VIA PRO Articles

VIA PRO aims to assist professionals using VIA Character Strengths in their work.  We utilize the expertise of the VIA Institute on Character to develop practical articles for professionals to use with their clients or employees on how to apply VIA Character Strengths.  

• ** NEW ARTICLE** Character Strengths in Practice- Tips for using character strength applications in business, coaching, education and psychotherapy settings.

• **NEW ARTICLE** Character Strengths: A Research Update- Dr. Niemiec provides highlights from recent research in the area of character strengths.

• Model for use in practice:  Aware, Explore and Apply - Living our lives as an expression of our strengths -- rather than a series of personal issues to be fixed -- is a fundamental shift.  It takes work and it takes time.  Ryan Niemiec suggests three distinct phases.  First understand about strengths in general, then explore how your strengths already work in your home and work life, and finally, select goals and apply your strengths to attain them.  Click here for more information.

• Character Strengths and Goal Setting - The best way to reach your goal is to break the larger goal into bite-sized pieces -- and to use what you do best and most naturally to move you along the path.  Build on your strengths -- and -- at least temporarily, let go of trying to fix weaknesses. Click here for Dr. Niemiec's article.

• 340 Ways by Dr. Tayyab Rashid - This is a great way to jump start your work in character strengths.  Look for your signature strengths and think about new ways you can use them.  Dr. Rashid gets you thinking in the right direction!  Click here for the full article.
  

• Signature Strengths- Frequency Analysis by Dr. Neal Mayerson- This article examines the character strengths that appear most often as signature strengths.

• Leadership Strengths- How using the VIA Team Report can help you find a leader in every group activity.