Lisa Sansom | SpeakerHub

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Lisa Sansom is a Positive Interventionist who shares positive psychology tools and techniques with her clients through speaking, corporate training, facilitation and coaching across Canada and internationally. Lisa has been working in Organizational and Leadership Development since 2000 working in finance, government, education and health care, among other industries. Her focus is primarily on positive psychology (including resilience, optimism, strengths and well-being), change management, high performing teams and leadership development. Additionally, she writes articles and does book reviews for a number of magazines and online publications. Lisa obtained her MBA from the Rotman School of Management, and earned her coaching accreditation from Adler International Learning / OISE-UT. In addition she holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Education from Brock University. She completed her MAPP (Master of Applied Positive Psychology) from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010. Lisa is currently enrolled in the DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) at Royal Roads University where she is researching the effective delivery of positive feedback in the workplace. She is an ICF-certified coach at the PCC level and also teaches coaching skills to managers and leaders. She is certified in the ShiftPositive 360 Leadership Assessment, Process Management, and Foundations of NeuroLeadership. Lisa has also coached with Susan Cain's Quiet Leadership Institute, working to help introverts find their voice and gain more recognition in the workplace. Lisa is a Founding Board Member of the Canadian Positive Psychology Association (CPPA) where she also served as Vice-Chair. She has served as the President (4 yrs) and Vice-President (2 yrs) of the University of Pennsylvania's MAPP Alumni Association. She is heavily involved in the world of positive psychology and is very happy to share insights and research with your organization.

Current position (1)

Positive Interventionist

LVS Consulting

Degrees (2)

Master's of Applied Positive Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

2009 to 2010

MBA

Rotman School of Management - University of Toronto

1997 to 2000

Presentations

Presentations (5)

Creating positive work relationships

HR and business professionals must create positive work relationships in order to get their job done most effectively. This session will provide research-based tips and practical techniques on how to create positive work relationships with clients, peers, managers, direct reports, and pretty much everyone else. Note: these tips may also work in personal relationships, including family!

Practicing a Growth Mindset

HR and Business Professionals need to learn, grow, and develop - and often need to encourage that growth and development in others as well. This has been referred to as a growth mindset but did you know that creating a growth mindset in yourself and others is more than just a matter of beliefs? The words that you use and the approaches that you take can tip the very sensitive scales from a growth mindset to a fixed mindset. In this workshop, learn and practice the skills to increase growth mindset for yourself and others.

Leading Change (Half-day/Full-day)

One of the key roles of HR and business professionals is leading change. Let Lisa guide you on how to lead change, both at a personal and organizational level. Depending on the length of this session, Lisa can walk you through the stages of personal change and how to effectively lead yourself and others through change, with exercises and practices. A longer session can include models for organizational change leadership including how to gain buy-in and how to create your own change team to help you be more effective in your change leadership. This can be a workshop with varying levels of practice.

Delivering effective positive feedback

You may think you know how to deliver feedback, but chances are that you don't do it as effectively as you would like. You may not even know what feedback could really be. Lisa's research is demonstrating that most leaders are not effective in delivering feedback that encourages not only greater task performance, but also better working relationships, increasing a psychologically healthy and safe work environment and greater employee engagement. Learn how to use positive feedback so that all ships can rise together. Also, learn how to address weaknesses and performance problems proactively and keep relationships intact.

Leveraging Positive Psychology Research to Create Better Work Environments

Spend some time discussing current issues and questions with Lisa. In this presentation, Lisa will bring 3-5 new research topics out of the field of applied positive psychology, change management, leadership development and organizational development that are of interest to your audience. Let's discuss resilience, strengths, optimism, coaching, high performance teams and more. This session can be tailored to your audience's most pressing questions. This can be a workshop with practice or a talk with Q&A. Timing 30min - 3 hrs.