Practicing Positive Leadership
Practicing Positive Leadership

Author: Kim Cameron

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2013-09-02

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1609949730

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A Guide to Going beyond Success Plenty of research has been done on why companies go terribly wrong, but what makes companies go spectacularly right? That's the question that Kim Cameron asked over a decade ago. Since then, Cameron and his colleagues have uncovered the principles and practices that set extraordinarily effective organizations apart from the merely successful. In his previous book Positive Leadership, Cameron identified four strategies that enable these organizations, and the individuals within them, to flourish: creating a positive climate, positive relationships, positive communication, and positive meaning. Here he lays out specific tactics for implementing them. These are not feel-good nostrums—study after study (some cited in this book) have proven positive leadership delivers breakthrough bottom-line results. Thanks to Cameron's concise how-to guide, now any organization can be “positively deviant,” achieving outcomes that far surpass the norm.

Positive Leadership
Positive Leadership

Author: Kim S. Cameron

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2012-08-06

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1609945662

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This is a guide to positive climate, positive relationships, positive communication, and positive meaning and how to apply each of them in work.

Positive Leadership in Practice
Positive Leadership in Practice

Author: Cornelia Lucey

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-06-14

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1000590526

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This book aims to help leaders become the best versions of themselves, achieve extraordinary results, and help their team accomplish the same. Packed with research and practical advice from real-life positive leaders, it offers an extensive look into both what high-performance leadership is and how it can be achieved. Positive Leadership in Practice is a resource that all leaders can tap into to be more effective. The book introduces an ALIGHT model that guides leaders through six fundamental resources that can alight their own and their team’s motivation and transform their performance to an extraordinary level. Further breaking down the six resources into 18 core components, the book expands on what constitutes the six resources to make them tangible and accessible. The book also offers leaders the opportunity to self-assess their own levels of resources and levels of positive leadership through a questionnaire, as well as opportunities to reflect on how to further develop these levels of resources and positive leadership. Finally, the book signposts practical strategies to tap into on the back of their reflections to take action to become their best possible positive leader. This book is for existing and aspiring managers, leaders, and those with people-related roles such as in human resources, coaching, leadership development, and organisational consultants, as well as anyone in more informal leadership positions. After all, we are all leaders.

How to Be a Positive Leader
How to Be a Positive Leader

Author: Jane E. Dutton

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2014-06-02

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1626560307

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Positive leaders are able to dramatically expand their people's—and their own—capacity for excellence. And they accomplish this without enormous expenditures or huge heroic gestures. Here leading scholars—including Adam Grant, author of the bestselling Give and Take; positive organizational scholarship movement cofounders Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn; and thirteen more—describe how this is being done at companies such as Wells Fargo, Ford, Kelly Services, Burt's Bees, Connecticut's Griffin Hospital, the Michigan-based Zingerman's Community of Businesses, and many others. They show that, like the butterfly in Brazil whose flapping wings create a typhoon in Texas, you can create profound positive change in your organization through simple actions and attitude shifts.

The Art of Positive Leadership
The Art of Positive Leadership

Author: John E. Michel

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2015-06-03

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1490870024

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Nothing fully prepares one for service in a combat zone. When I was selected to command the NATO Air Training Command Afghanistan and the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kabul, I had almost a quarter century of uniformed service to prepare me for this dynamic assignment. Dynamic because the mission would be to develop an independent, self-sustaining Afghan Air Force in an active war zone. The book you hold in your hand is a collection of the most important lessons we learned. Lessons which anyone, be it a parent, pastor, politician, soldier, teacher, or office teammate, can use to begin transforming ordinary interactions into powerful, positive experiences. War zone not required. I was honored to have served with General Michel in Afghanistan and observed first hand true leadership in practice under the most difficult conditions - In the Art of Positive Leadership, General Michel has captured the essence of the leadership style and skill that made him so successful in a theater of war - he has used a unique blending of axioms and stories, born from the very best leaders, in an amazingly powerful message about the techniques and impact of leaders that unselfishly focus on what can be, what should be, and the people that actually make it happen ~ John Johns, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Maintenance)

Do Good to Lead Well
Do Good to Lead Well

Author: Craig Dowden

Publisher: Forbesbooks

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781946633026

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Good leaders are necessary in both the business world and everyday life, but what exactly constitutes good, effective leadership? Contrary to popular belief, effective leadership is rare and good leaders are few and far between. In Do Good to Lead Well: The Science and Practice of Positive Leadership, Craig Dowden explains the psychology and science behind positive leadership and how we all can easily improve our leadership skills. Written for executives, leaders, and aspiring leaders who want to challenge the status quo of leadership--people who want to raise their game and have a transformative impact on themselves and the people around them--Do Good to Lead Well breaks down the Six Pillars of Positive Leadership: 1. Self-Awareness 2. Civility 3. Humility Craig's goal is to convey, on the deepest level, that effective leadership is not a choice between doing the right thing or being successful. It's about setting the example and doing good to lead well.

