This document promotes an interactive workshop on flow, leadership, and the serious game FLIGBY. It is an invitation from Dr. Zoltan Buzady, who discusses his background and expertise in flow leadership. The workshop covers principles of energizing people and great leadership, introducing the concept of "flow" and how leaders can help others achieve it. It also demonstrates a serious game called FLIGBY that simulates management of a winery, allowing participants to practice leadership and management skills.

1. The 'Happiness Game'
of Good Leadership
An interactive workshop on
Flow, Leadership and Serious Game FLIGBY
👉 https://bit.ly/FlowLiszt
Dr. habil. Zoltan Buzady
Associate Professor of Management and Organization
CORVINUS University of Budapest
Global Expert in Flow-Leadership via Serious Game
zoltan@buzady.hu
www.flowleadership.org

2. My invitation to interactive
workshop on
Happiness & Flow,
Leadership & Skills, and
Modern Serious Games.
Hello

3. The geography of Dr. Zoltán Buzády
Stockholm
Munich
London
London School of
Economics & M.B.A.
Budapest
GE-Lighting, Corvinus
University Ph.D., 1000TEA

6. The geography of Dr. Zoltán Buzády
Stockholm
Munich
London
London School of
Economics & M.B.A.
Budapest
GE-Lighting, Corvinus
University Ph.D., 1000TEA
CEU MBA Dir.,
CORVINUS Habiliation
Barcelona
IESE
Paris
HEC
Harvard
Business
School

10. Leadership & Flow Global Research Network
www.flowleadership.org

11. The geography of Dr. Zoltán Buzády
Stockholm
Munich
London
London School of
Economics & M.B.A.
Budapest
GE-Lighting, Corvinus
University Ph.D., 1000TEA,
CEU MBA Dir.,
CORVINUS Habiliation
Barcelona
IESE
Paris
HEC
Harvard
Business
School
Kiev UKR
MIM Business School
Astana KAZ
Almaty KAZ
Tbilisi GEO
Yerevan ARM

12. The 'Happiness Game'
of Good Leadership
An interactive workshop on
Flow, Leadership and Serious Game FLIGBY
👉 https://bit.ly/FlowLiszt
Dr. habil. Zoltan Buzady
Associate Professor of Management and Organization
CORVINUS University of Budapest
Global Expert in Flow-Leadership via Serious Game
zoltan@buzady.hu
www.flowleadership.org

13. PART I:
Principles of
Energizing People
(& Yourself!)

14. Prof. “Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi”
Founder of Positive Psychology - Creativity Guru & Happiness Studies -
My Friend and Colleague

15. Meaningful Life, Happiness,
Optimal Experience

16. What about Happiness in your life?

17. What is ‘Flow’?

18. FLOW, A MENTAL STATE:
FLOW IS BEING
COMPLETELY INVOLVED IN
AN ACTIVITY FOR ITS OWN
SAKE.
THE EGO FALLS AWAY, TIME FLIES.
EVERY ACTION, MOVEMENT, AND
THOUGHT FOLLOWS INEVITABLY
FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE,
LIKE PLAYING JAZZ.

19. o Concentration deepens
o The present is what matters
o Sense of being in control
o The sense of time is altered
o There is a loss of ego 19
Building Enduring Success
During A Flow Experience

20. „Flow”
A mental state in which a person performing an
activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized
focus, full involvement, and enjoyment.

21. What leads to happiness?
What makes a ‘meaningful life’?
Prof. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (4mins, start at 0:45)

22. PART I:
Principles of
Energizing People
(& Yourself!)

23. PART II:
Principles of
Great Leadership

24. 24
24

25. Expanding Capital for Competitive Advantage (Luthans et al. 2004,2006)
Positive
psychological
capital
Who you are
* Hope
* Efficacy
* Resilience
* Optimism
Traditional
economic
capital
What you have
* Finances
* Tangible Assets:
Plants,patents,
equipment,
data, brands
Social
capital
Who you know
* Relationships
* Networks
* Alliances
* Contacts
* Friends
Human
capital
What you know
* Experience
* Education
* Skills
* Knowledge
* Ideas

27. PART II:
Principles of
Great Leadership

28. Part II/B
Flow &
Role of
Good Leadership

29. It is leaders & managers...
… who all to often stifle Flow,
Creativity, Happiness and a Meaningful
Work & Life!

30. BUT we unlearn to be in natural Flow mental state!

32. • Establish clear goals others can identify
with. (3’)
32
Building Enduring Success
How We Can Help Others to Get into Flow

