Description

This series of workshop focuses on building six character strengths and applying them to your work, teamwork, and the broader organisation.

The six main character strengths and virtues applied in this workshop are:

1. Hope [future mindedness] to inform strategy
2. Creativity [Originality, Ingenuity] to develop effective and efficient plans
3. Curiosity [Openness to experience] used while implementing a plan
4. Open-mindedness [ Judgement and Critical Thinking] to analyse results and processes
5. Perspective [Wisdom] to deal with problems as they arise and make positive change
6. Love of Learning through the engagement with new information and relationships

The six sessions use research from themes such as psychological flow, psychological safety, high quality connections, job crafting, and career construction to unlock both personal and organisational performance.

The course integrates the theories of well-being and process philosophy into simple workplace methods that are presented in a way that the participants can practice them between weeks.

Course content

Pre-Work

Using Psychological Flow to assess the current state of your work

Session 1

Designing work processes with the future in mind and involving others to achieve positive outcomes for everyone

Session 2

Using creativity on planning, organising, and job crafting your work to meet the collective needs (customer, company, family)

Session 3

Building positive routines, by being open to new experiences and establishing high quality connections

Session 4

Taking an open minded approach to business performance analysis

Session 5

Taking a positive and inclusive approach to problem solving

Session 6

Using job crafting and career construction methods to plan both short and long term futures for individuals, teams, and organisations

This course includes

• Six online sessions delivering theory and practical exercises in small, manageable bites. 
• On-demand video
• Downloadable resources
• Certificate of completion

Format

The short targeted web based session are to understand and plan the different work approaches, followed by a week to apply and practice doing the approach, next to then check the difference it has made, and finally take action to embed the new practice and plan the next step. It is an activity based program where time will also be allocated to networking and sharing experiences.

Requirements

• None. We will work with you throughout the course

• No prior knowledge is required

• Course built to be open to all levels

• Reach out to the facilitator if you need any assistance

Who Should Attend

This workshop series is ideal for leaders, managers, and team members from any industry or company size who are eager to strengthen their workplace culture and continuous improvement efforts.

Whether you’re in manufacturing, healthcare, education, or service sectors, if you’re responsible for leading teams, overseeing processes, or driving improvement initiatives, these sessions offer valuable tools and insights. Attendees will gain practical strategies to build a culture of trust and psychological safety, enabling team members to speak up, share ideas, and drive improvements without fear.

Instructor

BARRY MCCARTHY

Barry McCarthy’s career highlights include Plant Manager and Continuous Improvement Manager at Goodman Fielder and his most recent position with Toyota. Barry has worked with the Manufacturing, Sales and Corporate Arms of Toyota in Australia. With a grounded engineering background Barry has also implemented continuous improvement in food processing, manufacturing, packaging, printing, and front of house food service and management. In addition to the practical experience Barry has completed a Master degree in Applied Positive Psychology, Graduate Diploma in Business, Diploma of Training and Assessment, Diploma in Competitive Systems and Practices. Interestingly Barry’s first degree was civil engineering.

Other registration information

AME Australia is a not for profit association.  We provide high quality low cost events.  

You can become an AME member from $240.

This event may be cancelled by AME for any reason. AME is not responsible for incidental costs incurred by registrants.

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