Alex Linley's guest appearances

Alex Linley

Making Positive Psychology Work

Hero with a Thousand Faces

Learn with Sue - Walk and Talk

Aaron Jarden

Tim Lomas

Ellen Langer

Michael Steger

Christian van Nieuwerburgh

Kim Cameron

Felicia Huppert

Ilona Boniwell

Robert Biswas-Diener

Nick Brown

Chris White

Susan David

Peter McGraw

Sarah Lewis

Loretta Breuning

OwlTail

Dr Alex Linley is globally recognised as an expert in strengths. In this heart-warming and informative chat, Sue and Alex discuss the philosophy behind various strengths profile assessments and shed light on the fundamental need for a dynamic and flexible approach to strengths spotting. The pairs shared enthusiasm for an evidence-based application of strengths interventions shines through as they exchange thoughts and queries on this fascinating topic.

Dr Alex Linley is globally recognised as an expert in strengths. In this heart-warming and informative chat, Sue and Alex discuss the philosophy behind various strengths profile assessments and shed light on the fundamental need for a dynamic and flexible approach to strengths spotting. The pairs shared enthusiasm for an evidence-based application of strengths interventions shines through as they exchange thoughts and queries on this fascinating topic.

"In Conversation" with Dr Alex Linley

This series is all about making changes in your life. I talk to people who have made a change and try to dig into what it's like and what it took to make it happen. The idea is to inspire others by examples.

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Trudy Bailey

Today we’re talking to Alex Linley and Trudy Bailey from Capp, whose vision is to match the world to their perfect job. Alex is one of the early leaders in positive psychology and its applications, particularly around strengths, and he’s the author of From Average to A+. Trudy’s been responsible for the relaunch of Capp’s Strength Profile tool and ensuring that practitioners have access to the tools to build a strengths-based culture that’s sustaining. In this episode, we discuss the business case for understanding how the use, energy, and performance of our strengths can improve our performance, wellbeing and business outcomes. Connect with Alex &amp; Trudy: Website:   www.capp.co/Home www.strengthsprofile.com/  You’ll Learn:  [02:22 - Alex summarizes his three most important findings on developing people’s strengths at work. [04:25] - Trudy shares new research on how using our strengths can help us to achieve our goals. [05:48] - Trudy explains how the Strengths Profile tool works to help people develop their strengths. [07:32] - Alex explains how understanding the use, energy, and performance impact of our strengths is so important for their development. [10:05] - Trudy offers some practical tips on how to make the most of people’s strengths at work. [12:47] - Alex outlines how a strengths approach can be used to help match people to their perfect jobs and the business benefits it can bring. [17:10] - Trudy provides some practical approaches for leaders to develop their people’s strengths as they go about their jobs. [19:04] - Alex shares his three alarm bells when it comes to workplaces wanting to take a strengths approach. [21:52] - Alex shares his thoughts on the single biggest challenge for organizations to remain strengths focused. [23:44] - Alex &amp; Trudy completes the lightning round.  Your Resources:  MPPW Podcast on Facebook The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz  Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you Alex &amp; Trudy!

Today we’re talking to Alex Linley and Trudy Bailey from Capp, whose vision is to match the world to their perfect job. Alex is one of the early leaders in positive psychology and its applications, particularly around strengths, and he’s the author of From Average to A+. Trudy’s been responsible for the relaunch of Capp’s Strength Profile tool and ensuring that practitioners have access to the tools to build a strengths-based culture that’s sustaining. In this episode, we discuss the business case for understanding how the use, energy, and performance of our strengths can improve our performance, wellbeing and business outcomes. Connect with Alex &amp; Trudy: Website:  <ul> <li><a href="https://www.capp.co/Home" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.capp.co/Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.strengthsprofile.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.strengthsprofile.com/</a></li> </ul> You’ll Learn: <ul> <li>[02:22 - Alex summarizes his three most important findings on developing people’s strengths at work.</li> <li>[04:25] - Trudy shares new research on how using our strengths can help us to achieve our goals.</li> <li>[05:48] - Trudy explains how the Strengths Profile tool works to help people develop their strengths.</li> <li>[07:32] - Alex explains how understanding the use, energy, and performance impact of our strengths is so important for their development.</li> <li>[10:05] - Trudy offers some practical tips on how to make the most of people’s strengths at work.</li> <li>[12:47] - Alex outlines how a strengths approach can be used to help match people to their perfect jobs and the business benefits it can bring.</li> <li>[17:10] - Trudy provides some practical approaches for leaders to develop their people’s strengths as they go about their jobs.</li> <li>[19:04] - Alex shares his three alarm bells when it comes to workplaces wanting to take a strengths approach.</li> <li>[21:52] - Alex shares his thoughts on the single biggest challenge for organizations to remain strengths focused.</li> <li>[23:44] - Alex &amp; Trudy completes the lightning round.</li> </ul> Your Resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/mppwpodcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">MPPW Podcast on Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1533825909&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=ben+horowitz" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz</a></li> </ul> Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please <a href="http://www.michellemcquaid.com/itunes" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes</a>. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to <a href="http://www.michellemcquaid.com/itunes" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe to the show on iTunes</a> to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/making-positive-psychology-work" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Making Positive Psychology Work</a> streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/making-positive-psychology-work" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">stitcher.</a> No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you Alex &amp; Trudy!

Need a Strengths Energy Boost? with Alex Linley & Trudy Bailey