Listen to a short excerpt from Jo’s International Happiness Day webinar interview

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March 20 is International Day of Happiness, a day when the world celebrates the importance of happiness, and focuses activities around how individuals, communities and workplaces can build it.

This year, to celebrate International Day of Happiness,  PB Performance Coaching is collaborating with colleagues around Australia to offer a FREE 3-day online happiness expo from 20-22 March 2015.

Live Your Happiest & Healthiest Life: Happiness Masterclass 2015  features speakers and coaches on positive psychology, well-being, relationships, health, and a whole lot more!  it’s all about how to optimise your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing so you can live your Personal Best life.

I’m excited to be a part of this fantastic on-line event, and to share my knowledge and my expertise, along with 10 other experts and speakers from around the country including The Happiness Institute’s Dr Tim Sharp.

You can hear my presentation Taking Charge of Your Career: What’s Happiness Got to Do With It? either live on Friday 20 March, or as a recording at any time over the weekend.

Other talks include:

• Mastering Happiness & Making The Most of Life
• Science-Proven Secrets to Building Your Happiness
• Optimising Health & Happiness For Real Success – Avoiding the top 3 Mistakes Professionals Make That Keep Them Overweight, Foggy-Headed and Fatigued

Join me in this exciting free event! Click here to activate your free registration. 

3 days: 20-22 March 2015 
Starts on International Happiness Day!
10 presentations with speakers from wide range of field
Online event – access from home or anywhere you like!
FREE!

And don’t forget to share the expo details with a friend who would enjoy free training in happiness and well-being.

PB Performance

Employees are facing increasing pressure to keep up, to do more with less, and to respond to constant change, ambiguity and challenge. Supporting our staff to become more resilient so they bounce-back from set-backs, maintain productivity and positivity, and survive and even thrive during tough times, is perhaps the most critical workplace development strategy we can offer.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change”
Charles Darwin

Resilient staff

• are better at solving problems and overcoming challenges
• are able to maintain performance under pressure
• are less likely to be absent from work
• positively influence the people around them
• have a positive impact on team and organisation performance.

PB Performance Coaching offers a range of programs based on the Resilience At Work (R@W)^® Toolkit to help build resilient employees, teams, leaders and organisations. The toolkit is a complem-entary suite of measures that recognises the inter-relatedness of employee, leader and team behaviour at work.

Measuring Resilience At Work

Start building resilience at work by taking the internationally recognised, scientifically validated, Resilience At Work (R@W) Scale. It’s the only scale that measures resilience specifically within the work context. The assessment is done on-line and takes less than 15 minutes. A personal, leader or team profile report is generated, enabling staff to benchmark their current resilience against each of the seven components of resilience at work. The profile can be used by staff to enhance the outcomes from resilience workshops or individual coaching by enabling them to focus their learning and action on strategies most relevant to them.

The three assessment scales are:

R@W Individual: assesses an individual employee’s resilience at work against the 7 Resilience At Work factors

R@W Team: assesses the group practices that promote team resilience, against the 7 Resilience At Work (Team) factors

R@W Leader: assesses the leader behaviours that support and foster resilience in the employees and teams they lead, against the 7 Resilience At Work (Leader) factors

Building Resilience At Work

Workshops for groups of individuals

Half or full day workshops teach practical, evidence based strategies targeting  each of the seven components that contribute to high levels of Resilience At Work. Strategies are underpinned by the science of positive psychology, and can be easily learnt and immediately applied by staff at all levels. Prior to the workshop staff complete the Resilience at Work Scale which enables them to focus their workshop learning on the strategies most relevant to them. Staff leave the workshop with an individual action plan for enhancing their own personal resilience.

Workshops for teams

Half or full day workshops teach practical, evidence based strategies targeting each of the seven components that contribute to high levels of Resilient teams. Strategies are underpinned by the science of positive psychology, and can be easily learnt and immediately applied by staff and teams at all levels. Prior to the workshop staff complete the Resilience at Work Team Scale which enables them to focus their workshop learning on the strategies most relevant to their team. Staff leave the workshop with individual and team action plans for enhancing their team resilience.

Coaching for Staff and Leaders

Individual coaching is a fantastic supplement to the Resilience At Work Workshops, providing staff with personalised, confidential support to put their personal resilience plan into action. Even if staff haven’t participated in a workshop, they can still take the Resilience At Work Scale and be coached to identify and implement resilience strategies that will most benefit them. Personal coaching is goal oriented, motivational and solution focused, and is therefore highly effective in bringing about lasting, significant and positive change.

Resilience Re-boot: On-line resilience program

Want to build your resilience in your own time and at your own pace? Our on-line program might suit you.

Click here for details and registration.

Who For?

Resilience At Work Programs benefit Leaders, Executives, Managers, Professionals, Professional Support Staff, Business Owners, Boards and Board Chairs, Tertiary Students and Tertiary Graduates seeking to enter the workforce.

