We all want a great, cohesive teams, but where do we start? A simple definition of workplace culture is whatever people learn from other people, especially by interacting with them. By knowing our purpose, our strengths and creating a sense of community, belonging and vulnerability, we can begin to craft a workplace where we thrive. This can, in turn, lead to psychological safety, which Google recently showed to be the number one predictor of successful teams.

Agenda:

• Discuss Workplace Culture and Its Elements
• Self-compassion and Positive Emotions
  • What is self compassion?
  • Combatting negative self-talk
  • Learning interventions to effectively induce positive emotions in the wokrplace
• Character Strengths
  • Discuss 24 VIA character strengths and their importance to wellbeing
  • Discuss signature strengths and use in the workplace
  • Cover research on improvement of workplace wellbeing when using strengths
  • Exercise: Strengths use in us/Strengths spotting in others
• Organizational-level interventions
  • Understanding psychosocial hazards in the workplace
  • Evaluating assessments & metrics to protect and elevate team members
  • Considering policies to positively impact psychological health and safety

Learning Objectives:

• Define purpose, calling mindset and the concept of Ikigai
• Assess character strengths, discovering our signature strengths
• Take VIA Character Strengths assessment
• Learn the importance of strengths work to wellbeing and performance
• Learn the importance of vulnerability
• Understand what is meant by psychological safety
• Learn the importance of high-quality connections (HQCs)