Steve Gross
Steve Gross, M.S.W., is the founder and chief playmaker of the Life is Good Kids Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to spread the power of optimism to help kids heal. The foundation partners with leading childcare organizations to strengthen to strengthen their capacity to build healing, life-changing relationships with the children in their care.
Steve's teachings have been utilized across the country and throughout the world in response to the social and emotional needs of communities deeply impacted by poverty, violence, and illness. Steve helps others discover their own sense of optimism so that they can inspire the people around them to focus on the good and overcome life's most difficult challenges.
Steve Gross, M.S.W., is the founder and chief playmaker of the Life is Good Kids Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to spread the power of optimism to help kids heal. The foundation partners with leading childcare organizations to strengthen to strengthen their capacity to build healing, life-changing relationships with the children in their care.
Steve's teachings have been utilized across the country and throughout the world in response to the social and emotional needs of communities deeply impacted by poverty, violence, and illness. Steve helps others discover their own sense of optimism so that they can inspire the people around them to focus on the good and overcome life's most difficult challenges.
Superpowers for Success in Business & Life
When people think about superpowers, they usually think about the ones that they read about in comic books. Superhuman strength, X-ray vision, and the ability to fly, are just a few examples of what we usually think about when we hear the word 'superpower.' Sadly, superhuman strength and x-ray vision have proven to be of little help in combating many of the 21st century challenges that affect every organization. The good news is that that we are all able to tap into superpowers such...
Lead with Optimism (and the Results Will Follow)
Steve Gross explores how everyone can bring out the best in their team and organization by leading with optimism, creativity, and love (you read that right, love). In this inspiring, moving and entertaining presentation, Steve shares research and first-hand lessons that demonstrate how optimistic leaders inspire and energize everyone around them - especially in challenging, change-filled times. He will introduce the concept that "play" is not...
How Joy and Optimism Ignite the Best in All of Us
Steve Gross is serious about play - and its tremendous benefits for all people and the organizations where they work. The Life is good Kids Foundation is a non-profit organization that for twenty years has used play to help children overcome life threatening challenges such as violence, illness and severe poverty. A recognized expert and pioneer in utilizing exuberant, joyful play to promote resiliency in children, he has extended those insights to adults, reconnecting them to the...
The Power of Optimism
Optimism is powerful. When human beings grow their capacity to see and focus on the goodness in themselves, others, and the world, their social, emotional, and cognitive superpowers emerge.
Optimism, however, can be fragile. Chronic stress, fear, and overwhelming adversity can weaken and destroy our capacity for optimism. Over time, a lack of optimism can lead to strained relationships, poor health outcomes, lost productivity, and shorter, less fulfilling lives.
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