Coaching Toward Happiness - December 2006 In This Issue: 1. NEW! CHRIS
PETERSON, PH.D. TO TEACH "NORTH OF NEUTRAL"! ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Dear CTH Colleagues, See below. 2007 will be huge. In fact, please print this newsletter out (in color if you can) and read about these six upcoming cool events. Any of them could headline a newsletter issue. Most personally meaningful? We began MentorCoach nine years ago with 20 brave souls in MCP 1 (our very first cohort of MentorCoach Program (MCP) students). We are about to begin MCP 100 -- our Centennial Class. It's been a great nine years. Until next year, Ben ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 1. North of Neutral: A Positive Psychology Master Class with Chris Peterson, Ph.D. 8 Tuesdays at 12:00 Noon Eastern (5:00 pm UTC/GMT) starting 1/23/07. Class size will be capped-enrollment is on a first-come, first served basis.
It will reflect Chris' unique vantage point
gained from both years of experience, research, writing, teaching, and
his constant communication with the world's leading researchers in The class will also reflect the state-of-the-art in theory and research circa 2007. It will be based on the rich, deep river of knowledge in Chris' new textbook, A Primer in Positive Psychology. And it will be based whenever possible on the latest unpublished research in the field as well. For complete details and course syllabus of Chris' course, click here. For the CTH Newsletter on Ben's Top Ten Reasons to love A Primer in Positive Psychology, click here. ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 2. Join Ben in Tel Aviv for the first-ever Coaching & Positive Psychology Conference Monday, January 29, 2007 to Wednesday, January 31, 2007. Please join me at The 2nd International Coaching Conference being held in Dan Panorama, Tel Aviv, Israel. This is the first international conference ever to focus on both coaching and positive psychology! Its beautiful title: "Happiness, Optimism, and Excellence: The Link Between Coaching and Positive Psychology." The 4 keynoters include Harvard's Tal Ben Shahar, Ph.D.; teacher
of the largest positive psychology class in the world, the UK's Nick Bayliss,
Ph.D., Terri Levine, Ph.D.; and myself (Ben Dean, Ph.D.).
Featured speakers include Robert Biswas-Diener, MA and many others.
To see the beautiful program go to this link. To enroll, click this link. ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 3. March, 2007 Interview with Bill George, Former CEO: Medtronic Many in our 131,000-person Coaching Toward Happiness community are passionate about executive coaching. We long to support leaders who are changing the world. But what are leaders at the very highest levels like? And are there great leaders whose approach is consistent with positive psychology? Are there even some who talk of "loving" their employees?
Bill George is a
Professor
of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, where he
is teaching leadership and leadership development.
He now serves as a director of Goldman Sachs, Novartis, Exxon Mobil, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is Chairman of the Global Center for Leadership and Business Ethics. He is among the very most respected CEOs in America. For example, he was named Executive-of-the-Year by the Academy of Management (2001) and Director-of-the-Year by NACD (2001-02). In 2002 he was selected as one of "The 25 Most Influential Business People of the Last 25 Years" by PBS Nightly News. I met Bill and his co-author, Peter Sims at a Gallup Leadership Conference here in Washington, DC. He was on a plenary-session, star-panel of four CEOs recognized for their positive, value-driven approaches to leadership and to the positive growth of major organizations. It was an extraordinary discussion, followed by a smaller presentation. Peter gave me a copy of the galleys of True North. I've found it to be a powerful, inspiring book based on personal interviews with 125 CEOs and business leaders known for their integrity and leadership. I will review it when it is released. I am virtually certain it will be a major business best seller. Interview details and dates to come. ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 4. Spring Release! Positive Psychology Coaching--Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients (In Press. Wiley, 2007). Positive Psychology Coaching, by Robert Biswas-Diener with Ben Dean,
will be released later this spring. We will be sharing more with
you about this book as the release date nears!
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5. 1st Applied Positive Psychology Conference at the University of Warwick, UK -- April 18-20, 2007 The 1st Applied Positive Psychology Conference will be held at the University of Warwick, UK, from April 18-20, 2007. The conference theme is "People at their Best: Work, Education and Health." We will describe this conference in more detail in our future newsletters and will interview P. Alex Linley, Ph.D. We were proud to have Alex teach our positive psychology coaching class this fall. He is the founder and driving force behind the Center for Applied Positive Psychology and this conference.
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MCP 101 ~ Tuesdays C. MCP 102
~ Thursdays For full information. For a detailed program description.
D. Small Business Coaching Master Class 12 Tuesdays 7:00 pm - 7:59 pm Eastern (New York Time)
For full information.
E. North of Neutral: A Positive Psychology Master Class 8 Tuesdays 12:00 noon - 12:59 pm Eastern (New York Time) International Time (UTC/GMT) add five hours MORE Starts Thursday, January 23, 2007 Class will fill quickly. Enrollment is first-come, first served. Chris Peterson, Ph.D.
For full information.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
January 29-31, 2007. 2nd Annual International Coaching Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel. Ben will be delivering two keynotes and three workshops.
February and March 2007. Ben will lead workshops on coaching and positive psychology in Dallas, Austin, St. Louis, and Detroit.
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long last, Chris Peterson, Ph.D. will teach his own positive psychology
class: North of Neutral! This course will cover the heart of positive
psychology, including its applications and interventions, through lectures,
readings, and out-of-class exercises. The class will include both bright
professionals who are relatively new to the field and those who have a
deeper understanding. 
this
field.