33. • Establish clear goals others can identify
with.
• Structure activities so that the levels of the
challenges and of skills are matched, can be
controlled, and periodically upgraded.
• Give frequent, constructive & actionable
feedback.
• Eliminate obstacles to Flow (ex: too many
meetings/interruptions, no focus).
33
Building Enduring Success
How We Can Help Others to Get into Flow

34. Part II/B
Flow &
Role of
Good Leadership

35. PART III:
FLIGBY

40. Introducing FLIGBY and Turul Winery
©ALEAS Sims., California
Overview
1. You will take on the role of the General of the
well-established and well-known “Turul Winery” in
California
2. Turul is in a good financial shape, but the morale is
quite low, due to the previous GM who suddenly
left. Now, You have to change this trend as the new
GM.
3. The 7 members of your mgmt team have lots of
tension, including strong disagreements about the
strategy to be pursued.

42. Ted Turner
(vice chairman,
AOL Time
Warner)
Sir John Templeton
(Financial investor;
The Templeton Fund)
Anita Roddick
(founder,
The Body Shop)
Kenneth Derr
(chairman and
CEO, Chevron)
Michael Murray
(former VP,
Microsoft)
Michael
Markkula
(cofounder,
Apple
Computer)
Norman Augustine
(former CEO,
Lockheed Martin)
Jack Greenberg
(chairman and CEO,
McDonald's)
Mads Ovlisen
(CEO, Novo Nordisk)
Gerald Greenwald (former
chairman and CEO, United
Airlines)
top decision makers
Building Enduring Success
Good Business - global Bestseller book by Csikszentmihalyi #3

43. Building Enduring Success
Progress on the science of Flow and Flow-Leadership
1990 2002 2003 2016/2019

44. Good Business Defined
By Prof. Csikszentmihalyi
YouTube Video #4 (2:15)

45. 29 Management &
Leadership Skills
by FLIGBY

48. 29 FLIGBY Leadership Skills (HERE)

50. Improve Your Own
Flow at Work

51. Flow-promoting Management Skills

52. Which are your ORG’s key leadership skills?

53. Summary

54. Expanding Capital for Competitive Advantage (Luthans et al. 2004,2006)
Positive
psychological
capital
Who you are
* Hope
* Efficacy
* Resilience
* Optimism
Traditional
economic
capital
What you have
* Finances
* Tangible Assets:
Plants,patents,
equipment,
data, brands
Social
capital
Who you know
* Relationships
* Networks
* Alliances
* Contacts
* Friends
Human
capital
What you know
* Experience
* Education
* Skills
* Knowledge
* Ideas

55. “The difference between
Positive Thinking and
Positive Psychology?
Well…
nothing is more
practical than a good
theory."
Prof. M. Csikszentmihalyi

56. GOAL

57. How We Can Help Others to Get into Flow
#1
Establish clear goals
others can identify with.

58. Immediate
Feedback

59. How We Can Help Others to Get into Flow
#2
Give frequent,
constructive & actionable
feedback.

60. BALANCE of
Challenge &
Skill Level

61. How We Can Help Others to Get into Flow
#3
Structure activities so that
the levels of the challenges and
of skills are matched.

62. The art of
Flow-Leadership
The art of balancing

64. Balance of
Skills &
Challenges
gradually

65. Focus

66. How We Can Help Others to Get into Flow
#4
Few meetings,
No interruptions &
No multitasking.

67. Flow-promoting Management Skills

68. Balance of
Skills & Challenges
‘Opportunity
to Act / for Action’
gradually

69. Building Enduring Success
Progress on the science of Flow and Flow-Leadership
1990 2002 2003 2016/2019

71. Closure

73. JOIN our FLOW &
FLIGBY Network!!
* explore:
fligby.com
* follow our research:
flowleadership.org

75. www.flowleadership.org
zoltan@buzady.hu
May the #FLOW Be with YOU!
A #FLOW legyen Veled!

77. BONUS:
Watch: the most important legacy of Prof. Csikszentmihalyi, founder of positive psychology
& Flow, our colleague and my friend: https://youtu.be/l2ejV3maL0s 3 mins
Explore: www.fligby.com
Here is the full list of all our publications, with full text (!) for you:
https://flowleadership.org/publications-on-leadership-development-and-management-skills/
Soon another top-journal article (Q1) will also be added.
Watch my video (4 Mins) "Welcome to FLIGBY's Turul Winery Leadership Development
Story" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GestdTCInUg&cc_load_policy=1 ENJOY!
Watch my latest quick info about EdTech for your and your organizational Leadership
Development via FLIGBY here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBIlEzU8zTE (5 mins).