Ryan M. Niemiec, PsyD, is author or co-author of nine books, an award-winning psychologist and a widely traveled international speaker. Ryan is the creator of MBSP and has led hundreds of mindfulness groups over the last two decades. As education director of the global nonprofit, VIA Institute on Character, he's a leading voice in the education, research, and practice of character strengths. He lives with his family, which includes three young and zestful children, near Cincinnati, Ohio.
Character Strengths at Work + Positive Relationships Package
On Demand Course
Character Strengths at Work + Positive Relationships Package ON-DEMAND COURSE Get our flagship course on applying character strengths strategies to your work, plus a focused course on improving relationships and receive special discount pricing.
- Buy Together and Save Receive discounted pricing for 2-course package
- On-Demand Get started immediately with videos and handouts added to your VIA account
- Self-Paced Access to courses for one year from date of purchase
- No Prerequisites Available for anyone to join
- Language English offered
- Earn ICF Credits 11 Resource Development CCEUs offered for International Coaching Federation
About This Course Package
Character Strengths at Work: Using Strengths to Engage Employees, Clients and Students is our flagship course on integrating character strengths applications into your work with others. Learn how to facilitate strengths-based discussions with others, motivating them to use their best qualities to reach their goals, find greater productivity and engagement at work, and more happiness and balance in life.
Additionally, our Positive Relationships Course is designed for professionals working with others on improving or boosting relationships. Explore a 5-model framework for helping someone deeply evaluate their close personal relationships and discover ways to make those bonds stronger. You will learn how to effectively guide someone through a relationship struggle by focusing on their character strengths and the strengths of others.
With this 2-course package you will get a deep dive into research-based character strengths interventions plus a focused course on using strengths to improve relationships. Both courses are on-demand and self-guided. Buy now and get started immediately!
Please note: Effective July 13, 2020, the VIA Pro Reports referred to in these courses are no longer available. Learn more about the new VIA Total 24 and VIA Top 5 Character Strengths Reports here.
Course Details
- Buy Together and Save Receive discounted pricing for 2-course package
- On-Demand Get started immediately with videos and handouts added to your VIA account
- Self-Paced Access to courses for one year from date of purchase
- No Prerequisites Available for anyone to join
- Language English offered
- Earn ICF Credits 11 Resource Development CCEUs offered for International Coaching Federation
Character Strengths at Work Course Preview: What's Inside
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Empowering with Strengths: Explore the history of VIA character strengths and the reason they are known as the “backbone of positive psychology”.
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The Power of Signature Strengths: Discover the latest research around the importance of top character strengths and strategies for employing them.
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The Golden Mean: Learn how to find the right balance of character strengths use with a detailed review of the PERMA model of well-being and the areas of strength overuse and underuse.
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Action During Consults: Put knowledge into action in this week’s class with hands-on strategies for introducing character strengths to your work with others.
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A Working Model: Practice using an effective model for working with character strengths known as: Aware-Explore-Apply.
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Strengths Interventions: Discover many different ways to use character strengths when facing difficult or challenging circumstances.
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Life Problems: Learn research-based strength applications and interventions that you can begin employing immediately with your clients, students and employees.
Positive Relationships Course Preview: What's Inside
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Knowing and Being Known: Review how strengths play a role in the relationship through strengths-spotting and the neural basis of felt understanding.
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Appreciating and Accepting: Learn the conceptual and scientific links of strengths appreciation, taking a particularly close look at gratitude.
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Nurturing: Understand the importance of deliberately nurturing relationships using strategies such as upward positive spirals, active-constructive responding, and savoring the good.
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Resolving and Repairing: Discover how character strengths can be viewed in the context of problems and conflicts, such asot button areas, overuse/underuse, retrospective problem management, compassion-focused reappraisal, letting go of grudges, and character strengths synergies/collisions.
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Growing Together: Explore challenges and strategies for maintaining relationship bonds through arranging positive rituals, shared meanings, mindfulness, and acceptance.
Course Faculty
Dr. Donna Mayerson
Dr. Donna Mayerson, advisor for the VIA Institute, was Co-Founder of Hummingbird Coaching Services, LLC and Chief Coaching Officer. She was responsible for developing Hummingbird's training model and for maintaining its integrity. She was also Co-Founder of VIA Institute on Character, which has played an important role in helping to establish a new discipline in the field of psychology - positive psychology. In addition to her role as advisor for VIA, she is the director of clinical services with the Ohio Innocence Project providing an array of services and supports to the lawyers, staff, students, and freed clients. She also works through a charitable family foundation with nonprofits in the Cincinnati area.