ORANGE FROG WORKSHOP^™

Despite using well-researched, intuitive approaches, the success of change initiatives remains alarmingly low with an approximate 30 percent success rate.¹ Is there something flawed in these approaches? Not necessarily.

However, effective change, whether micro-operational or strategic and transformative, requires a foundation that develops key individual attributes associated with success in order to support individual activation:

Positive psychology provides the key for driving these attributes. Building on the original work of thought leaders like Tal Ben-Shahar, Carol Dweck and Barbara Fredrickson, volumes of new research have found that when bringing an individual’s “brain to positive,” optimism and commitment emerge with quantitative success to follow shortly behind – these individuals and their teams experience the Happiness Advantage.

Throughout this interactive and adaptable workshop, healthcare participants are challenged to view the world through a different lens. Whether in-person or virtual, the Orange Frog Workshop utilizes the parable of the Orange Frog as a learning catalyst to train, educate and inspire participants throughout four phases:

Foundations

In both personal performance and within a healthcare team, the research is clear – positive psychology creates a meaningful difference in performance. This portion of the workshop ensures healthcare participants fully understand and buy into foundational principles.

Concepts

Several core concepts underpin the benefits of positive psychology. This component of the workshop dives into these concepts so healthcare participants can explore their tangible application and potential impact.

Tactics

All transformation begins with the individual. The third component of the workshop gives healthcare participants the tools they need to begin their personal transformation: building their potential, investing in an important social network and driving their personal and team performance.

Connections

An individual’s Social Network (those who surround them within their healthcare environment) have a dramatic impact on an individual’s ability to see the positive and achieve out-sized results. This final component of the workshop helps participants cultivate those connections, understand their power and identify techniques to develop them further.

Shawn Achor

The Happiness Advantage (2010) and Big Potential (2018).

Positive Psychology

Positive psychology began as a domain of psychology in 1998 when Martin Seligman chose it as the theme for his term as president of the American Psychological Association. His focus in this area lead to building a humanistic movement, which encouraged an emphasis on happiness, well-being and positivity, thus creating the foundation for what is now known as positive psychology.