The Happiness Institute offers training in Positive Psychology Coaching in Sydney and Melbourne

In 2003, Professor Tim Sharp founded The Happiness Institute , a corporate coaching practice dedicated to promoting the principals of positive psychology. Positive psychology is a growing discipline that focuses on increasing happiness and well-being instead of mental illness.

In July this year, Prof. Sharp will be teaming up with UTS Melbourne to deliver their Executive Certificate in Positive Psychology. The popular three-day course is open entry and has no specific requirements. The positive psychology course is aimed at human resource professionals, managers and team leaders, aspiring and established coaches, psychologists and change agents, but any interested in learning the skills on offer is welcome.

The course has been designed to teach participants core underlying theories of positive psychology but more so, specific coaching applications that will enhance their careers and their workplaces by increasing crucial variables such happiness at work, morale, satisfaction, performance, retention and ultimately productivity and profitability.

The course aims to facilitate participant knowledge and skills in the basic psychological principles of:

• Human behaviour
• Fundamental theories underlying positive psychology
• Strategies to enhance happiness
• Building on strengths; and
• Basics of positive psychology coaching

The intellectual property provided by the coaching business includes course manuals, administrative paperwork, books, CD’s, research literature, presence in various marketing mediums belonging to The Happiness Institute, professional development and much more. The investment will ensure that business owners can expand on their existing suite of intellectual property resources, or start a new business, while at the same time providing more flexibility and business autonomy than most franchise systems permit. This means that the intellectual property can be tailored to individual needs.

The executive certificate is an ideal stepping stone for becoming a license and by meeting the specific requirements for a licence, which are tertiary qualifications and work experience in a relevant field, attaining the executive certificate one top would make one a very successful candidate for a positive psychology licence with The Happiness Institute.