Building Flourishing Businesses: Thrive not Survive
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About this Event
The third in a series of webinars Building Flourishing Businesses – An Evidence-based Approach, delivered through our collaboration with the Centre for Positive Psychology, Bucks New University. The Centre for Positive Psychology provides a hub for teaching, research, and consultancy on a range of projects dedicated to exploring the ways psychology can promote optimal experience, wellbeing and performance. To see the full range of webinars visit Bucks HSC Ventures.
Why you should attend this webinar:
As an innovator, a start-up or working in an SME you will have to deal with many setbacks and challenges along the way. How can you ensure that despite this you and your team stay focused, resilient and adaptable to give you the best chance of success?
This webinar introduces the idea of thriving and flourishing and how to bring this into your business.
What you will learn:
- What does it mean to thrive and flourish?
- Why positive emotions are important to you and your business
- How to generate positive emotions in yourself and others
Who are the speakers?
With over 15 years management experience, Dan specialises in human strengths, to enable individuals and organisations thrive and reach their full potential.
His positive psychology research has focused on strengths in the workplace and also in education and he is currently researching a strengths-based leadership process for improved wellbeing and performance.
Dan is a founding member of the Centre for Positive Psychology at Buckinghamshire New University (BNU), and is an Associate Lecturer on the MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and MSc in Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education.
Matthew is an academic psychologist with over 20 years’ experience teaching and researching in the areas of applied social psychology and positive psychology, and he has acted as advisor and consultant on a wide range of media projects.
Matthew is a Senior Lecturer and founding member of the Centre for Positive Psychology at Buckinghamshire New University (BNU), having co-developed and co-course leading the successful MSc Applied Positive Psychology.
Who should attend?
Startups, SMEs and innovators* who want to build great businesses.
Who is the host?
Bucks HSC Ventures is a collaborative programme that provides specialist business support for SMEs and facilitates the accelerated adoption of innovation into the health and social care system using the expertise and networks of our partner organisations: Buckinghamshire New University, the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, the Oxford AHSN, Buckinghamshire Council and Buckinghamshire CCG. The programme is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Programme.
