Positive Psychology in Business: 101 Workplace Ideas and Applications

By Sarah Lewis

Positive Psychology in Business draws together key ideas and techniques for applying positive psychology and strengths-based growth to a wide range of workplace settings and cultures. Mounting evidence demonstrates the returns that come from investing in developing high-energy motivation, positive relationships, trust, meaningfulness and a sense of belonging. Ensuring that emptoyees feel hopeful about the future, encouraged to be their best selves and appreciated for who they are and what they do, creates a platform for engagement and creativity. Positive psychology places a clear emphasis on recognizing strengths and creating positive feelings, and guidance on how to achieve these two aspects of human life is a running theme in the book. Each of the practical, to the point chapters addresses an urgent need or a crucial issue of contemporary working life in our increasing volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment (VUCA). Sarah Lewis shows how any leader, manager, organization or employee can apply positive and appreciative concepts such as building social capital, creating a feel-good workplace, encouraging positive deviation, leading authentically, creating conditions for change, having courageous conversations and building happy teams to create effective growth. Hope, gratitude, willpower, forgiveness and kindness are recognized as indispensable qualities in a time of crisis, not added extras to be ditched when the going gets tough. Designed as a ready reference for the hard-pressed manager or human resources specialist, you can turn to this book for ideas, guidance or inspiration, and come away with solutions that you can put into practice immediately. Whatever the particular business challenge, whether it is improving performance, leading in turbulent times, or even how to downsize, you will find a chapter that offers ideas about how to do it in a positive, appreciative way. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912755572
• ISBN13: 9781912755578
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"