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Book review: The Essential Performance Review Handbook
Author Sharon Armstrong At times, here at Positive Business DC, we like to review books that can help cultivate positive business. This one is by a local writer and consultant, Sharon Armstrong. “It’s...
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Anticipatory Savoring: The IPPA World Congress
I’m flying to Los Angeles tomorrow. I’m leaving my 2 1/2 year old and my 7 month old (whom I’m still nursing, if that isn’t TMI) and I’m leaving them for four days with my mother-in-law. And I’m...
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Positive Practices Around the World
Louisa Jewell Positive psychology training is being implemented in many countries around the world, and not only are we starting to see the positive effects but also which specific content is having...
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Positive Psychology in Practice in the DC Metro Area
Here at Positive Business DC we are always looking for organizations who are implementing positive psychology in the workplace. As the nation’s capital we hope that we will set the trends for the...
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Virtuous Business Practices – an interview with Dr. Kim Cameron
Dr. Kim Cameron is the William Russell Professor of Management & Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and the co-founder of a field called Positive...
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Bouncing Back: Myths and Characteristics of Resilience
I have taught resilience to business execs and Army sergeants. And the same myths come up every time when I ask about their definition of resilience. Resilient people are almost always positive &...
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Employee Development on a Shoestring
Here at Positive Business DC we like to promote books that we think are helpful for creating positive businesses. And one of Gallup’s Q12 (i.e. the 12 things that are the key to having engaged...
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You can….Profit From the Positive
There are so many good books coming out these days! It’s hard to keep up. But if you still have some beach reading time, I recommend Profit from the Positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost...
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How Love Creates Health
Love contributes to health. It doesn’t stop with counting blessings. It’s not abstract. It’s deeply physical. Let’s follow the argument made by Barbara Fredrickson during the IPPA World Congress. Broad...
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Lessons From the Five of Us – The Business and Positive Psychology Panel
(This was originally published by Senia Maymin on www.profitfromthepositive.com.) Five of us were on a panel about business and positive psychology. This was at the Master of Applied Positive...
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Positive Business Conference
Positive Business Conference Set for May 2014 at U-M Ross Yes, there is such a thing as positive business. Business can, and should, be a force for good. That’s the thinking behind the Ross mission...
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10 Tried and True Methods for Increasing Well-Being
Since the dawn of late night television, everyone is working on their top 10 lists. Here is one list that is here to stay. Scientifically proven ways to make you happier. 1. Find Your Flow. If you...
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14 Things to Make You Happier and More Productive in 2014
We wanted to give you something that would help make your life a little better next year. Keep these things in mind when you are crafting your New Year’s Resolutions. Give something away. It makes...
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A Memory of Chris Peterson*
*Note: Dr. Chris Peterson was a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and one of the founders of the field. In addition to being a beloved teacher, he was also one of the 100 most...
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How to Be (and Measure) Happy at Work
Have you ever tried speaking to a tough crowd? How about teaching positive psychology to engineers? Jocelyn S. Davis Jocelyn Davis, of Nelson Hart LLC (@nelsonhartllc) has done just that at the...
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Positive Presenting: How to Command a Room
Do you know how to manage your energy in order to command a room? Does the idea of doing a presentation make you want to run and hide? What does research say about the ability to increase our...
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Does Corporate Training Have a Lasting Impact?
A Look at Well-Being Measures to Evaluate As a corporate communications trainer I work with many people on a short term basis. Over a two day session I can see an enormous impact on their personal and...
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The Benefit of a Really Big Rock
Have you ever been asked to do something at work that was so far beyond your abilities that you felt like Sisyphus pushing that rock up a mountain? But you think that this time it’s different? If I...
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Hacking Creativity by Jessica Amortegui
Join our Hacking Creativity Webinar on September 24 at noon EST. Register here. I believe everyone has the potential to be creative when given the time, freedom, and autonomy. And, combined witha...
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Book: The Power of Being Unreasonable, Pt. 1
George Bernard Shaw once said, “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the...
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