October 2020
Beginner
162 pages
4h 13m
English
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Strengths Orientation and Positive Psychology
After that little history lesson, it is time to take our first steps into the world of strengths orientation. And to do that, we have to start with the right mindset. Leading and working in a strengths-oriented way is impossible if you do not fundamentally concur with the philosophies that underpin the movement. It is not possible to pretend to implement a strengths-oriented approach nor is it helpful to anyone to be strengths oriented on Tuesday but switch it off again on Thursday. You cannot be a little bit pregnant and you cannot be a little bit strengths oriented. Before we learn the terminology; before we identify our talents and leverage them into strengths; before we even start