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Session Focus: Linking happiness, optimism + positivity to high performance

When we are happy, optimistic and positive, the physiology of the brain changes; it literally changes.

Research for positive psychology, effects of happiness on the brain, dates back to the 1990s. Since then, reams of data, thousands of studies, decades of research, and a serious application of the scientific method have provided irrefutable proof that we perform better when in HOP (happiness, optimism + positivity).
<blockquote>To quote Shawn Achor, “our brains are literally hardwired to perform at their best not when they are negative or even neutral, but when they are positive.”</blockquote>
This 90-minute Culture Shaping Learning Circle:

• Engages an open discussion forum for leaders to share ideas and challenges they are facing as they seek to sustain workplace cultural norms in uncertain times and the progress they are making.

• Explores challenges striving to develop a culture of continuous learning by developing coaching strategies and fostering a collaborative working environment.

• Encourages Case studies on how member companies working to sustain design thinking practices in a virtual and remote workplace.

Balancing Well-Being with Happiness & Positivity

engagement &amp; culture

Engagement &amp; Culture

michael.grubich

alison.cowan

learning culture

culture

don.sandel

teresa.oliszewicz

strength

happy

happiness

high performance

well-being

Session Focus: Linking happiness, optimism + positivity to high performance

When we are happy, optimistic and positive, the physiology of the brain changes; it literally changes.

Research for positive psychology, effects of happiness on the brain, dates back to the 1990s. Since then, reams of data, thousands of studies, decades of research, and a serious application of the scientific method have provided irrefutable proof that we perform better when in HOP (happiness, optimism + positivity).
<blockquote>To quote Shawn Achor, “our brains are literally hardwired to perform at their best not when they are negative or even neutral, but when they are positive.”</blockquote>
This 90-minute Culture Shaping Learning Circle:

• Engages an open discussion forum for leaders to share ideas and challenges they are facing as they seek to sustain workplace cultural norms in uncertain times and the progress they are making.

• Explores challenges striving to develop a culture of continuous learning by developing coaching strategies and fostering a collaborative working environment.

• Encourages Case studies on how member companies working to sustain design thinking practices in a virtual and remote workplace.

This Learning Circle – Culture Shaping is produced by Executive Learning Exchange.

Linking Happiness, Optimism + Positivity to Balance Well-Being & Stress

single-event

Team Leaders

Learning Circles

online event

betty.hart

Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve.

In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.

Designing Your Life - How to Build a Well-Lived Joyful Life

design thinking

Leadership

newton.moore

innovation

janice.simmons

heather.tunison

Coaching

purpose

yolanda.mangram

Creativity

Mindfulness

Personal Growth

Self-Discovery

jim.orheim

meaning

Life Design

Career Design

Prototyping

Experimentation

Life Coaching

laura.sandera

deepa.kartha

ali.glaser

From the world’s leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom for achieving a fulfilling life. Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma, notably the only business book that Apple’s Steve Jobs said “deeply influenced” him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen’s A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Christensen’s How Will You Measure Your Life is a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights designed to help any reader—student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child—forge their own paths to fulfillment.

How Will You Measure Your Life?

sean.casavechia

career development

career path

positivity

life-long learner

Why do some people seem magnetic while others seem to repel people? Why are some people so happy, even at those way-too-early board meetings? While seemingly complicated, the answer is straightforward: that individual probably has a positive mindset.

In his book Positive Mindshift: Making Good Things Happen in Life and Work, <a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/don-sandel">Donald Sandel</a> provides a roadmap to creating a better life by improving your mindset with positivity. Using science and real-life stories, Sandel asks the questions needed to accomplish this, including:
<ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical">
 	<li>Are there health benefits to adopting a positive attitude?</li>
 	<li>How does one overcome negative biases?</li>
 	<li>Is happiness a choice?</li>
 	<li>Does positivity create better outcomes?</li>
</ul>
Sandel has dedicated this chapter of his life to creating a better world through mindset and attitude and now wants to share his insights with you. After all, why should we settle for each day being ordinary when it can be extraordinary?

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