webinar 4

1. Capability
Development
Pilot
Program
Webinar
Series

2. Webinar Series:
The ingredients of effective feedback
The five steps to better coaching
Strength-based coaching & positive
psychology
Getting the very best from the
people you lead

3. In ALL of your conversations for the rest of this week
make a conscious effort to SHOW UP, LISTEN UP, SPEAK
UP, LIFT UP & FOLLOW UP.

4. Webinar # 3:
Strength-based
coaching &
positive
psychology

5. Strength-based
psychology
What are your
strengths? Well-being

6. Do you know the strengths of your team members?
Do they know that you know?
Have you utilised those strengths in the context of their work?

7. There is a high
correlation between
what people enjoy
doing and their
strengths.

8. Rule of 3 P’s
We tend to practice
What we prefer
And become more proficient at it.

9. Positive Psychology (Strengths-
based coaching approach)
Focus on developing a
pleasant life, a good life and a
meaningful life by focusing on
the development of:
• Altruism, hope, optimism,
resilience, helping behaviours,
fun and happiness
• Positive work environments

10. Positive Psychology (Strengths-
based coaching approach)
 Martin Seligman launched Positive
Psychology in 1998 when he became
President of the American Psychological
Association
 Positive Psychology identifies and studies the
factors that create well-being rather than at
cures for psychological illnesses
 It proposes to make people happier and
more fulfilled by using and developing their
strengths
 It is based on scientific research that has
been carried out through controlled
experiments and longitudinal studies

17. Signature Strength Exercise
1. Write a story about when you are at your best
2. Take the strengths survey
• http://www.authentichappiness.org
• Pay most attention to the order of your own strengths.
Were there any surprises for you?
• Next, take your five highest strengths one at a time and
ask yourself, “Is it a signature strength?”
3. Once you get back your VIA results, reread your stories
and look for examples of your strengths.

18. Use one of your check-ins to
discuss strengths
Defer to each person’s strengths in
conversations, coaching, and
meetings
Ask people what they enjoy in
their work
Consider yourself: What are your
strengths?
Complete the test
Get others to complete the test

20. • We spend a third of our adult
life in the workplace
• That amounts to 40 plus years
• The least we can do is to find
well-being in the work we
do.

21. Elements of Well-Being
• Positive emotions – happiness and life satisfaction
• Engagement – being completely absorbed in
activities
• Relationships – being authentically connected to
others
• Meaning – purposeful existence
• Achievement – a sense of accomplishment and
success

22. As a leader …
• Start your meetings with ‘win for the week’
• Say hello to people in the morning; and mean it!
• Take an interest in the people that work for you
• Say thank-you more
• Apologise when you have messed up
• Have encouraging conversations
• Create thinking time
• Debrief with their three questions: What went well?
What didn’t go well? What will we do next time?

23. As a person …
• Mindfulness & meditation
• Three positives for the day
• Write 10 gratitude statements every day
• Find time to exercise
• Make a To Do List

24. Complete the strengths test, encourage your team to do
the same, and have a conversation about this.