[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Given that the average employee is unproductive for around 25% of their working day, (and often stressed for the other 75%,) Positive Psychology Coaching aims to increase personal productivity and efficiency while building resilience to stress and burnout. The objective of the coaching program is to provide tangible results to the business while supporting executives to build a positive mindset and a sustainable work/ life balance.

Here are some important facts about Positive Psychology Coaching.

Your brain in a positive state outperforms a negative or neutral brain by over 37% in productivity, job retention, resilience, stress levels, burn out and sales. – Shawn Achor
Positive workers are more productive, increase sales, do better in management and leadership roles, enjoy greater job security, and and are more resilient to stress. – Shawn Achor
Performance increases by 36.4% when staff reviews emphasise performance strengths- compared to a 26.8% decrease when reviews focuses on performance weaknesses – Centre for Corporate Leadership 2010IQ contributes to aprox 20% of success while EQ contributes 80%. – Daniel Goleman
Positive managers have teams that are 30% more productive than their negative co-workers. – Shawn Achor
Positive mindsets spread out at least three degrees influencing co-workers by 15.6%, their associates by 11% and their colleagues by around 6%. – James Fowler
Positive relationships release oxytocin into our brain which lowers anxiety, increases concentration and focus and boosts the cardiovascular and immune systems. Oxytocin also reduces cortisol levels which reduces the impact of stress. – Shawn Achor
Those who agreed with the statement ‘my supervisor or someone at work cares about me as a person’ were more productive, made greater contributions to profit and were more likely to stay with the organisation long term than others. – Gallup survey

Thriving teams, those who have high success rates, better cohesion and stay focused on the project, have a positivity ratio of 6:1, meaning they interact with 6 x the positivity than negativity. – Michael Lossada
Positive people are much more creative and able to solve problems (negativity actually blocks creativity.) – Sonja Lyubomirsky
People with more positive emotions cope with stressful situations better than people in neutral or negative emotions, are more committed to their goals, are more productive, make better leaders and negotiators, have better relationships (both at work and at home) have stronger immune function, are more helpful, and more optimistic. – Sonja Lyubomirsky

Untreated mental health conditions cost Australian employers $10.9 billion every year through absenteeism, reduced productivity and compensation claims. Mental health in the workplace adds up to over 6 million working days lost/ year, and over 12 million working days of reduced productivity in Australia. – PriceWaterhouseCoopers 2014

The return on Investment from actions taken to create a mentally healthy workplace is $2.30 for every $1 spent and the mean ROI for companies investing in coaching was 7 times the initial investment, with over a quarter reporting an ROI of 10 to 49 times. -PriceWaterhouseCoopers 2014
There is a widely held opinion in the training industry that between 50% and 90% of training is utterly wasted. Positive Psychology Coaching provides a much better, more personalised solution using the tools of a scientific discipline to increase productivity and overall employee positivity and satisfaction. For more information on the programs available please contact Jodie.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]