Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, two English epidemiologists, have written a provocative book on how high levels of inequality in societies are harmful for everyone within them.

For a 25th strength, I propose a meta-strength built on global awareness that I call Enlightened Action. This new strength can be aligned among or above the six virtues of wisdom, courage, humanity, temperance, and …

In both his opening and closing addresses at the 1st World Congress of the International Positive Psychology Association (WCPP), Dr. Martin Seligman challenged the community to meet an ambitious goal:
To increase the percentage of the …

At the recent First World Congress of the International Positive Psychology Association, Professor Yong-Lin Moon of Seoul National University reviewed a concept that he calls frames of meaning for life . These frames of meaning help explain cultural differences, particularly those embedded in our relationships with others, those that influence our positive institutions, and differences in the ways people deploy character strengths.

Cruised any politics related web sites recently? Seen any angry, sarcastic, personal attacks wrapped in "humor"? I suspect that for many participants, there are very real consequences. What to do? I have two suggestions, one from my political experience and one from that great political philosopher, Walt Disney.

The theme of CAPP’s 2nd Applied Positive Psychology Conference was Creating flourishing communities: the smallest thing to make the biggest difference. Three keynote presentations painted pictures of positive social change inspired by individual action.

The 2nd Applied Positive Psychology Conference recently held at the University of Warwick held three lessons that inspired me from three different perspectives – individual, organizational, and community.

I don’t think emotions, positive or negative, need to be kept in the closet at work. But you need to take the heat out of the discussion, and give business people the opportunity to explore their emotions dispassionately, setting goals which will enhance their performance. Here is one of many ways to do this. Providing you show real benefits, emotions can be transformed into serious business.

Day 3 of the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Conference included discussions of the business value and success factors for both inclusive diversity and wellness programs. [...]

Following is Part Two of an interview I conducted last month with Tom Rath on Strengths-based Leadership. Talking about people he studied, Tom said, “They’re people that I have admired for a long time and they were just night and day different in the way they interacted with people and built their organizations.”