6)    Once you and your team know their own strengths, find ways to use them more at work and, equally important, ways to do less of the work that drains you of energy. Allocate tasks in your team by strengths rather than by role and delegate by volunteer rather than imposition when possible.

7)    Make sure other people know your strengths, so that they can call on you for opportunities that play to your strengths.

8)    How you respond to someone’s good news is as important for relationship building as how you respond to their bad news. So, to encourage positive relationships at work, help people to be actively positive in their response to other people’s good news.

9)    Some people are just people that other people like to have around. The existence of such people at the centre of a team creates positive energy. They have the knack of giving people little boosts of good feeling in their conversations or interactions with them, and they leave feeling better than when they arrived. Notice who they are, place them strategically in projects and initiatives to which you want to attract other people, for example.

These tips barely scratch the surface of the interesting research and ideas emanating from the field of ‘Positive Psychology at Work’ so reading around the subject or using tools like ‘Positive Psychology Concept Cards’ can really help.