MRW is a Spanish company, truly people oriented and with a proactive HR (called "People") department.
That's why, when they called asking for a training course on "Middle-management communication", it was easy to get their attention to the new research of Positive Psychology in Organizations.
So, instead of the typical course focusing only on assertiveness, non verbal communication, goal-oriented processes, we used two sessions to talk about something else.
Absorbing the knowledge from the studies presented by Kim Cameron, Sarah Lewis and Alex Linley, on Positive Psychology and organizations, the basics from Positive Psychology, presented by Seligman and Don Clifton among others, we built two interactive sessions focused on "How to be an authentic and positive leader".
We talked about Flow, Csikszentmihalyi's concept, about Mindfulness, about "intelligent optimism", from Carmelo Vázquez and about the role of Positive Emotions on organizations. Many cases of companies already using positive practices were analysed.
We also used the strengths approach, applied to management work and a very practical analyze of positive reinforcement to the team, based on talents.
At the end, not only participants reported many specific applications to their work life, but also to their personal life. Personal values, life perspective and, of course, the importance of thinking big, were highlighted by this really interesting group.
Step by step organizations change their perspective into a more and more people oriented mindset, helping people enjoy more their work, their relations and being....Authentically more productive.
Hurray to MRW, who opens their doors to social innovation through training processes like this!