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How to Help Your Business Flourish Through Positive Psychology with Positive Foundry co-founder and CEO, Laura Wilkins Cooke | GREENCREST Marketing

December 19th, 2023

Laura Cooke, co-founder and CEO of Positive Foundry, and frequent wellness speaker at the Canyon Ranch Wellness Resorts.

Columbus, OH (December 18, 2023) — Business leaders are learning that when individuals flourish, so does the organization. Furthermore, companies operate more efficiently when they have trust and security within their teams. Discover how the practice of positivity affects the wellbeing of your workplace in episode 138 of the Ignite Your Business® Podcast featuring Laura Cooke, co-founder and CEO of Positive Foundry, and frequent wellness speaker at the Canyon Ranch Wellness Resorts. Through the science of positive psychology, Positive Foundry provides business owners and leaders strategies to foster a more joyful, healthy, meaningful, and accomplished life, creating a more productive and profitable business in the process. 

Some of the topics discussed with GREENCREST CEO, chief strategy officer and host, Kelly Borth are: 

  • Mindfulness and emotional EQ 
  • How vulnerability and trust impact leaders and team building. 
  • Why positive deposits in the workplace are crucial to building strong emotional connections that motivate and empower your team to become productive, valuable assets. 
  • Why business owners should think of employees as positive corporate athletes in need of proper training and development, and how they can best utilize the four different energies to ensure team members become positive corporate athletes. 

The Ignite Your Business® Podcast is a resource for business owners, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and other industry leaders to exchange ideas and learn from other highly respected business professionals in a variety of industries. Highlights of the most recent episodes of the Ignite Your Business® Podcast include: 

Episode 137: 5 Important Ways to Measure B2B Digital Marketing Success with Kelly Borth 

Episode 136: Implementing DEI Initiatives in the Workplace with Courtnee Carrigan, founder and CEO of Raising the Bar Performance Group 

Episode 135: Building Trust in a Digital World with GREENCREST CEO and chief strategy officer Kelly Borth 


About Laura Wilkins Cooke 

Laura Cooke is the CEO and co-founder of Positive Foundry, a training company focused on helping organizations thrive through the well-being of their people. Laura is a visionary entrepreneur and collaborative leader who wants to change the trajectory of the well-being and wellness of Americans by teaching the science  and skills to thrive. 

Laura trained at the Institute for Positive Education in Australia and the Flourishing Institute, holding a Certificate of Applied Positive Psychology, a BA in Business from Wittenberg University, and a Masters of  Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at The University of Michigan. 

Previously, she served as business director at Metatec Corporation and assistant head of The Wellington School. She has served on the Board of Trustees at The Wellington School and the Executive Committee of the Childhood League and has volunteered with several other non-profit organizations in Central Ohio. 

Laura resides in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Chris, and four daughters. For more information, visit https://positivefoundry.com/


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