Powerpoint Slides presented by Richard Boyatzis PhD,  at the Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference 2011

This study investigates the role of applying the individual signature strengths at work for positive experiences at work (i.e. job satisfaction pleasure engagement and meaning) and calling. A sample of 111 employees from various occupations completed measures on character strengths positive experiences at work and calling....

Solution-focused coaching and solution-focused therapy are strengths-based approaches which emphasize people’s resources and resilience and how these can be used in the pursuit of purposeful positive change....

It is sometimes said that humans are story-telling creatures. We love films and novels, enjoy reminiscing about the good times, report stories of our workday, entertain our children with tales, and occasionally gossip. Stories are how we make sense of the day, of the world and--ultimately-- of ourselves. Positive psychology expert Dr....

Positive psychology is not only a science but an applied science as well. As such the undergraduate classroom can act as a laboratory in which students can personally experience the interventions associated with this field....

This article is a case study of an undergraduate course in positive psychology taught by Dr Tal Ben-Shahar. The course has been taught three times between 2004 and 2008 in the Department of Psychology at the Harvard University....

Faculty hoping to add a Positive Psychology course into the undergraduate curriculum as a regularly taught stand-alone course may face multiple hurdles: finding the time to develop the course and once it is developed attaining approval by departmental level as well as college level curriculum committees....

Teaching positive psychology is a fascinating experience in part because many of the issues it addresses are fundamental questions about living....

The relationship between mental flow and physiological coherence was investigated in three tasks. Coherence is a state defined by a particular pattern of low frequency heart rate variability (HRV) which has been related to optimal performance and positive mental states. Flow is a pleasurable performance-enhancing psychological state....

The present study aimed to explore the relations between parental and children’s character strengths and children’s school adjustment during the critical period of school entry. Participants were 479 parents and 16 firstgrade teachers of 479 first-grade schoolchildren from five public elementary schools in Israel....