***Mainly for readers who know German***
Yesterday, the new issue of “managerSeminare”, Germany´s premier monthly trade magazine on coaching, training, and HR topics was published. It features my 7-page article on the state-of-the-art of Positive Psychology, concisely covering a lot of the topics we´ve been learning in the MAPP program so far.
If you know some German: Enjoy!
For German speakers:
Yesterday, I gave an introductory presentation about Positive Psychology at a business club in my hometown in Germany. I´ve uploaded the presentation to Slideshare.
Enjoy!
OK. So for whatever reason – maybe because of the sunshine, or that fact that March 20 is United Nations´ International Day of Happiness – I decided to inhale some helium (again…) – and read out IPPA´s definition of Positive Psychology – at least I tried…
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In terms of age, Positive Psychology is now in its teenage years. Most of the stuff that´s been happening so far – be it research or practice – is located in in the USA (but PP is pretty well-developed in other Anglo-Saxon cultures such as the UK and Australia as well).
But what about my Germany, my mother country? Well, Germans in general are known for a lot of sought-after character traits – but we may just not be the perfect audience for Positive Psychology. At the end of the day, we´re not really the shiny happy people, right? And the more we need PP…maybe.
There are a few German PP researchers out there, but typically, they tend to work in the U.S., such as Matthias Mehl. I´m the third German MAPPster. The first one is Johannes Eichstaedt who is now a Ph.D. student at Penn´s Positive Psychology Center. The second one is Judith Mangelsdorf who now pursues a Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.
A couple of months ago, the German (-speaking) Association of Positive Psychology was founded (is also associated with IPPA, the International Positive Psychology Association). In addition, a lot of information can be found via www.seligmaneurope.com.
If you are a regular visitor of Mappalicious you may know by now that I´ve written a German book on positive psychology by the name of Lizenz zur Zufriedenheit (License for Satisfaction). Unfortunately, the book is still not available in English. But yesterday, I took some time to create English subtitles for the book trailer that we shot in 2012. I hope you´ll have as much fun watching it as we had while creating it. If you like the film, please share!
Every time a year draws to a close, a lot of people start saying something like “Oh, how time flies…”. Mostly, it is used in a slightly sniveling fashion – as if those people might have missed something. I guess that´s why they show all those year-end retrospectives on TV. But then, they invite all these VIP and VEP (Very Exceptional People) – and at the end of the day, one´s own life might seem insignificant in comparison.
So why not create your own personal year-end retrospective?* Why not have a look at what really happened in those last 365 days?
My New Year´s resolution: having myself cloned!
* Please excuse the fact that a lot links in this article will lead to German sites. I´ve really just started publishing in English this year – so most of my stuff is still in German…
For my German readers (or English readers who would like to learn German…): If you would like to win 3×2 copies of my book License for Satisfaction, please visit my personal Facebook page. There, you´ll get to participate…
In my non-MAPP-student life, I´m (also) an HR guy. Specifically, I work in employer branding and recruiting. HR somehow has got a bad rep – a lot of people will say it´s (one of) the most boring functions in management. Well … I definitely do not agree. And here´s one of the reasons why…
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