This document provides an overview of positive psychology and how its principles can be applied to career development. It discusses the three levels of happiness, identifying signature strengths through the VIA questionnaire, and ways to use strengths more at one's current job. Participants are encouraged to recognize opportunities to apply their strengths to support organizational goals, appreciate small positives at work, and maintain perspective during challenges by focusing on reflection and alternative views. Applying positive psychology can help improve engagement and meaning at work.

1. Grow Your Career with Positive Psychology! Cori Ashworth, M.Ed. C.A.G.S. Career Continuum

2. Agenda Review Background on Positive Psychology Identify Positive Psychology Principles for Career Application Ways to Make Incremental Change in Your Current Work Online Measure for Your Use Q and A

4. Identified Positive Aspects of Personality

6. Level 1 Engagement Level of everyday enjoyment Creature comforts Congenial company Fun ! Pleasurable activity

7. Level 2 Engagement Conscious activity Engage in the activity for its own sake State of Mind-Flow Flow-MihalyCsikzentmihalyi, 1990 No sense of time Sustained focus and determination Stretches your capacities Autotelic self in operation

8. Level Three Engagement Use your signature strengths as much as possible- combination of something you like to do and do well Apply these strengths where you can in service to support others and organizations Combine engagement and meaning for the greatest impact

9. Ways to Make Incremental Change in Your Current Work Identify your signature strengths Identify ways to use strengths to accomplish organizational goals and growth Apply strengths with teams, colleagues and initiatives with others Appreciate the small, good events at work

10. The Pivot Remain centered and watchful; you have the locus of control Look for the alternative ways to view events and people (Fortunately, unfortunately exercise) Take a moment, and then decide how to move forward; diminish reaction, increase reflection and then initiate action

11. VIA Questionnaire Measures signature character strengths 24 strengths identified-leadership, bravery, curiosity are examples of signature strengths Top 5 are the most important Transferable to many areas of life Website: www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx

12. Next Steps at Your Current Work Site Identify your strengths Identify when/where you use them now Identify opportunities to use them more Look for the 3 levels of happiness in your current work situation If at 70/30-good level of operation If not, consider how to increase it or alternatives

13. Q and A ?????? " You are your own best resource and your own worst enemy. Operate from belief in yourself." Cori Ashworth

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