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Positive change management (etc)

By Lisa Sansom / November 24, 2011 / 0 Comments

Despite my best intentions to re-activate this blog after the quiet summer months, it has now been the busy fall months, and this has taken me away from blogging. So here are a few random thoughts about what I’ve been up to lately: I have been delivering several workshops on change management, combining both the […]

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Why is positive psychology good for business?

By Lisa Sansom / October 11, 2011 / 0 Comments

The positive psychology world is definitely growing. My Google alert for “positive psychology” is, I’m sure, returning more hits every week. Admittedly, I haven’t graphed it – that would be another fun project. But what I do notice is that positive psychology is coming up more and more in relationship to business. To wit, this […]

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What's so great about individualism?

By Lisa Sansom / June 15, 2011 / 0 Comments

Research into Positive Psychology generally tells us that we’re better off with others than on our own. Even introverts rate themselves as happier when they are with other people than when they are alone. However, a recent study may change some of the way we see individualism vs. collectivism. A meta-analysis suggests that “Freedom and […]

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My new favourite researcher

By Lisa Sansom / June 13, 2011 / 2 Comments

Big shout-out to Heidi Grant Halvorson. She has been researching goal attainment for some time, but I only just learned about her through Ben Dean’s fabulous MentorCoach interview, and then just had to check out her website and read her blog. Her book Succeed, of course, is wending its way through Amazon’s system to get […]

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My assessment of a new strengths assessment

By Lisa Sansom / June 10, 2011 / 0 Comments

I recently wrote an article for Positive Psychology News Daily about Marcus Buckingham’s new strengths assessment called StandOut. My article can be found here – please join the discussion at PPND!

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Book give-away for June 10 – The Seven Arts of Change

By Lisa Sansom / June 8, 2011 / 0 Comments

The Seven Arts of Change is a tidy little hardcover book by David Shaner. From the website: Combining lessons drawn from four decades of Aikido with knowledge gleaned from his 30-year consulting career, Shaner merges Eastern philosophy with Western business savvy to present his Seven Arts of Change (including the Arts of Preparation, Relaxation, and Compassion), […]

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