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Making Positive Psychology Work

If you believe as we do that by uncovering tested, practical ways to help people move from functioning to flourishing at work, we can better navigate the incredible challenges and opportunities our world faces, then this podcast is for you. Our goal each week is to give you access to the world’ leading positive psychology, positive organizational scholarship and neuroscience researchers and practitioners to explore their latest research findings on how you can improve wellbeing, develop strengths, nurture positive relationships, make work meaningful and cultivate the grit to accomplish what matters most. If you want evidence-based approaches to bringing out the best in yourself and others at work, then consider this podcast your step-by-step guide.
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Is Your Workplace Psychologically Safe? with Dr. Sandra Bloom 0
May 28, 2021

In this week's episode, we explore how workplace wellbeing programs can benefit from understanding the best practices of trauma theory and attachment theory.

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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!

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!

Are You Embracing Neurodiversity? with Dr. Nancy Doyle 0
May 21, 2021

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.

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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!

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!

How Can Your Team Protect Each Other From Burnout? with Paula Davis 0
May 14, 2021

In this week’s episode, we explore how teams and leaders can work together to lower the risk of burnout. 

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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!

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!

Can You Help Create A Net Thriving Culture at Work? with Jim Harter 0
May 7, 2021

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.

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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!

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!

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