Resilience at Work Workshops benefit teams experiencing change or challenge, for example: downsizing; restructuring; funding challenges; difficulty meeting demand for services; increasing competition; staff shortages; challenging client groups.

What Next?

Resilience is increasingly being taught to kids throughout our school system, is being implemented throughout the entire US Army via the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Training Program, and is now considered a critical indicator of success and prosperity by Governments around the world, including South Australia.

Check out some of our recent Resilience and Wellbeing projects here.

Please get in touch now by phone: 0412 319 394 or via our email enquiry page to discuss how best to structure a Resilience At Work Program for yourself or your staff.

Investing in Resilience At Work could be the smartest business decision you make. 

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Dr Martin Seligman has now completed the first month of his Thinker In Residence in South Australia. A number of heartening and inspiring things have already arisen from his visit:

• The number of people – professionals and public alike – who are interested or actively working in the field of positive psychology and well-being. Each of the four public forums was completely booked out, with nearly 3000 people attending one of the two public lectures at the Festival Theatre and St Peters College.To view these two talks click on the links below
• The importance and feasibility of psychological immunisation of our young people – building up resilience, character strengths and psychological fitness to guard against trauma, anxiety, stress and depression
• Dr Seligman’s bold hope that South Australia, by adopting a systematic approach to well-being measurement and intervention, could become an international prototype for how an entire population can be supported to flourish – not just economically, but psychologically
• The recognition that if this is to occur, we need to skill up our educators, health professionals, parents and service providers in positive psychology and well-being interventions. There seems to be some discussion about a version of the UPenn MAPP (Master of Applied Positive Psychology) being developed in Adelaide.
  STOP PRESS: Melbourne University has declared its intention to offer a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from 2013, with professional development programs being run in the second half of 2012. Contact for enquiries Mr Field Rickards, Dean of Education f.rickards@unimelb.edu.au
• In speaking with Dr Seligman both in Adelaide and Sydney, I asked what he thought was stopping us achieving his vision – that by the year 2051, 51% of the population would be flourishing? Part of the answer lies in a systematic and co-ordiated approach to the development of well-being, and to this end I am continuing with my commitment to the professional development of the field of positive psychology within SA, through the Happiness and Positive Psychology Interest Group. See more about the group here.

Download Seligman Talks

Martin Seligman at the Adelaide Festival Theatre on Well-being, 8th Feb 2012
watch now

Martin Seligman at St Peters College Adelaide on Positive Education, 14th Feb 2012
watch now

Martin Seligman on Radio National breakfast, 16th Feb 2012, speaking about well-being measurement and intervention, and the notion of psychological immunisation.
Listen now.

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Christmas is a time of great happiness and good cheer, when we spend time nurturing important relationships and practicing kindness, appreciation and gratitude. ‘Yeah right, what planet are you on’ I hear some of you say! Happiness doesn’t just happen because it’s a certain time of the year or because the media and commercial marketers direct that it should be so. Like anything worthwhile in life, we have to work at happiness – we have to understand what leads to happiness and how we can create if for ourselves and others. So if you’re needing some inspiration at this time of year, you won’twant to miss the Adelaide premiere of HAPPY!

HAPPY is a feature length documentary that leads viewers on a journey across 5 continents in search of the keys to happiness. The film addresses many of the fundamental issues we face in today’s society: how do we balance the allure of money, fame and social status with our needs for strong relationships, health and personal fulfilment?

Through remarkable human stories and cutting edge science, HAPPY leads us toward a deeper understanding of why and how we can pursue more fulfilling, healthier and happier lives. HAPPY takes the viewer from the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the mountains of Bhutan. Listen to the wisdom of a Kolkata rickshaw driver and hear from some of the world’s leading happiness researchers. HAPPY combines real life human drama and cutting edge science to provide insights into the mysteries of happiness.

Here at PB Performance Coaching we are massively excited to be involved with the Adelaide premiere of this inspiring and thought-provoking movie. Our own Jo Saies, happiness and positive psychology expert, has partnered with Our World Today, and will feature as guest speaker for the event.

DETAILS:
When:       Thursday 15^th December 2011
Where:      Palace Nova Cinema, Cinema Place Adelaide
Time:          6.30-9.30pm plus exclusive after party at Jahz
Tickets:      $25
Bookings:  http://ourworldtoday.com.au/happymovie

See more about the movie www.thehappymovie.com

If happiness matters to you, BOOK NOW – tickets are limited and will sell out. Why not buy a ticket for a friend or some work colleagues as a way of expressing your appreciation for what they’ve done over the year?

And how about spreading the Christmas cheer even further by running a happiness seminar or workshop in your workplace – great for increasing staff positivity and performance, or as a reward to acknowledge your volunteers, donors or key clients. Contact Jo via our email form or on ph 0412 319 394.

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