Mental Toughness: Positive Psychology in the Work Place Workshop

The University of Auckland Business School
Christchurch, New Zealand

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online/Live | On-site/In-house | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' The demands of an increasingly complex global business environment require managers to be more resilient, creative and productive than ever before. To flourish in today’s crisis, we are required to reach a new level of understanding and practice including the way our businesses are run, the way we think, and the way we relate to others." Positive Psychology is a new field pioneered by Martin Seligman (author of Learned Optimism and Authentic Happiness).

Recent research conducted by Seligman and others clearly links ’mental toughness’ to improvements in personal resilience, creativity, health, well being and work performance. Evidence-based interventions are emerging from this field that provide clear, practical pathways to increased performance and resilience both on an individual and organisational level. This work also suggests that competitive edge, bottom line profitability, job performance, retention and satisfaction, are coming not from traditional sources such as financial and structural investment, but from sources found within the realms of ’human capital’, namely building resilience, optimism, hope and confidence.

This course aims to present both personal and interpersonal foundations to building mental toughness, resilience and well being. It draws its material from the burgeoning research on positive emotion and from workshops with Martin Seligman and other key positive psychology researchers, to introduce you to interventions as the means to building a solid foundation for personal leadership which builds the foundation for effective organisational leadership.

Who should attend?
This course is for those who have an interest in learning and applying validated tools that improve resilience, well being and effectiveness, both in a personal and organisational context, through exploring the latest findings within positive psychology.

Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you will have learned how to apply the tools of ’mental toughness’, personally and within your managerial roles. Specifically, you will have learned how to:
- use validated techniques to build ’mental toughness’
- engage yourself and others in optimism building interventions
- recognise and challenge ’schemas’ that can sabotage performance
- understand the basic theory behind each intervention
- work through personal and organisational scenarios
- develop pathways to increase well being, creativity and resilience
- use principles of hope and optimism in goal setting.

Content
- Positive psychology and ’mental toughness’
- ’Mental toughness’ and competitive advantage
- Building personal optimism, resilience and well being
- Maintenance and mastery of mental toughness
- Exploring mental toughness within managerial contexts
- Hope theory, crafting resilient and hopeful goals
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Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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Continuing & Bridging Education
University of Canterbury
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Christchurch 8140
New Zealand

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