Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast

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

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 Facebook Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful 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!

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 Grant Thanks 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!

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 PhD 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, Greg!

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 Talk 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, Luke!

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 Facebook Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful 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!

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 Dweck 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, John!

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: https://nobascholar.com/ [free_product_purchase id="114482"] 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 Facebook Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful 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!

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 Zaki 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, Stephen!

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/ [free_product_purchase id="113404"] 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 Ain 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, Michael!

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 Grant 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, Brian!

Nic Marks was once described as a statistician with a soul, due to his unusual combination of hard statistical skills and softer people skills. Nic's been working in the field of happiness, wellbeing, and quality of life for over 25 years, with a particular emphasis on measurement and how to create positive change. Nic and his colleagues created the Five Ways to Wellbeing for the UK government office of science, and he's the founder of Friday Pulse, who has worked with over one thousand organizations and teams measuring and improving their happiness at work. 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/ You'll Learn: [02:45] - Nic explains how we can differentiate happiness and wellbeing in our workplaces [06:08] - Nic outlines the business case for investing in employee wellbeing. [07:23] - Nic outlines the five evidence-based ways we can improve the wellbeing and resilience of teams at work. [09:56] - Nic provides an example of how we can make hybrid working arrangements fairer for teams. [11:42] - Nic shares how leaders can help their teams strike the right balance of learning and challenge without burning people out. [12:56] - Nic explains why encouraging teams to playfully experiment as they work can boost psychological safety, creativity, and innovation. [17:19] - Nic shares how we can optimize meaning and purpose in our teams without creating passion fatigue for workers. [19:27] - Nic shares some suggestions on how teams can set healthy boundaries as they work together. [22:16] - Nic shares insights from the new World Happiness reports on the impact that COVID has had on worker wellbeing. [24:52] - Nic enters the lightning round... Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful 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!

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 Helder 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, Paige!

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-Smith 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, Lisa!

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 Coaching 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, Carol!

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!

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 Armstrong 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, Nancy!

Paula Davis is the Founder and CEO of The Stress and Resilience Institute, a training and consulting firm that partners with organizations to help them reduce burnout and build resilience at the team, leader, and organizational level. A graduate of the Master's of Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, Paula is a two-time recipient of the distinguished teaching award from the Medical College of Wisconsin. And her expertise has been featured in media outlets all over the world. She's also the author of a wonderful new book called Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience. 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!

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 Pfeffer 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, Jim!

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 Facebook Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful 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!

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 Brackett 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, Robin!

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 Csikszentmihalyi 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, Scott!

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 Facebook Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful 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!

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!

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 Fouhey 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, Michael!

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!

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 Grant 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, Eric!

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 Seligman 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, Stef!

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 Facebook Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful 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!

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

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 Levine 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, Meg!

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

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/ [free_product_purchase id="98713"] 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 Hübl 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, Peter!

In this week’s episode, we explore how to find our zone of fabulousness and the power of collective accountability in the face of work experiences that can lead to “burnout”. Connect with Vikki Reynolds https://vikkireynolds.ca/ [free_product_purchase id="97710"] You’ll Learn: [01:47] - Vikki explains why our approaches to vicarious trauma and burnout in workplaces need re-thinking. [03:33] - Vikki shares how we can each find our Zone of Fabulousness when it comes to helping others 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 Facebook Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful 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!

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 Mitchell 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, Michael!

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/ [free_product_purchase id="96828"] 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 and Peter enter the lightning round. Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Burnout by Amelia & Emily Nagoski 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, Jess!

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

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

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

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 Podcast 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!

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 Wilson 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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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/ [free_product_purchase id="90610"] 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!

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!

In this week’s podcast, we explore how we can reduce burnout in our workplaces. Connect with Dr. Gail Gazelle: https://www.gailgazelle.com/ [free_product_purchase id="89853"] 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!