The Strengths-Based Organization

Emily Hutchinson is the founder of Apply Psychology and a Chartered Occupational Psychologist. She holds academic positions, is Associate Editor (Books) for The Psychologist and always combines theory with a firm emphasis on practice. She also has a love for all things technical. Caroline Brown co-creates, delivers and coaches for Apply Psychology alongside a long-term position as an Associate Director with Atkins, a Member of the SNC-Lavalin Group. She is a Chartered Engineer and Coach Practitioner who has a strong and natural interest in psychology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Part One: The Strengths-Based Organization Approach

1. Understanding the strengths approach

2. What does it look like in practice?

3. Why does it work?

4. How do you make it work?

Part two: Application

5. How to boost inclusivity: attract, recruit, retain

6. How to boost wellbeing: build resilience and career fulfilment

7. How to boost performance: engage, develop, connect

Part three: The business case

8. The problem statement (or opportunity)

9. Low investment solution (experiments)

Summary of tools

Questions and answers

About the authors