Making Positive Psychology Work

Jacqueline Stavros is an Associate Professor at the Lawrence Technological University and has been honored with the LTU Inaugural Presidential Research Award. She's known for her creation of SOAR, a profoundly positive approach to strategic thinking, planning, and leadership, based on the concept of Appreciative Inquiry.

Today we're talking to Jacqui about how the SOAR framework and how this can be used to help organizations and teams take a strengths-based, systems approach to strategic planning. and the kind of results they might expect. Jacqui helps us to understand how SOAR differs from SWOT approaches, how to help the cynics embrace a more strengths-orientated approach and how you conduct a quick SOAR in just a few hours with a team.

Connect with Jacqueline Stavros:

Website: http://soar-strategy.com/

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• [02:14] - Jackie talks about 'meeting people where they're at].
• [02:50] - Jackie explains generative questions.
• [03:43] - Jackie gives an introduction to SOAR (strengths, opportunities, aspirations & results) and how it works.
• [05:55] - Jackie gives example of which situations SOAR is most appropriate for.
• [08:59] - Jackie explains the '5 'I' Approach'.
• [12:05] - Jackie discusses the impact of SOAR on the workplace.
• [17:15] - Jackie talks about potential cautions and caveats of using SOAR.
• [24:18] - Lighting round with Jacqueline Stavros.

• Conversations Worth Having by Jackie Stavros, Cheri Torres & David L. Cooperrider
• Flourish by Martin E. P. Seligman
• Your Strengths Blueprint by Michelle L. Mcquaid & Ms Erin Lawn
• Give & Take by Adam Grant

Thanks so much for joining me again this week. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It's free!

You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.

Until next time, take care! Thank you Jackie!

Jacqueline Stavros is an Associate Professor at the Lawrence Technological University and has been honored with the LTU Inaugural Presidential Research Award. She’s known for her creation of SOAR, a profoundly positive approach to strategic thinking, planning, and leadership, based on the concept of Appreciative Inquiry.

Today we’re talking to Jacqui about how the SOAR framework and how this can be used to help organizations and teams take a strengths-based, systems approach to strategic planning. and the kind of results they might expect.  Jacqui helps us to understand how SOAR differs from SWOT approaches, how to help the cynics embrace a more strengths-orientated approach and how you conduct a quick SOAR in just a few hours with a team.

Connect with Jacqueline Stavros:

Website: http://soar-strategy.com/

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• [02:14] - Jackie talks about 'meeting people where they're at].
• [02:50] - Jackie explains generative questions.
• [03:43] - Jackie gives an introduction to SOAR (strengths, opportunities, aspirations & results) and how it works.
• [05:55] - Jackie gives example of which situations SOAR is most appropriate for.
• [08:59] - Jackie explains the '5 'I' Approach'.
• [12:05] - Jackie discusses the impact of SOAR on the workplace.
• [17:15] - Jackie talks about potential cautions and caveats of using SOAR.
• [24:18] - Lighting round with Jacqueline Stavros.

• Conversations Worth Having by Jackie Stavros, Cheri Torres & David L. Cooperrider
• Flourish by Martin E. P. Seligman
• Your Strengths Blueprint by Michelle L. Mcquaid & Ms Erin Lawn
• Give & Take by Adam Grant

Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!

You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.

Until next time, take care!  Thank you Jackie!

Reb Rebele is the Research Director for Wharton People Analytics, and teaches in the Masters in Applied Positive Psychology Programme at the University of Pennsylvania. Reb's research, writing and consulting projects bring behavioral science and research into the world of work, to drive better employee experiences and organizational outcomes.

Today we're talking to Reb about why being a 'giver' at work can backfire and cause you to hurt the very people you want to help and burn yourself out in the process. Discover what drives giving behaviors at work, the practical steps you can take to be a self-protective giver and what leaders can do to create their dream team of reciprocity approaches.

