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Ever notice how some changes leave people feeling energized and capable while others leave them exhausted and overwhelmed? What creates this difference? Why do some uncertainties feel like exciting challenges while others trigger that familiar "Oh FUD!" spiral of fear, uncertainty and doubt? This episode explores how to fuel peopleâs confidence, make the most of their capabilities, and help them stay curious about how they can navigate change more effectively together. We share the A in our HEART framework with evidence-based approaches to help you build on peopleâs strengths while also dealing with their challenges and struggles.
01.09 Michelle explains how our brains are wired to help us thrive through change - even when its challenging.
06:36 Michelle shares the 80/20 rule of change that helps to energize rather than exhaust people.
10:33 Michelle offers two organizational tools that can help workplaces embed a strengths-based approach change.
13:39 Mchelle outlines how leaders can map and support the strengths of their teams to navigate change together.
18.54 Michelle shares her favorite ways to develop her strengths during changes - even when her bosses haven't been supportive in the past.
26.19 Michelle explains why many leaders struggle to appreciate strengths even when it consistently improves the return on investment of their change efforts.
29.14 Michelle shares how a small health service have appreciated strengths at an organizational, team, and individual level across their workplace.
35.01 Michelle confesses to overplaying her appreciation of strengths at times and how she adjusts this now when needed.
37.55 Michelle offers a post-it note a-ha to help appreciate strengths through change.
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Have you ever been in a meeting where someone shares a "big announcement" and you can practically hear everyone's minds turning off? Compare that to times when you're figuring out a problem together with people you trust - same amount of work, totally different feeling. What makes some complex changes feel safe enough to lean into while others feel dead on arrival? This episode explores how to turn grudging compliance into willing commitment during change. We share the E in our HEART framework with practical tools for meaningful conversations that support self-organization.
01.09 Michelle shares how we can engage people more purposefully around change - even when the change is not something they want.
05.00 Michelle explains why compliance rarely lasts more than three months, and how we can win people's ongoing commitment to change
08:50 Michelle outlines the three basic human needs we all share when it comes to engaging purposefully in change.
13:30 Michelle provides two organizational tools to help workplaces be values-led around their changes.
17.53 Michelle shares how leaders can ask extraordinary questions and practice extraordinary listening to support their teams through change.
23.47 Michelle explains how each of us can use five simple change-crafting questions to make any change more personally meaningful.
29.54 Michelle shares an example of how two organizations that were merging engaged people purposefully to co-create a new set of values.
36.39 Michelle dives into why leaders often struggle to engage their people purposefully around change.
40.51 Michelle offers two post-it notes takeaways for this HEART of Change factor. -
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Why do some people thrive during change while others get completely overwhelmed? It comes down to whether their nervous system feels "safe enough" to stay curious and collaborative. This episode explores how your emotions impact your brain's internal navigation system and energy for change. We share the H in our HEART framework with concrete tools for reading these signals at individual, team, and organizational levels, transforming emotional chaos into psychological safety.
3:00 Chelle explains why Honoring Feelings is the best neurological place to start when navigating change.
8.13 Chelle shares what has surprised her when working with team and leaders about honoring feelings during times of uncertainty.
11.42 Chelle provides practical examples of how we can honor feellings at the 'Me' (indidvidual) level during change.
15.37 Chelle offers evidence-based tools to help leaders and teams honor feelings at the 'We' level when navigating change together.
21.25 Chelle suggests ways organizations can make it easier to honor feelings at the 'Us' level to make it safer for people to be honest about change approaches.
24.10 Chelle shares a case study of how a large public service organization has been practically using these tools to navigate change.
30.53 Chelle provides a caution for where most workplaces struggle when it comes to honoring feelings during change.
34.37 Chelle offers a post-it note takeaway for honoring feelings.
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Ever wonder why change feels so much harder than it did in the past? We're in an unprecedented supercycle where disruptions collide and create ongoing "Oh FUD!" responses - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt that are flooding our nervous systems. Based on our work with organizations around the world, we share why traditional approaches miss what matters most and introduce our HEART framework for supporting teams through the emotional reality of transformation, even when uncertainty is the only constant.
1:49 Michelle discusses the concept of a "poly crisis" and why we are in a supercycle of change for the foreseeable future.
5:43 Michelle explains the "Oh FUD!" feeling many of us are having about change.
16:28 Michelle explores why assessing the dimensions of safety and predictability for change can improve our confidence.
20:02 Michelle introduces the HEART of Change Framework to help us navigate people's emotional and social experiences of change.
37:18 Michelle explains "H" - Honoring Feelings.
39:50 Michelle shares "E" - Engaging Purposefully
45:30 Michele introduces the "A" - Appreciate Strengths47:02 Michelle outlines "R" - Reach Out
50:01 Michelle explains "T" - Take Tiny Steps -
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.
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Thank you!
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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 â we explore what weâve 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/ Youâll 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 â non pathologized â 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 â rather than unintentionally harm â 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 whatâs 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.
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Until next time, take care! Thank you, Peggy!
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Halla TĂłmasdĂłttir 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 TĂłmasdĂłttir:
https://bteam.org/ Youâll 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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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/ Youâll 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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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/ Youâll 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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Kim Cameron is a professor of management and organizations at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. Heâs 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 weekâs episode, Dr. Paige Williams talks to Prof. Kim Cameron about Positively Energizing Leadership.
Connect with Kim Cameron:
https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/ Youâll 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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John Hagel, whoâs 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 CEOâs 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 heâs also developing a series of programs to help people navigate through change at many levels.
In this weekâs 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/ Youâll 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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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. Edâs 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. Edâs 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/ Youâll 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 Edâs theoretical approach to happiness. [06:33] - Robert shares some of Edâs 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 Edâs 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 Edâs favorite happiness practices. [29:25] - Robert shares some of Edâs 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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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, Stephenâs 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 weekâs 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/ Youâll 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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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. Heâs also a former member of President Obamaâs 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 weekâs episode, we discover what the latest research suggests creates a great place to work and why prioritizing peopleâs wellbeing improves productivity and profitability.
Connect with Michael Bush:
https://www.greatplacetowork.com/ Youâll 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 peopleâs wellbeing over their financial wellbeing â even during uncertain times â 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 ânew normalâ 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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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 Brianâs bestselling books â âMe, Myself and Us: The Science of Personalityâ and the âArt of Well-Beingâ; 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 Youâll 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 âauthenticâ 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 âwell-doingâ 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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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"]
Youâll 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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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/ Youâll 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 leaderâs work location â at home, in the office, or a hybrid â 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs free!
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Until next time, take care! Thank you, Paige!
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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/ Youâll 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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In this weekâs 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/ Youâll 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 âcoaching upâ [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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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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"]
Youâll 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 donât forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Itâs 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!
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