the Digital Era - Amy Blankson and Shawn Achor Ripple’s Effect - Shawn Achor and Amy Blankson Calm App Headspace App Simple Habit App Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Cal Newport Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines - John HavensThanks for listening!
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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Until next time, take care!
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 - 26min - 258 - Creating Change Through Appreciative Inquiry with Jon Berghoff
Jon Berghoff is a co-founder and managing partner of The Flourishing Leadership Institute. He has designed and facilitated whole system change efforts through large group collaborative summits for businesses and institutions of all sizes. His work on appreciative leadership, emotionally intelligent negotiating, and influence has taken him to Australia, Japan, the UK, and Australia. Jon is the official design and facilitation partner for the 4th Global Forum for Business as an Agent of Well Benefit.
In this conversation, you will hear Jon share his knowledge and experience in appreciative inquiry. He discusses the idea of an appreciative inquiry summit and provides some example of productive summits. Jon explains how to bring appreciative inquiry into our daily lives and small groups, as well as larger groups and organizations. Jon shares how micro moments can influence macro movements.
Connect with Jon Berghoff:
Website - http://lead2flourish.comJon Berghoff Ted Talk
You’ll Learn: [01:54] - Jon shares what he has discovered unleashes our ability to come alive, be at our best, play to our strengths, innovate from everywhere, and deepen our sense of purpose. [02:42] - Jon describes what an appreciative inquiry summit is. [03:42] - Jon shares his definition of appreciative inquiry. [04:53] - Jon provides an example of an appreciative inquiry summit. [09:50] - Jon talks about his work with the city of Cleveland. [12:58] - Jon shares his thoughts on when an appreciative inquiry summit is an appropriate tool. [19:43] - Jon explains why he views appreciative inquiry as a tool. [25:19] - The Lightning Round with Jon Berghoff. Your Resources: Conscious Business: How to Build Values Through Value - Fred Kofman and Ken Wilbur Spiritual Capital: Wealth We Can Live By - Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall Thanks for listening!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 and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!
You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.
Special thanks to Jon for joining us this week. Until next time, take care!
Fri, 04 Aug 2017 - 32min
Podcasts semelhantes a Making Positive Psychology Work
- Global News Podcast BBC World Service
- El Partidazo de COPE COPE
- Herrera en COPE COPE
- The Dan Bongino Show Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino
- Es la Mañana de Federico esRadio
- La Noche de Dieter esRadio
- Hondelatte Raconte - Christophe Hondelatte Europe 1
- Dateline NBC NBC News
- 財經一路發 News98
- La rosa de los vientos OndaCero
- Más de uno OndaCero
- La Zanzara Radio 24
- L'Heure Du Crime RTL
- El Larguero SER Podcast
- Nadie Sabe Nada SER Podcast
- SER Historia SER Podcast
- Todo Concostrina SER Podcast
- 安住紳一郎の日曜天国 TBS RADIO
- TED Talks Daily TED
- アンガールズのジャンピン[オールナイトニッポンPODCAST] ニッポン放送
- 辛坊治郎 ズーム そこまで言うか! ニッポン放送
- 飯田浩司のOK! Cozy up! Podcast ニッポン放送
- 吳淡如人生實用商學院 吳淡如
- 武田鉄矢・今朝の三枚おろし 文化放送PodcastQR