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Lisa Sansom’s Bio
January 1, 2007By Lisa Sansom - Lisa Sansom Lisa Sansom, MAPP ’10, is the owner of LVS Consulting, an independent consulting firm that helps to build positive organizations. Lisa works with...
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I Am (Movie Review)
April 18, 2011By Lisa Sansom - Editor’s note: Lisa Sansom contributed to the articles we posted at the end of 2010 with movie and holiday suggestions, but this is her first solo article. Welcome, Lisa!...
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StandOut Strengths Assessment: A Review
June 8, 2011By Lisa Sansom - It recently came to my attention, through a friend’s Facebook update, that Marcus Buckingham has produced a new strengths assessment. There are, as the positive psychology...
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Positive Design for Corporate Leadership Training
February 7, 2012By Lisa Sansom - I recently gave a series of workshops to a number of supervisors and managers who all work together within the same organization. This was an interesting study for me,...
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The Power of Habit (Book Review)
March 19, 2012By Lisa Sansom - From the days of William James, psychology has been fascinated by the notion of habit. What is it? Where does it come from? Perhaps, most importantly, how do we change...
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What is a Unit of Courage? Interview with Robert Biswas-Diener
April 16, 2012By Lisa Sansom - I recently interviewed Robert Biswas-Diener, author of the new book book, The Courage Quotient. We explored courage, strengths, self-doubt, and the future of positive...
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Coming Up: Canadian Positive Psychology Conference
May 18, 2012By Lisa Sansom - Curtains up! Light the lights! July 20-21 and the Canadian Positive Psychology Conference will soon be upon us! When you attend a conference, you expect it to be full of...
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Spirituality, Meaning, and Well-being
July 16, 2012By Lisa Sansom - A Religious LifeRecently, the Congregation of Notre Dame (CND) residence closed its doors in our local community. The CND sisters have been heavily involved in education...
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Real People = Real Connections = Real Well-being
By Lisa Sansom - A few weeks ago, I received a message in my LinkedIn mailbox. The sender indicated that she was looking for someone to fill a rather substantial contract position, and would I please...
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What comes before happiness? (Book Review)
By Lisa Sansom - Convincing his sister Shawn Achor is the accomplished author of The Happiness Advantage and well-known for his TED talk about the happy secret to better work. His TED audience...
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Scaling Up Excellence (Book Review)
By Lisa Sansom - Author Bob Sutton may be better known for “The No-Asshole Rule,” but that shouldn’t deter anyone from picking up his new book, Scaling Up Excellence. When I first saw the title, I was...
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Positive Psychology in the Workplace
By Lisa Sansom - The Canadian Positive Psychology Association is pleased to announce its second conference on Positive Psychology will be held this July 16-18 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at the...
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Prevention or Promotion? (Book Review)
By Lisa Sansom - Heidi HalvorsonWhen I first read Heidi Grant Halvorson’s book Succeed, I was still a little fuzzy on the concept of what it really meant to be promotion-focused or...
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Positive Psychology in Different Populations
By Lisa Sansom - At the upcoming Canadian Positive Psychology conference in Ottawa this July 17-18 (preconference workshops on July 16), many different keynotes, speakers and presenters will be sharing...
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Full-bodied Positive Psychology (July 2 is New Early Bird CPPA Conf. Deadline)
By Lisa Sansom - Early bird registration for the upcoming Canadian Positive Psychology conference ends today, June 9. The conference will take place in Ottawa from July 17 to 18 with pre-conference...
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Focus on Education: CPPA Conference Early Bird Registration About to End
By Lisa Sansom - The Canadian Positive Psychology conference runs in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from July 17-18 with pre-conference workshops offered on July 16. This fourth in a series of preview...
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The Upside of Your Dark Side (Book Review)
By Lisa Sansom - Book review: Kashdan, Todd & Biswas-Diener, Robert. Just out! The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why Being Your Whole Self–Not Just Your “Good” Self–Drives Success and Fulfillment....
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The Ride of Your Life (Book Review)
By Lisa Sansom - I became aware of Ran Zilca’s book, Ride of Your Life just before Christmas and agreed to review it for PPND, planning on reading it sometime over the holidays. I figured that I would...
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Better Than Before (Book Review)
By Lisa Sansom - Review of Gretchen Rubin’s book, Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives. Released yesterday. Dear Gretchen: I read your first book about happiness titled The...
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Originals (Book Review)
By Lisa Sansom - At first, I was really enthusiastic about reviewing Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, but then I figured that to write a really good review, it should be, well, original!...
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