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Applied Positive Psychology How Positive Psychology can make work better Mark Hodder Head of Learning Design & Delivery Public Service Management Wales (PSMW). Experience Sampling. On a scale of 1 (not at all) – 10 (extremely) Do you feel: Happy? Relaxed? Awake?.
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Applied Positive Psychology How Positive Psychology can make work better Mark Hodder Head of Learning Design & Delivery Public Service Management Wales (PSMW)
Experience Sampling • On a scale of 1 (not at all) – 10 (extremely) • Do you feel: • Happy? • Relaxed? • Awake?
In pairs • What Went Well • Write down 3 things that went well for you in the last 24 hours • Discuss these with your partner
Experience Sampling • On a scale of 1 (not at all) – 10 (extremely) • Do you feel: • Happy? • Relaxed? • Awake?
The Mind-Body Link The Mind and Body are the Same System Neuron Neuro Transmitter Electrical Signal Every Cell is Eavesdropping on Your Internal Dialogue
Experience Sampling • On a scale of 1 (not at all) – 10 (extremely) • Do you feel: • Happy? • Relaxed? • Awake?
Our Behaviour Matters What Went Well 3 per day Shawn Achor: The Happiness Advantage
Life Streaming • Why? • What does it mean to you? • How do you get more of it? Unresolved Issues
Experience Sampling • On a scale of 1 (not at all) – 10 (extremely) • Do you feel: • Happy? • Relaxed? • Awake?
Adding years to life Ellen Langer and Judith Rodin
3:1 Positive : Negative Marcial Losada Losada Ratio Positivity: Negativity
Using Losada’s 3:1 at Work 3 Qualities you admire in the person One thing they could do more of?
You need a 5:1 ratio at home! • Criticism • Contempt • Defensiveness • Stonewalling John Gottman
31% more productive by just one, free act per day Shawn Achor: The Happiness Advantage
Experience Sampling • On a scale of 1 (not at all) – 10 (extremely) • Do you feel: • Happy? • Relaxed? • Awake?
Learning Goals Vs Performance Goals Carol Dweck: Mindset
Praise Effort Rather Than Ability • You are so clever • You’re a natural • Another great outcome • That’s the result we wanted • You must have worked hard to achieve that • You planned well, look at the result • Tell me more about how you did that… Carol Dweck: Mindset
Ways of Responding Shelly Gable
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Autonomy Mastery Purpose
Pairs Exercise: Set a Goal • Pick one thing you can do differently after this session • In your control • Lower the activation energy (or raise it for something you want to stop doing) • 21 repetitions to form the new habit
Experience Sampling • On a scale of 1 (not at all) – 10 (extremely) • Do you feel: • Happy? • Relaxed? • Awake?