"Becoming Awesome" Seminar Series: Developing a Resilient Mindset (for life and business)
Session 1: Willpower This session deals with willpower, goal setting, and ways to improve your life through "mind sweeping."
Session 2: So you want to be an Expert? This session deals with the science behind expertise and what you need to do to achieve that goal.
Session 3: The ABCs of Resiliency The ABC model helps you unpack your emotional responses to triggers and exposes thinking traps that can hinder you professionally and in life.
Session 4: The Network of Experts Using the science of social network theory, we look at how the most successful and innovative individuals build their professional social networks.
Session 5: Well-Being and Strengths This session looks at the science behind happiness and your signature strengths.
Session 6: Life Crafting This allows you to view your life activities in a different way and to discover "your best self.”
Session 7: Gratitude and Savoring This session focuses on techniques to support others, yourself, and how to use gratitude as a way to increase your well-being at work and at home.
Session 1: Willpower This session deals with willpower, goal setting, and ways to improve your life through "mind sweeping."
Session 2: So you want to be an Expert? This session deals with the science behind expertise and what you need to do to achieve that goal.
Session 3: The ABCs of Resiliency The ABC model helps you unpack your emotional responses to triggers and exposes thinking traps that can hinder you professionally and in life.
Session 4: The Network of Experts Using the science of social network theory, we look at how the most successful and innovative individuals build their professional social networks.
Session 5: Well-Being and Strengths This session looks at the science behind happiness and your signature strengths.
Session 6: Life Crafting This allows you to view your life activities in a different way and to discover "your best self.”
Session 7: Gratitude and Savoring This session focuses on techniques to support others, yourself, and how to use gratitude as a way to increase your well-being at work and at home.
Results of First Offering of the Resilency Seminar at Youngstown State University:
Initial resutls of this seminar for students is positive.The mean grade of the resiliency group (3.36) is statistically significantly higher than the control group (2.38). This is equivalent to one grade level. These results, however, must be taken with caution since we did not have random assignment, and there could be alternative explanations as to why the Resiliency Group performed better in than the Control Group.
I did run ANCOVA to see if the GROUP variable made a difference once adjusted for GPA. The results held, and GROUP was significant at the p=.05 level. Therefore, the resiliency intervention looks promising in this preliminary test, and should be evaluated using a more controlled design. Even if there is something special about the 11 students in the Resiliency program, (e.g., perhaps it is most likely to work for them), the intervention did work for them. This study merits further testing (because if it doesn't work when it's most likely to work, then it probably won't work in a more varied sample).
Initial resutls of this seminar for students is positive.The mean grade of the resiliency group (3.36) is statistically significantly higher than the control group (2.38). This is equivalent to one grade level. These results, however, must be taken with caution since we did not have random assignment, and there could be alternative explanations as to why the Resiliency Group performed better in than the Control Group.
I did run ANCOVA to see if the GROUP variable made a difference once adjusted for GPA. The results held, and GROUP was significant at the p=.05 level. Therefore, the resiliency intervention looks promising in this preliminary test, and should be evaluated using a more controlled design. Even if there is something special about the 11 students in the Resiliency program, (e.g., perhaps it is most likely to work for them), the intervention did work for them. This study merits further testing (because if it doesn't work when it's most likely to work, then it probably won't work in a more varied sample).