Dunedin: Wednesday 12 March
Otago Museum

Auckland: Tuesday 18 March
Bruce Mason Centre, North Shore

Christchurch: Thursday 13 March
Holiday Inn City Centre

Wellington: Wednesday 19 March
James Cook Hotel

Positive Psychology - Getting the most out of people

"Experiences that induce positive emotion cause negative emotion to dissipate rapidly. The strengths and virtues function to buffer against misfortune and they may be the key to building resilience" - Dr Martin Seligman, Authentic Happiness, 2002

New technology is an important enabler, but the real driver in business is relationships. Relating to colleagues and customers in a meaningful way leads to better business and improved productivity.

Award winning speaker Pat Armitstead uses Positive Psychology, pioneered by Dr Martin Seligman, to show how to get the most out of people at all levels of leadership, management, customer service and sales. According to Seligman the determinants for success are aptitude, motivation and optimism. The focus is on the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive in the face of challenges.

People perform to optimum when they work in a high trust environment and are rewarded for having fun doing what it is that they love.

How to energise yourself and your workplace: Pat Armitstead

Do you start work at 9am sharp and end at 5pm dull? A 2005 survey of over 38,000 people in over 200 countries revealed they had issues achieving work life balance and sustaining productivity levels. (1)

In this high energy lunch session Pat Armitstead will outline how to:-

- Boost your energy and lift your mental state
- Be more optimistic in the face of challenges
- Help create a fun, happy and productive workplace
- Identify your own and your team's signature strengths
- Harness these strengths to be more effective
- Use your emotional intelligence to contribute with vigour
- Enhance creativity, innovation and decision making

(1) Walsh Redmond, March 15 2005

Pat Armitstead is an award winning speaker who has toured internationally with Patch Adams. A renowned expert on the role of humour in business and life she uses Positive Psychology to empower people to shift negative perceptions and create new opportunities. Pat shows how to get the most out of people at all levels of leadership, management, customer service and sales.

More on Pat Armitstead

How to build a high energy team environment

Facilitator: Pat Armitstead

High energy workplaces brim with passion and deep commitment as well as good humour and fun. Work teams with a strong sense of trust, identity, clear direction, and meaningful purpose generate a high degree of energy and productivity. A work environment that doesn't ring true or offer meaningful work drains energy.
In this interactive and practical workshop Pat Armitstead will show you how you can help create a high trust/high energy team environment via these concepts:

- Humour and fun
- Integrity and trust
- Multiple intelligences
- Signature strengths
- The virtues project
- Learned optimism


Takeaways: You will leave with a 90 day implementation plan and reference notes to support workplace application.

Lunch Session (12-2pm)

Standard rate: $99.00 + GST pp

Table of 8: $620.00 + GST pp

Optional Workshop (2.15 - 4.30pm)

Standard rate: $185.00 + GST pp