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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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Jul 30, 2021

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:

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!

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!

Jul 23, 2021

Robert Biswas-Diener, as we remember and savor the incredible research and life of his father, Ed Diener, who recently passed away. Over the last 40 years, Ed published hundreds of articles, amassing more than 250,000 citations. Ed’s earliest work focused on defining and establishing measures for happiness, and his satisfaction with life scale is the most widely used measure of wellbeing today. And has been cited 30,000 times. Ed’s w- later work focused on the relation of personality and of income to happiness, the cultural dimensions of happiness, the consequences of happiness, and happiness policies. Ed won the highest prize in psychology, The Distinguished Contribution to Science Award, was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. And was a founder of Perspectives of Psychological Science, and The Journal of Happiness Studies.

In this week's episode, we honor and savor the research of Dr. Ed Deiner and discover what his 40 years of happiness research can teach us.

Connect with Robert Biswas Diener:

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!

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!

Jul 16, 2021

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:

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!

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!

Jul 9, 2021

Michael Bush is the CEO of Great Place to Work. The global research and analytics firm that produces the annual Fortune 100 best companies to work for list, and dozens of other distinguished workplace rankings all over the world. Driven by a love of business and an unwavering commitment to fair and equitable treatment, Michael joined Great Place to Work as CEO in 2015, bringing 30 years of experience leading and growing organizations. He’s also a former member of President Obama’s white house business council, and a founding board member of the private equity seed fund, Fund Good Jobs, which invests in small Inner-City businesses.

In this week’s episode, we discover what the latest research suggests creates a great place to work and why prioritizing people’s wellbeing improves productivity and profitability.

Connect with Michael Bush:

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!

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!

Jul 2, 2021

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:

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!

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!

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