Jolyn Dahlvig, Calvin College

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Beyond Strengthsquest An overview of PsyCap
and its implications for leadership development

• Jolyn Dahlvig, Calvin College
• Elizabeth Wallace, Tartleton State University

http//www.youtube.com/watch?veK1dRCfGEJo
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Beyond Strengthsquest

• Strengths philosophy
• Fixed vs. growth mindset
• Strengths development

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Psychological Capital

• friendship networks lead to more engaged
  employees and higher performance

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Authentic Leadership Development
PsyCap will likely account for about 15 of
the variance in performance.
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PsyCap constructs are

• positive and unique
• based on theory, research, and valid measures
• open to development and change
• manageable for performance improvement

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Resilience
a staunch acceptance of reality a deep belief,
often buttressed by strongly held values, that
life is meaningful and an uncanny ability to
improvise High Impact Leader, p. 156
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Hope
will power way power
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Self-Efficacy
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Optimism
how we interpret the world around us
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Interaction
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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Authentic Leadership Development
PsyCap will likely account for about 15 of
the variance in performance.
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Building your PsyCap

• right list
• positive to negative ratio
• Gratitude journal
• REFLECTION

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Building PsyCap in followers

• Part of being a great coach is the ability to
  translate experienced events into meaningful
  learning for those who have not yet experienced
  these challenges
• The High Impact Leader, p. 84

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Building PsyCap

• concentrate on past success
• set goals that stretch
• de-catastrophizing
• growth mindset

• monitor self-talk, challenge automatic or
  negative thoughts
• imagine obstacles and create multiple
  possibilities

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References
Avolio, B. J. Luthans, F. (2006). The high
impact leader Moments that matter in
accelerating authentic leadership development.
McGraw-Hilil NY. Luthans, F., Youseff, C. M.,
Avolio, B. J. (2007). Psychological capital
Developing the human competitive edge. Oxford
NY.