Positive Psychology Coaching – Theoretical foundations and application

Coaching lecture series "Coaching - Research and Practice"

Robert Biswas-Diener

Robert Biswas-Diener, Clinical psychologist and co-author of the book “Positive Psychology Coaching” (Wiley) and known as the “Indiana Jones of positive psychology”. 

In recent years the profession of coaching has gained widespread acceptance, in part due to calls for an increased empirical foundation for interventions and assessments.

The new science of positive psychology offers additional tools for those working to enhance performance. Rigorous investigations of positive emotion, strengths, optimism, and other areas of human flourishing have led to many new insights that can be used to promote individual and organizational excellence.

This talk will describe current trends in positive psychology research and their application in coaching.

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Reinhard Stelter, Coaching Psychology Unit, University of Copenhagen

The lecture is part of a series of lectures titled "Coaching - research and practice", which is sponsored by the EMCC. The lecture series aims to build a bridge between research and praxis in coaching and at the same time embed coaching practices in the research discourse. The intention is to hear from researchers, who explore coaching from a business, health or sports related angle. The Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Copenhagen was established in order to launch and coordinate interdisciplinary research, education and dissemination in coaching.