Website: www.rebrebele.com

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• [01:44] - Reb explains how helpfulness creates value in the workplace.
• [03:21] - Reb talks about how giving too much can be draining and counter-productive.
• [08:05] - Reb discusses the generosity spectrum that he calls 'reciprocity style' - that includes takers, matchers & givers.
• [11:37] - Reb explores how personality styles, beliefs and mindsets might drive these behaviors.
• [14:15] - Reb shares the habits of highly effective giving, including how you can perform small five minute favors.
• [19:31] - Reb talks about how leaders can build dream teams of reciprocity styles.
• [23:48] - Lightning round with Reb Rebele

• Give & Take - Adam Grant
• Extreme You by Sarah O' Hagen
• The Three Marriages by David Whyte

Thanks so much for joining me again this week. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It's free!

You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.

Until next time, take care! Thank you Reb!

Amy Wrzesniewski is a Professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management. For almost two decades, her research has focused on how people make meaning of their work in challenging work contexts or conditions Her findings have been published in a wide range of top academic journals, and highlighted in several best-selling books and popular press outlets, including Forbes, Time, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, U.S. News and World Report, The Economist, as well as bestselling books such as Drive by Daniel Pink, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman, and The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler.

Do you wish you had more meaning in your work? Amy explains how you can craft your job, whatever your role and status, to find more meaning in what you do each day at work. She also shares practical tips for leaders to create an environment that encourages job crafting among employees to help them feel more proactive, engaged and productive at work.

Website: www.jobcrafting.org

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• [02:10] - Amy defines job crafting.
• [04:02] - Amy explains the value of meaning in our work, including how it affects our job choices, longevity of a particular role, and peoples perception of their careers.
• [07:32] - Amy gives examples of how leaders can support job crafting for employees.
• [09:46] - Amy suggests ways people can create more meaning in their own work.
• [12:58] - Amy discusses the latest findings and developments in job crafting.

• Happiness Advantage by Shawn Anchor
• Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman
• The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler
• How to be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact by
• Jane E.Dutton, Gretchen Spreitzer & Shawn Achor

Thanks so much for joining me again this week. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It's free!

You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.

Until next time, take care! Thank you Amy!

Amy Wrzesniewski is a Professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management. For almost two decades, her research has focused on how people make meaning of their work in challenging work contexts or conditions Her findings have been published in a wide range of top academic journals, and highlighted in several best-selling books and popular press outlets, including Forbes, Time, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, U.S. News and World Report, The Economist, as well as bestselling books such as Drive by Daniel Pink, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman, and The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler.

Do you wish you had more meaning in your work?  Amy explains how you can craft your job, whatever your role and status, to find more meaning in what you do each day at work.  She also shares practical tips for leaders to create an environment that encourages job crafting among employees to help them feel more proactive, engaged and productive at work.

Website: www.jobcrafting.org

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• [02:10] - Amy defines job crafting.
• [04:02] - Amy explains the value of meaning in our work, including how it affects our job choices, longevity of a particular role, and peoples perception of their careers.
• [07:32] - Amy gives examples of how leaders can support job crafting for employees.
• [09:46] - Amy suggests ways people can create more meaning in their own work.
• [12:58] - Amy discusses the latest findings and developments in job crafting.

• Happiness Advantage by Shawn Anchor
• Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman
• The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler
• How to be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact by
• Jane E.Dutton, Gretchen Spreitzer & Shawn Achor

Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!

You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.

Until next time, take care!  Thank you Amy!

Christopher Kukk is a Professor of Political Science and Social Science at Western Connecticut State University, the Founding Director for the Centre for Compassion, Creativity and Innovation, the author of the Compassionate Achiever, and the co-host of the Compassionate Achiever Podcast. Chris' research and publications combine neuroscience with the social sciences and focus on education issues, the political economy of natural resources, and the creation and sustainability of civil society. Chris was also a counterintelligence agent for the United States Army, and is regularly featured in the media for his analysis on a wide range of topics and issues.

Today Chris explains the neurological differences between empathy and compassion and why compassion may be the key to success in workplaces. He also shares his simple four step approach to creating more compassion and ways this can be practically be applied in workplaces.

