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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 257
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2021
Do You Have a Positive Strategy for Gaslighting? with Dr. Robin Stern
Dr. Robin Stern is the co-founder and associate director for the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence and an associate research scientist at the Child Study Centre at Yale. She is a licensed psycho…
Which Positive Psychology Interventions Work Best? with Scott Donaldson
Scott Donaldson is a post-doctoral scholar in evaluation, statistics, and measurement at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine Moores Cancer Centre. Scott’s research focuses on th…
Can You Be Commercial and Compassionate? with Rasmus Hougaard
Rasmus Hougaard is the founder and managing director of Potential Project. He’s recognized by the Thinkers50 as one of the most important emerging business thinkers and leaders in the world. He write…
Can You Achieve The Goals That Matter Most To You? with Dr. Grace Lordan
Dr. Grace Lordan is the founding director of the Inclusion Initiative, director of the master’s in behavioral science, and an associate professor in behavioral science at the London School of Economi…
Can You Navigate Hard Changes? with Michael Bungay Stanier
Michael Bungay Stanier, who helps people be a force for change. Best known for his book, The Coaching Habit, Michael’s learning and development company, Box Of Crayons, trains hundreds of thousands o…
Is Your Organization Authentizotic? with Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
Manfred Kets de Vries is a distinguished clinical professor of leadership development and organizational change at INSEAD, whose work explores the interface between management science, psychoanalysis…
How Happy Are Your People At Work? with Eric Karpinski
Eric Karpinski has been on the cutting edge of bringing positive psychology tools to workplaces for over 10 years with clients that include Intel, Facebook, IBM, T-Mobile, and many others where he ha…
Can You Help People Stand Out As They Fit In? with Stefanie K Johnson
Stefanie Johnson is an associate professor of management at the University of Colorado, whose research focuses on the intersection of leadership and diversity. Stef works with companies to implement …
What Good Are Positive Emotions? with Barbara Fredrickson
Dr. Barbara Fredrickson is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Director of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chape…
Can We Make Mentoring Extraordinary? with Belle Rose Ragins
Dr. Belle Rose Ragins is a Sheldon B. Lubar professor of management at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She’s an expert in the field of mentoring, diversity, and positive relationships at work.…
Do You Know How To Be A Good Ally? with Dr. Meg Warren
Dr. Meg Warren is an Assistant Professor of Management at Western Washington University. Meg’s award-winning research uses a positive psychology approach to study how individuals from relatively priv…
Do You Need A Resilience Bank Account? with Michael Maddaus
Dr. Michael Maddaus is a retired professor of thoracic surgery at the University of Minnesota, who has trained with Kristin Neff and Chris Germer to teach self-compassion. Michael currently works wit…
Can You Navigate the Uncertainty of Change? with Peter Senge
Peter Senge, who has been at the forefront of organizational learning since publishing his classic text, The Fifth Discipline, in 1990, provided theories and methods to foster aspiration, develop ref…
Do You Have A Culture Of Collective Accountability? with Vikki Reynolds
Today we’re talking to Vikki Reynolds, who’s an activist and therapist who works to bridge the worlds of social justice with community work and therapy. An adjunct professor, she’s written and presen…
Can You Lead With The Brain In Mind? with Michael Platt
Today we're talking to Michael Platt, a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor with appointments in the Department of Neuroscience, the Department of Psychology, and the Department of Marketing in the U…
Can You Lead With Vulnerability? with Jessica Amortegui
Today we’re talking to Jessica Amortegui, who’s the Senior Director of Learning & Development at LinkedIn where she designs and delivers programs for leaders and teams. Equipped with a conviction tha…
Are You A Humble Leader? with Edgar & Peter Schein
Today we’re talking to Professor Edgar Shein and Peter Shein. Ed and his son Peter together co-founded the Organizational Culture and Leadership Institute (OCLI.org) and have together published the a…
Can You Plan The Future? with Margaret Heffernan
Today we’re talking to Dr. Margaret Heffernan, who’s an entrepreneur and the author of six books, including her most recent Uncharted: How To Map The Future. Margaret’s Ted talks have been seen by ov…
Are You Riding The Third Wave of Positive Psychology? with Tim Lomas
Today we’re talking to Doctor Tim Lomas, a Senior Lecturer in Positive Psychology at the University of East London. Tim completed his Ph.D. with a thesis focusing on the impact of meditation on men’s…
Can You SOAR Into Your Purpose? Podcast with Jackie Stavros
In this week’s podcast, we discover how to soar into your individual or collective purpose at work with four simple but powerful questions to help us navigate uncertainty.
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