What about more “formal” forms of recognition, such as trips and conferences, that companies use to reward top performers? Do these programs positively impact employee engagement and productivity, too? I have anecdotal evidence from one company that they do – especially when a company rethinks who attends these events.

How do you create a positive organization? What’s the formula? In this article I will focus on a few other factors – Physical Location, High Quality Relationships, and Meaningful Work – using specific examples from a company I recently visited in northern Italy.

Last month, I wrote about what I believe a leader must Do, Know, and Be. This month I’d like to use this same, three-part model to examine the role of a coach. The intersection of these three components, the shaded area, is where excellence in one’s profession can be found. It’s where action, feeling, and thinking are aligned and integrated into a consistent whole. [...]

When I reflect on all that I learned last year in the University of Pennsylvania’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP), it sometimes makes my head spin.  I’m reminded of the notion of clarity that …

If you have ever worked in a corporation you are familiar with the notion of competencies – a prescribed set of desired behaviors a leader* is expected to exhibit in order to achieve results.  As Clifton …

There is but one topic to write about on this day…
LOVE
 
Love and the Capacity to Love is one of the twenty-four character strengths identified in Peterson and Seligman’s book Character Strengths and Virtues (2004).  …

NOTE:  In Senia Maymin’s New Year’s Day article, she writes, “Positive Psychology is the study of positive subjective experiences, positive traits, and positive institutions.”  This article is about the later.  I will share some highlights from …

Margaret Greenberg, MAPP. After spending the first 15 years of her career in corporate Human Resources, Margaret founded The Greenberg Group — an organizational effectiveness consulting practice — in 1997.  She specializes in coaching executives …