Website: http://chriskukk.com/

• [02:16] - Chris explains the difference between empathy and compassion
• [05:51] - Chris discusses the complications of empathy and why it can lead to burn out.
• [07:09] - Chris talks about how compassion leads to success personally and professionally.
• [11:10] - Chris gives an example to show how kindness is a precursor to compassion and how this can help us to be more effective givers.
• [12:42] - Chris lists the 4 steps for cultivating compassion (LUCA) - 'listen to learn', 'understanding to know', 'connect to capabilities' and 'act to solve'.
• [19:19] - Chris explains how to teach these skills in workplaces.
• [25:10] - Lightning round with Chris Kukk

• The Compassionate Achiever - Chris Kukk
• Give & Take - Adam Grant
• Behave - Sapolsky
• Dark Matter - Blake Crouch

Thanks so much for joining me again this week. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It's free!

You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.

Until next time, take care! Thank you Chris!

Christopher Kukk is a Professor of Political Science and Social Science at Western Connecticut State University, the Founding Director for the Centre for Compassion, Creativity and Innovation, the author of the Compassionate Achiever, and the co-host of the Compassionate Achiever Podcast. Chris’ research and publications combine neuroscience with the social sciences and focus on education issues, the political economy of natural resources, and the creation and sustainability of civil society. Chris was also a counterintelligence agent for the United States Army, and is regularly featured in the media for his analysis on a wide range of topics and issues.

Today Chris explains the neurological differences between empathy and compassion and why compassion may be the key to success in workplaces. He also shares his simple four step approach to creating more compassion and ways this can be practically be applied in workplaces.

Website: http://chriskukk.com/

• [02:16] - Chris explains the difference between empathy and compassion
• [05:51] - Chris discusses the complications of empathy and why it can lead to burn out.
• [07:09] - Chris talks about how compassion leads to success personally and professionally.
• [11:10] - Chris gives an example to show how kindness is a precursor to compassion and how this can help us to be more effective givers.
• [12:42] - Chris lists the 4 steps for cultivating compassion (LUCA) - 'listen to learn', 'understanding to know', 'connect to capabilities' and 'act to solve'.
• [19:19] - Chris explains how to teach these skills in workplaces.
• [25:10] - Lightning round with Chris Kukk

• The Compassionate Achiever - Chris Kukk
• Give & Take - Adam Grant
• Behave - Sapolsky
• Dark Matter - Blake Crouch

Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!

You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.

Until next time, take care!  Thank you Chris!

Jennifer Moss is a researcher, Co-founder of Plasticity Labs, and a member of the Workplace Happiness Group at the United Nations Global Happiness Council. She is considered to be a Workplace Culture Expert and Thought Leader on the topic of happiness and emotional intelligence, and is author of the bestselling book Unlocking Happiness at Work.

In this conversation, Jen guides us through the seven traits that enable happy and high performing employees and offers simple happiness hacks any workplace can use to help improve people's wellbeing. She also cautions us about the happiness inhibitors that can bring us unstuck and why being happy at work doesn't mean avoiding stress or sadness.

Website: https://plasticitylabs.com/

• [02:38] - Jen discusses the traits needed for people to be happy and effective at work.
• [07:27] - Jen talks about how paying attention to the little things can have a big impact on productivity.
• [10:27] - Jen explains how you can utilize technology to better engage with staff, and learn what's happening in the workplace.
• [12:12] - Jen talks about the three R's of building habits and why habits don't get created in 21 days.
• [14:45] - Jen gives examples of how to create habits that help improve wellbeing.
• [19.21] - Jen explains how to make changes at work a more positive experience.
• [21:44] - The lightning round with Jennifer Moss

• Unlocking Happiness at Work
• James Clear (Author)
• The Future of Happiness - Amy Blankson
• Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt

Thanks so much for joining me again this week. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It's free!

You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.

Until next time, take care! Thank you Jen!