Be a Strengths-Based, Solution-Focused Team Leader
The Positive Leadership Program follows on from the Positive Foundation Program (a prerequisite), providing an extended learning experience for senior and middle leaders at international schools.
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This program provides practical, research-based tools and perspectives that help team leaders embed and reinforce strengths-based, solution-focused practices in team meetings and 1:1 conversations.​
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The aims of the program are to...
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Establish a shared language and approach to leading a strengths-based, solution-focused school.
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Deepen team connections and develop leadership skills in both new and experienced leaders.
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Strengthen teamwork practices to optimize team wellbeing, performance, and collaboration.
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Develop conversational skills for cultivating a positive team culture through everyday interactions.
This program does that by strengthening...
Leader Energy and Wellbeing
1:1 Coaching and Team Development Skills
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Strategies for Nurturing a Positive Team Culture
How to Join the Positive Leadership Program
The Positive Leadership Program is available as an in-house Professional Development program for your senior and middle leaders, or you can register individually to join our global cohort.
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Please note - If you plan to register 10 or more people from your school, it will be more cost effective - and more impactful for your school culture - to arrange an in-house program.
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This program includes the Positive Foundation Program. If you've already purchased the Positive Foundation Program, select the Positive Leadership Add-on option on your registration form.
A Blended Learning Journey for Maximum Impact
The Positive Leadership Program includes four workshops, our Positive Leadership Touchpoint Toolkit, Premium Membership to the Positivity Playground, and a global learning community of strengths-based, solution-focused international school educators and leaders.
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The Global Cohort starts on September 1st, 2025. Access to your program spaces and Premium Playground Membership will expire on July 31, 2026. You may extend your access and membership into the next school year for an additional fee.​
If you are unable to attend a live workshop, you can catch up by watching a recording.
Culture-Building Tools and Perspectives for Leaders
Workshop: Live on Zoom with recording available
Solution-Focused Conversation Tools for Leaders
Workshop: Live on Zoom with recording available
Strengths-Based Conversation Tools for Leaders
Workshop: Live on Zoom with recording available
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Optimizing Your Team's Strengths
Workshop: Live on Zoom with recording available
Positive Leadership Touchpoint Toolkit
Reinforcing strengths-based, solution-focused practices every day
Positivity Playground Premium Membership
Extended Learning, 1:1 Coaching, Community, and Events
How to Join the Positive Leadership Program
The Positive Leadership Program is available as an in-house Professional Development program for your senior and middle leaders, or you can register individually to join our global cohort.
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Please note - If you plan to register 10 or more people from your school, it will be more cost effective - and more impactful for your school culture - to arrange an in-house program.
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This program includes the Positive Foundation Program. If you've already purchased the Positive Foundation Program, select the Positive Leadership Add-on option on your registration form.
What Will You Learn in This Program?​
Culture-Building Tools and Perspectives for Leaders
This kickoff session sets the stage for the Positive Leadership program by exploring how small, everyday leadership behaviors shape team culture over time. We’ll explore the cumulative impact of leadership actions - how micro-moments of strengths-based appreciation, solution-focused dialogue, and intentional connection contribute to trust, engagement, and a thriving environment.
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In addition to reflecting on your own leadership habits, participants will be introduced to a practical toolkit and road map for the program. These resources will guide your ongoing development, helping your translate insights into meaningful, sustained cultural shifts.
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Participants in this workshop will…
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Recognize how small leadership behaviors contribute to long-term cultural change.
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Explore key principles of Positive Leadership and their role in fostering a strong team culture.
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Gain an overview of the learning journey and the Positive Leadership Touchpoint Toolkit.​​
Solution-Focused Conversation Tools for Leaders
In this interactive workshop, we’ll broaden your solution-focused toolkit with evidence-based strategies for helping your team members grow personally and professionally through sharpening your shared focus on what’s wanted, what’s working, and what’s next.
We’ll practice identifying clues in people’s narratives that point to what they want to see more of in their life and work, indicators of progress they’ve already made in that direction, and resources they might activate further, to help them maintain momentum toward their desired outcomes.
