A practical Positive Leadership model built directly out of Positive Psychology By Dr. Markus Ebner ‘How manipulative is leadership?’ I have asked this question at the start of many workshops for managers in recent years. Undoubtedly, this wording is provocative—and that is also my intention. But when the thesaurus suggests the terms ‘influence’ or ‘steer’…
Category Archive for: Positive Psychology
By Declan Noone It’s a real sucker punch – a hit below the belt and something none of us were expecting to impact our lives to such an extent. The coronavirus has swept in and upended much if not all of our daily life. For those of us living in societies that are enforcing self-isolation…
By Declan Noone A leader, as Parker Palmer states, can ‘either shine a light or cast a shadow’. Appreciating that you, both as an individual and as a leader have a direct effect on your immediate environment (personal context), as well as on your surrounding work environment (working context), is an important stage…
We speak with pioneer in the corporate application of positive psychology and mindfulness, Dr Juan Humberto Young, Academic Director and Professor at the Executive Master of Positive Leadership and Strategy at IE University, Madrid, and author of Mindfulness Based Strategic Awareness Training about his definition of positive leadership and his Mindfulness training protocol. Interview…
Using positive psychology to reach your maximum potential When I first inherited the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) division at Microsoft, it was an average ’so-so’ team in terms of its performance ratings. We overhauled our approach using a combination of strengths-based leadership and positive psychology, and within just a few short years we…
3 reasons a positive leader is the most pragmatic person in the room By Declan Noone, Partner at Serrano 99 ‘Happiology’, that’s what crosses the majority of people’s minds when they hear the terms: positive psychology, positive leadership, and mindfulness. In fact, when I first started to study positive leadership I still readily recall…
We ask Dr Tayyab Rashid, clinical psychologist and researcher, about the role of strengths in our lives, what the strengths-based approach means in a corporate context, and how leaders can apply it to build better performing and more resilient teams. Strengths-based frameworks and theories are gaining popularity both in clinical settings as well in corporate organisations.…
Create the perfect conditions for flow I can’t get this German song out of my head while writing this. “Perfekte Welle” (Perfect wave), was the name of the first single of German pop/rock group Juli. Released in 2004, it peaked at number two in the German and Austrian single charts. Singer Eva Briegel describes how…
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