This document discusses how implementing positive psychology practices can benefit workplace wellbeing and project managers. It outlines growth mindset, mindfulness, and gratitude as three practical ways to increase wellbeing. Growth mindset involves believing abilities can grow with effort. Mindfulness is non-judgmental present moment awareness. Gratitude increases positive emotion. Benefits include reduced stress, improved performance and resilience. The document provides tips for implementing these practices, such as challenging fixed mindsets, practicing meditation, and sharing gratitude.
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Manage Wellbeing with Positive Psychology Practices
1. Managing with Positive Psychology
Gain access to new, simple workplace
wellbeing practices that you can start
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2. Presenter
Jason S. Potvin, PMP, MPM, CAPP
Creator of BrainAdvizor Inc., a
specialty training consultancy solving
corporate problems through
professional development training
and the science of positive
psychology.
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3. Positive
Psychology
The new scientific study of
optimal human functioning,
including the conditions and
processes that can make it
so.
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Psychology Mission- Early 1900s
1. Cure mental illness
2. Make life more
productive & fulfilling
3. Nurture talents &
strengths
8. Decrease of stress, burnouts, sickness & depression
Increase in performance, engagement, retention
Increase in customer satisfaction (internal/external)
Increase of pro-social behaviour between staff
Increase in cognitive creativity and flexibility
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Benefits for Project Managers
Implementing positive psychology related practices in the
workplace can:
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People who hold a GROWTH
mindset believe that “abilities
can be developed” and that the
brain, like any muscle, can be
trained to grow with effort
People who hold a FIXED
mindset believe that their
“abilities are set in stone”
and no matter what they do
this fact will NOT change.
FIXED v.s GROWTH
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14. Ability to improve with proper investment of effort
Clearer accuracy when estimating / forecasting
Judgement is replaced by curiosity
Self-fulfilling prophecies gain positive outcomes
Improved resilience to failure (less rework required)
Increased empathy to others with growth mindset
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Benefits for Project Managers
15. 1: Listen for the Judger
2: Switch to the Learner (conscious choice)
3: Challenge yourself (What can I learn from this?)
4: Take action towards a Growth Mindset
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How to Implement Growth Mindset
17. What is Mindfulness
Moment to moment
non-judgemental awareness
in the present.
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January 23, 2014
18. Mindfulness Study
Dr. Ellen Langer
“Counter-clockwise”
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In 1979, Dr. Langer (Harvard)
performed a study mindfulness
demonstrated improved mental health,
physical strength, cognitive abilities &
youthfulness.
23. 1: Audio guided
2: Listen to your breathing
3: In a Mindfulness group
4: Out in Nature on a break
5: At your desk in your chair
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How to Implement Mindfulness
26. Increases Positive emotion & wellbeing
Increases achievement
Increases pro-social behaviour
Increases the ability to be “present” and in the moment
Increases the development of psychology capital
Improves physiology (sleep + immune system)
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Benefits for Project Managers
27. 1: Be genuine / authentic
2: Be personal & creative
3: Be detailed with the process praise
4: Be consistent
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How to Implement Gratitude
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Gratitude Roundtable
During weekly team meetings take the opportunity
to implement gratitude by starting off the meeting
with a simple gratitude round table practice.
Simply ask each attendee to briefly offer one good
thing that happened that they are appreciative of
at work.
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The Issue - Did You Know?
On any given week, more than 500,000 Canadians will not go to work because of mental illness
More than 30% of disability claims and 70% of disability costs are attributed to mental illness.
Approximately $51 billion each year are lost to the Canadian economy because of mental illness.
National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Standard)
Championed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), and developed by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group) and the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ), the Standard is a voluntary set of guidelines, tools and resources focused on promoting employees’ psychological health and preventing psychological harm due to workplace factors.
POLL. (SLIDE 6 - The Negativity Bias)
What do you think the average ratio is between our negative thoughts to positive thoughts?
1:1
1:3
3:1 (CORRECT)
5:1