Building upon these conversational markers, we’ll apply techniques for formulating person-centered, solution-focused questions and lines of inquiry. We’ll also discuss how to practice empathetic reframing of “problem talk” in ways that honor the person’s lived experience while also highlighting relevant values and motivators that can be applied to creating desired changes.
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Participants in this workshop will…
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Develop compassionate, curative listening skills to focus attention on what is wanted
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Formulate questions that generate resource-based, future-focused lines of inquiry
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Practice reframing problem descriptions as indicators of purpose and progress
Strengths-Based Conversation Tools for Leaders
In this interactive workshop, leaders will develop strategies to coach individual team members by recognizing and building on their strengths. We’ll explore ways to foster growth, confidence, and engagement through individualized, strengths-based conversations that support development and performance. Through discussion and practice, leaders will refine their ability to facilitate one-to-one conversations that empower their team members to function at their very best.
We’ll work with a flexible, strengths-based framework for tailoring coaching approaches based on an individual’s capabilities and motivation. Leaders will learn how to adapt their conversations to provide the right balance of support and challenge, ensuring that each team member receives the guidance they need to grow and contribute effectively.
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Participants in this workshop will…
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Use person-centered, strengths-based coaching strategies to support individual growth and development
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Enhance team members’ confidence and motivation by focusing on their unique strengths
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Nurture a culture of continuous improvement through personalized, strengths-focused conversations
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Optimizing Your Team’s Strengths
Once your team members have developed a deeper awareness of their own strengths and have started discovering their colleagues’ strengths, you have a solid foundation for the next stage of strengths-based teamwork, which is meaningful optimization of your team’s talents and energy.
In this workshop, we’ll look at your Team Strengths Profile strategically and plan actions for building upon strengths, mitigating weaknesses, making the most of opportunities, and removing threats to your team’s effectiveness. We’ll also learn how team leaders can support each team member with strengths-based job crafting and development planning for meaningful and productive work.
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Participants in this workshop will…
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Make the most of your team’s strengths and mitigate team weaknesses
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Apply strengths insights to task distribution, job crafting, and development planning
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Support colleagues with managing energy and mindsets about less enjoyable tasks
Positive Leadership Touchpoint Toolkit
The Positive Leadership Toolkit equips you with practical strategies to reinforce strengths-based, solution-focused practices with your team throughout the year. Inside, you’ll find practical tools that will help you build trust, support collaboration, and sustain a team culture of learning and growth. By weaving these tools into your daily interactions and meetings, you'll create a more engaged, empowered, and resilient school community.
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Your Toolkit Includes...
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Strengths-Based Team-Building Activities
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Global Cohort Learning Space
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Peer Coaching Conversation Guides, Self-Paced Exercises
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70 Meeting Warm-Ups for Positive Teams
Positivity Playground Premium Membership
For many people, the workshops in the Positive Foundation and Positive Leadership Programs are the first step in a transformational personal and professional development journey, and they want to dive deeper into the positive psychology-based tools and perspectives we introduce in the program.
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Our Premium Playground Membership offers many ways to do this straight away, depending on how you like to grow best: independently with self-paced learning resources, in conversations with our Certified Positive Peer Coaches, or in community with like-minded international educators and leaders from around the world.
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Your Premium Playground membership includes…
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Unlimited 1:1 Coaching with Our Global Certified Positive Peer Coaching Team
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Our SuperHEROES Micro-Credential Program (Positive Psychology Essentials)
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All of Our 5-Day Coaching Challenges to Build Positive Psychological Capital
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Our Premium Resource Bank of Recommended Articles and Videos
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Free Admission to Solros Playdates (Play-based personal development experiences on Zoom)
How to Join the Positive Leadership Program
The Positive Leadership Program is available as an in-house Professional Development program for your senior and middle leaders, or you can register individually to join our global cohort.
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Please note - If you plan to register 10 or more people from your school, it will be more cost effective - and more impactful for your school culture - to arrange an in-house program.
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This program includes the Positive Foundation Program. If you've already purchased the Positive Foundation Program, select the Positive Leadership Add-on option on your registration form.