Achieving High Performance through PositivityHow much positivity needed? 3 Positives : 1 Negative....

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Achieving

High Performance through Positivity

One thing I

LOVE about my job

“The optimist sees the rose and not

its thorns;

The pessimist stares at the thorns,

oblivious of the rose”

Kahlil Gibran

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Realistic optimist

What do pessimists bring to the table?

What do optimists bring to the table?

“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to

society. The optimist invents the

aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.”

--George Bernard Shaw

Science of Positivity

How many positives do we need to balance

one negative?

What percent of our happiness is up to our own

attitude and choices?

Research isn’t clear about whether positive teams

perform any better than their less positive counterparts

How much positivity needed?

3 Positives : 1 Negative

Impact on Happiness

External

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Impact on Happiness

External

Heredity

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Impact on Happiness

External

Heredity

Attitude

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Amygdala

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Prefrontal Cortex

Janet & Charles

Mindset matters

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Women &

Can positivity impact performance?

High Performing Teams

6:1 positive/negative ratio

Happy employees…

Lyubomirski, King and Diener

FREE Weekly Affirmations

from Janet

Flip Negativity

Enhance Relationships

Engage Yourself &Others

Discover Positive Meaning

FEEDS Positivity Model*

Flip Negativity

“A pessimist is one who makes

difficultiesof his opportunitiesand an optimist is one who makes

opportunities of his difficulties."

Harry S. Truman

Flip negative thinking

Example:The network is down

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Example:

“Was it a bad day? Or was it a bad five minutes

that you milked all day?” --tobymac#SpeakLife

Flip Negativity

FEEDS Positivity Model

Social connections matter

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Recognition

Productivity 30%

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Gain a New Perspective on a Difficult Person

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We can’t change people

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We can change our perspective

New perspective

Assume the Best

“No one sets out to be a

jerk”

Charles Edmunson

Value Debate & Dissent

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What happens if dissent does not get expressed?

How can you include diverse voices?

Ideas for welcomingdiverse voices

Flip Negativity

Engage Yourself & Others

Engage Yourself and Others

Engaging Others

Engage Yourself: Feed Forward

______________________________

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Feed Forward

__________

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Flip Negativity

Engage Yourself & Others

“It’s very difficult to have

a meaningful life without

meaningful work”

Jim Collins

“Too many people are

selling their

lives away for

a paycheck.”

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By Charles Edmunson

Only 20%doing meaningful work

Meaningful Work*

*Michael F. Steger, “Measuring Meaningful Work: The Work and Meaning Inventory (WAMI), Journal of Career Assessment (2012)

How do you see your work?

• Job

• Job• Career

• Job• Career• Calling

When have you been energized at work?

Meaning at work

Flip Negativity

Spread & Absorb Positivity

Subjective Happiness Scale

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If score is: Divided by 4 =

Who is happier one year later?

What went well today?

3 Things that went well

Use a Power Lead

Examples of a power lead*

Develop a power lead

Be a positive energizer

Impact of positive energizing leaders on employee

performance

Owens, Baker & Cameron 2011

performance

Attributes of De-Energizers*

Attributes of Positive Energizers*

Flip Negativity

Your Action PlanWhat ritual will you adopt?

Happify

“Optimist—A

person who recognizes that

a step backward after a step

forward, is not a

disaster, but

a cha-cha.”

Robert Breault

Thank You!

janet@AffirmYourself.comwww.AffirmYourself.com

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