Investing in Strengths
{Clifton & Harter, 2003. In Cameron, Dutton, & Quinn (Eds.), Positive Organizational Scholarship} Overview Our talents – naturally recurring patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior…
Human Strengths: Differences That Bring Us Together
{Cantwell, 2008. In Lopez (Ed.), Positive Psychology: Exploring the Best in People. Volume 1 Discovering Human Strengths.} Discovering and Capitalizing on Your Strengths: Personal Mini-Experiments…
Investing and Developing Positive Capacities
{Luthans, Youssef, & Avolio, 2007. Psychological Capital: Investing and Developing Positive Organizational Behavior. In Nelson & Cooper (Eds.), Positive Organizational Behavior.} Focusing on the elements…
An Agentic Perspective on Positive Psychology
{Bandura, 2008. An Agentic Perspective on Positive Psychology. In Lopez (Ed). Positive Psychology: Exploring the Best in People (Vol. 1) Discovering Human Strengths} Personal Mini-Experiments:…
Core Self-Evaluations
{Judge & Hurst, 2007. The Benefits and Possible Costs of Positive Core Self-Evaluations: A Review and Agenda for Future Research. In Nelson & Cooper (Eds.).…
Short Descriptions of Character Strengths and Virtues
The VIA Classification of Character Strengths: Six Virtues and 24 Character Strengths Wisdom and Knowledge – cognitive strengths that entail acquiring and using knowledge. {Magician…
Character Strengths: A Primer
Opening Words The use of signature strengths at work and in life generally is assumed to facilitate wellbeing and performance. The assumption is based on…
Discovering Your Strengths
{Rettew & Lopez, 2008. Discovering Your Strengths.} {Bowers, 2008. Making the Most of Human Strengths.} {In Lopez (Ed.), 2008. Positive Psychology: Exploring the Best in…
Enhancing capacities, enriching self and life
One of the main aspects of positive capacities is the possibility of actualizing, enhancing, developing, and utilizing them. Capacities are malleable states, which are the…
Needs, Needs Satisfaction, and Wellbeing
Enhancing Wellbeing: Needs, Resources, and Use of Resources This article aims to provide a valuable guide to improving your wellbeing. First, we specify six groups…
Engaging Our Positive Psychological Capacities
Confidence or Self-efficacy Confidence is your conviction about your abilities to mobilize the motivation, cognitive resources, and courses of action needed to successfully execute a…
Positive Psychological Capacities and Growth
Goal-Directed Behavior, Performance, Outcome Actualizing goal-directed behavior becomes performance and outcome. By applying a time and space frame to behavior, we observe performance. Performance is…
Invitation to Explore and Inquire Into Your Needs, Goals, & Vision for the Coaching
I invite you to read through these instructions, engage in the exercises, and start to ponder the questions posed; as you feel inspired, start to…
Initial Inquiry: Strengths, Goals, and Your Best Possible Future Self
Strengths assessment Please complete the strengths assessment: Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) by going to (). The survey will take 30 minutes, and…
Community Guidelines for Participation and Communication. Success Principles.
Why have guidelines? Guidelines provide boundaries in the sense that they announce verbally that we are entering transformative space. Coaching is not meant to be…
Onboarding Resource List
WELCOME MESSAGE INITIAL INQUIRY WELCOME TO YOUR COACHING PROGRAM Accountability and Support A NOTE ON RIGHT SUPPORT INTENTION, ENGAGEMENT, COMMITMENT Clarify your intention Vitalize your…
Onboarding Checklist
The coach’s task is to send the client the Welcome Message and the link to the Onboarding Resource List. Communications in onboarding entail: messaging, directing…
Operationalizing the guidelines, principles, and fundamentals
Principles of Generativity Apply these guidelines, principles, and fundamentals: during conversations, before and after coaching sessions, in your day-to-day between sessions, in your inquiries, homework,…
Intentions, Engagement, Commitment
Clarify your intentions Make use of the transformative power in intention. Take time to get clear on your own intentions as a participant in this…
Welcome to Your Coaching Program for Wellbeing, Achievement, and Resilience.
By taking this step, you have proven that you are ready and committed to break free from the ordinary and create an extraordinary business and…
Welcome Message
I want to congratulate you on your decision to commit to this journey which shall become an unfolding of your growth, your inner resources, and…
A Word on Support
My task is to provide you with resources, support, and follow-through. I will enable and inspire you from day one. As a resource and support…
Why should I engage in coaching?
Yes, indeed, why bother? There seem to be 4 main reasons to embark on a change process or life improvement project. to improve your inner…