Is the PERMA model broad enough to address all of well-being? This was a question I heard addressed at the IPPA World Congress more than once. Here are some answers I heard from Steward Donaldson and Victoria Cabrera from the Clarmont University positive psychology department. They believe there are 4 additional elements needed to extend the model to cover work and other aspects of life.
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August 31 is Launch Day for The Business of Race
August 31 is the launch date for the new book, The Business of Race: How to Create and Sustain an Antiracist Workplace and Why It’s Actually Good for Business. At first blush, the title says it all: who the book is for, why it matters, and what we can aspire to achieve. But as a curious person and a long -time friend of Margaret Greenberg, I wanted to know more.
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“You’re on mute!” On Having High-Quality (Zoom) Connections
by Nico Roseby Nico RoseDoes Zoom fatigue happen partly because we are getting fewer opportunities to be energized by each other? What can we do to regain some of the ability to energize each other through remote connections?
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When I became self-employed, I found myself being the meanest boss I had ever had. Here’s how I switched to self-compassion and what happened as a result.
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Lack of Fun at Work Kills Motivation
by Nico Roseby Nico RoseTo sum up: When people do not perceive their jobs to deliver fun on regular basis, they are probably going to jump ship soon. Now, it´s clear that a job can´t be fun all the time. It´s called work, after all. But my data suggests that top managers and human resources professionals should not take this seemingly light factor too lightly.
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Protect Yourself and Friends From the New LSD: Loneliness, Stress, Depression
I was shocked when I read that US workplaces may be responsible for 120,000 excess deaths per year, making the workplace the 5th leading cause of death in the country. What’s going on? As a way of celebrating World Heart Day, let’s think about what we can do about it.
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How to Foil the Theft of Time: Productive One-on-ones at Work
Let’s take a moment to look at the ownership of your time. Some of it is yours. If you are employed, some of it belongs to your employer. But how much?
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Feedback is a gift, right? Yet I’m willing to bet that most people are anxious about getting feedback on their work. Here’s a sample of the responses I’ve heard people…
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A Tool for Building Your Professional Network
Building your professional network can seem like a daunting task. Here’s a way to break it down into two much simpler steps that help you keep track of connections and strengthen relationships.
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Shift Positive 360 Webinar – WATCH NOW!
by Senia Mayminby Senia MayminWe interviewed Pete Berridge and Jen Ostrich on our most recent PPND Webinar. They discussed how to create lasting change in organizations using their technique “The Shift Positive 360 Approach”. Here is the full webinar in case you missed it!
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Healthy and Resilient Organizations
HERO organizations are financially healthy and stable. Because the psychosocial capital exists, they are better equipped to deal with the volatile economic times that are our everyday reality.
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Announcement: Webinar on Feedback and Change with Pete Berridge and Jen Ostrich – Wednesday, May 9 at 2pm ET
by Senia Mayminby Senia MayminOn May 9, we will have a Positive Psychology News webinar featuring Pete Berridge and Jen Ostrich, co-inventors of Shift Positive 360®, a method for creating sustainable positive change by changing the way people give and receive feedback.
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REVAMP: Taking Physicians from Burnout to Flourishing
To work on positive medicine, I had to decide where to start. The opportunities to make medicine a more positive discipline are vast. Finally I decided that the place to start was with the healers themselves. Principles of self-care and positive psychology could be embedded in medical training starting as early as Day 1 of medical school.
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Awakening Compassion (Book Review)
by Lisa Sansomby Lisa SansomIt’s time to break the silence about suffering at work. Suffering happens everywhere. From page 11 in this book, “Without compassion, workplaces can become powerful amplifiers of human suffering.” Read on to explore the alternative, where organizations and the people in them awaken compassion at work.
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Thriving at Work: An Outcome of Positive Leadership
Should companies concern themselves with the psychological well-being of their employees? If so, what does that mean for workplace leadership practices?
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Positive Psychology News Celebrates 10 Years
Positive Psychology News (PPND) published its first article, What is Positive Psychology? by Senia Maymin on January 1, 2007. In the 10 years since then, PPND has published more than 1350 articles by nearly 150 different authors. That is a lot of points of view on bringing positive psychology to work in many different life circumstances.
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How to Encourage Employee Engagement
by Andrea Frankby Andrea FrankI am interested in the intersection of home, school, work, and play. How aligned are we across these domains of life, and how does that impact our engagement in them?
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Money is an Imperfect Incentive, Not Just at Wells Fargo
In the end, money matters.
Wisdom and people matter most.
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Individual Differences at Work: Part 1, Handling Stress
by Sarah Tottleby Sarah TottleStress is subjectively experienced. Individual differences influence how each employee interacts within their workplace and perceive and manage stress. Each individual sees stress through a different lens.
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Positive Mental Health at Work
by Amanda Horneby Amanda HorneWhat resources are available to design an organizational well-being strategy? To become informed you could read every article here on PPND and find the threads that to weave into your strategy. Or you could refer to the strategies that others have implemented. To get the ball rolling, here are some Australian examples of reusable strategies.
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