Learn About the Power of Positivity Join us for our next inspiring workshop!

Research shows that people who are more positive are happier, are higher performers at work, bounce back from adversity quicker, and even make more money (yes, it’s true!). Business teams that have higher levels of well-being are also more productive, experience less turnover and are more profitable. These workshops will teach you the psychology of positivity and proven techniques that help you increase positivity with coaching clients, employees and teams.

Robert Biswas-Diener is renowned as one of the top Positive Psychologists in the world and is widely regarded as a thought leader in the application of positive psychology principles to coaching. His father, Ed Diener has been studying happiness for over 30 years. Together they have written a book called Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth and Robert has written a book on Positive Psychology Coaching.

WhyDidYouGo.com is bringing Robert to Toronto at an extremely affordable price that will never be reproduced. Seating at these workshops is very limited and will be sold at a first come, first served basis.

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Monday & Tuesday, February 23 & 24, 2009
8:30am – 4pm daily
Location: The Coach House at Sunnybrook Estates (map)

Day 1
Understanding and harnessing Positivity

The day begins with a strengths master class that takes participants through the definition, measurement, causes, and consequences of happiness. Main points are illustrated by Robert’s fascinating stories from working with exotic groups around the world. After break, we turn our attention to how positivity can be harnessed in coaching. We focus, specifically, on positive managerial styles, positive workplaces, and positive intervention strategies with clients.
Positive Diagnosis
After lunch we explore the cutting edge concept of positive assessment. Participants learn about a new multi-axial approach to taking stock of client resources and strengths. Local uses of this assessment program forms the basis of group discussion. The day ends with a coaching demonstration.

Day 2
Strengths training

The day begins with a strengths master class designed to take participants far beyond the VIA strengths assessment. Participants will be introduced to such concepts as strengths vocabulary, dialing down strengths, and strengths spotting. Group exercises will allow participants an entrée into this fascinating topic. The day concludes with 2 additional coaching demonstrations, both of which focus on different aspects of strengths development.

In this 2-Day workshop you will:

• develop expertise in the latest happiness research
• understand positivity as a resource for helping your clients move forward
• learn happiness interventions specific to coaching
• learn the basics of the new Positive Diagnosis and Assessment system
• understand new assessment tools
• develop expertise in strengths and learn new strengths tools

More about our Facilitator: Robert Biswas-Diener

Robert Biswas-Diener is widely known as the “Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology” because his studies of happiness have taken him to such far flung destinations as Greenland, India, and Kenya. He has published 2 dozen scholarly articles on strengths and subjective well-being and is the author of Happiness: Unlocking the mysteries of psychological wealth and the in-coming associate editor for Journal of Personality. Robert is Programme Director for Education and Learning at the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology and part-time instructor at Portland State University.

Robert is also the author of Positive Psychology Coaching and is widely regarded as a thought leader in the application of positive psychology principles to the coaching endeavor. He has presented trainings and workshops in the US, Canada, England, Scotland, Iceland, Denmark, Turkey, Israel, and India.

For more information about Robert see his website at http://www.intentionalhappiness.com

Cost:$ 525.00 (includes taxes) (lunch will be served)