Module 2: Engage in Practices 
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​Read:
Chapter 2




Print:
Through-Line Plan
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Print:
Module 2 Workbook
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Print:
​Team Positivity Measure 
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​In this module we will:
  •  explore how one organization took the approach of moving from programs to practices with great success
  • experiment with some practices that deviate positively from the conventional way organizations operate, including:
               o using transformational questions, and 
               o appreciative inquiry
  • continue to study positive cultures, and the practices of focused writing and daily gratitude
  • review ideas for positive team practices and pick one to tailor in your workplace
  •  introduce a team positivity measure

What Do We Want Our Culture To Be?/ Transformational Questions 


​In your workbook, in the space provided, write down a challenge that you have right now and a transformational question you can use to solve it. 
 
Where can you start asking the question:  “What do we want our culture to be?” 

A Positive Workplace Is...

Watch this short video about how our Featured Influencers describe a positive workplace.
In your workbook, take a moment to create your own definition of a positive workplace—one that you will use in discussions with your employees and colleagues.

Appreciative Inquiry/ At My Best Exercise 


​​See pages 43-44 in the book for instructions on this exercise. Make your list of people to ask and craft your message to them. Notice what their feedback does for you. When you compile the feedback and synthesize it, let us know on the group Facebook page:

1) What you learned from this exercise
2) How it made you feel
3) What it made you want to do.
Team Practice: 

What is unique about the Baptist Healthcare story is that they didn’t take a boxed “wellness program” approach to creating a healthy culture. They made the link between unhappy employees and unhappy customers. They recognized that increasing employee happiness and positivity was essential to achieving the outcomes they needed. 
 
On pages 37-42 in Chapter 2 are numerous other ideas about shifting from programs to practices. Review the ideas that came from the Thoughtexchange on pages 37-39, as well as examples shared by Graham Lowe and Michael West on pages 39-42, and then make a note in your workbook about one or two practices that could be tailored to work in your organization. ​

How will you tailor this practice to be successful in your culture?

Be A Contribution 

​Here is a short video that I posted on Instagram earlier this year about the exercise in your workbook called “How Will I Be A Contribution Today?”  Try this today! ​


​​More Thoughts on Positivity and a Team Positivity Measure 

Check out this video for more background research on positivity, as well as an explanation of the Team Positivity Measure that we have provided for your use. 
PRACTICES:
Personal
- Use a Transformational Question to Solve a Challenge
- At My Best Exercise - use Appreciative Inquiry to Uncover Strengths
- Be a Contribution Exercise

Team
- Try one of the Team Practice Suggestions  
- Team Positivity Measure

Organizational
- Use the Transformational Question “What do we want our culture to be?” 
​Daily practice leads to mastery. Mastering a practice means it becomes something you can access without will. As you practice appreciative inquiry, gratitude, using transformational questions, etc., you eventually master using them yourself and with others.  

​Remember to review your Through-Line Plan from Module One. What new practices will you add to your “someday” or “this month” plans? Are your first three turns the same, or have they changed this week? 

​Please remember to read Chapter Three before we meet again in Module Three. 

Thanks, 
Deb