Die drei ??? Each case a thrill and success, with lots of Positive emotions. All team members committed and Engaged. Drawing from strong personal Relationships. Daily life full of Meaning, fighting the evil. Each team member with unique Accomplishments: Justus, smart – his immobility compensated by sporty Peter – Peter’s fearfulness compensated by courageous Bob.

The PERMA Model for Thriving Teams

Read the bold letters together. PERMA. These are the five secrets to a fulfilled life according to Martin Seligman, founder of positive psychology. Teams thrive if they enable each other to experience positive emotions, to feel engaged and related, and to sense meaning and accomplishment.

Don’t let yourself be confused by complicated, artificial leadership models. Teams have the best chance of thriving if you pay attention to, and support, PERMA. And do not confuse this with ‚happy-happy‘: Everyone being challenged thoroughly but with reasonable chance of success is an integral part. As is mutual dependency of team members on each other.

Building PERMA in Your Organization

Transformation platforms like ChangeMaker help you build PERMA, the essential framework for thriving teams. Teams are systematically being engaged, new productive relationships formed, everyone gets feedback on their accomplishments and sees how these pay into a more meaningful bigger picture. All these and other sources of positive emotion become available, boosting attractiveness of participation.

A no regret move, you agree?

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