The Power of Positive Leadership
The Power of Positive Leadership

Author: Jon Gordon

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-04-11

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1119351707

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We are not positive because life is easy. We are positive because life can be hard. As a leader, you will face numerous obstacles, negativity, and tests. There will be times when it seems as if everything in the world is conspiring against you and your vision seems more like a fantasy than a reality. That’s why positive leadership is essential! Positive leadership is not about fake positivity. It is the real stuff that makes great leaders great. The research is clear. Being a positive leader is not just a nice way to lead. It's the way to lead if you want to build a great culture, unite your organization in the face of adversity, develop a connected and committed team and achieve excellence and superior results. Since writing the mega best seller The Energy Bus, Jon Gordon has worked and consulted with leaders who have transformed their companies, organizations and schools, won national championships and are currently changing the world. He has also interviewed some of the greatest leaders of our time and researched many positive leaders throughout history and discovered their paths to success. In this pioneering book Jon Gordon shares what he has learned and provides a comprehensive framework on positive leadership filled with proven principles, compelling stories, practical ideas and practices that will help anyone become a positive leader. There is a power associated with positive leadership and you can start benefiting yourself and your team with it today.

Positive Leadership
Positive Leadership

Author: Steve Gladis

Publisher:

Published: 2013-05

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780989131407

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Positive Leadership: The Game Changer at Work provides key research-based principles that will help you be a more effective leader. The first part of the book, "The Concept," gathers some of the best positive psychology research available and reads like a Harvard Business Review article. The second part, "The Story," is a leadership fable about a homeless, former business executive who attempts to climb back into society after a shocking body blow to his life. The research and the story together make a memorable read. Editorial Reviews and Endorsements key thought leaders: Marshall Goldsmith, Tom Rath, Dan Pink, Tony Bingham Foreword by Marshall Goldsmith, the world's most influential leadership thinker: ..".. If you lead one person or 1,000, you'll want to read this book Positive Leadership] as quickly as you can and pass it on to someone you care about." New York Times Bestselling Author Tom Rath "If you want to lead people toward a better future, start with this book." Daniel Pink, author of To Sell is Human, Drive, and A Whole New Mind "Steve Gladis has done a spectacular job of combining the science of positive affect with a story that brings that science to life. Positive Leadership is a smart and sensible game plan for game changers of every kind." Tony Bingham, CEO of The American Society of Training and Development "Positive Leadership is a must-read for anyone who wants to positively impact the culture, and ultimately the success, of an organization."

Positive Academic Leadership
Positive Academic Leadership

Author: Jeffrey L. Buller

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-03-26

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1118552229

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In Positive Academic Leadership, Jeffrey Buller offers new insights and practical tools, as well as language and tactics, for fostering a more effective approach to leadership. With acumen and a dash of humor, he shows leaders how they can take the focus off the negative and change what they say, their perspectives, and their strategies. This more constructive leadership style plays to the strengths of leaders rather than to the weaknesses of their institutions. Offering time-tested and fresh ideas for becoming the type of leader who acts as a coach, counselor, and conductor for faculty, staff, and students, Buller demonstrates how positive leadership can become a day-to-day practice. With its down-to-earth style, the book draws on the most current research on positive leadership in neuroscience, psychology, management, organizational behavior, and other disciplines and translates their lessons into readable and accessible recommendations. It then makes these recommendations come to life by providing real-world examples that illustrate how to implement positive leadership strategies in all spheres of the leader’s activities and institution. Positive Academic Leadership is a wise guide for transforming any leader’s attitude about inevitable daily crises into manageable challenges that are based on a philosophy of accepting the environment and situation but working to make things better.

Positive Psychology at Work
Positive Psychology at Work

Author: Sarah Lewis

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-03-16

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 111999621X

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Positive Psychology at Work brings the fields of positive psychology and appreciative inquiry together for the first time to provide leaders and change agents with a powerful new approach to achieving organizational excellence. Draws together positive psychology and appreciative inquiry in the context of leadership organizational challenges for the first time Presents academically rigorous and referenced material in a jargon-free, accessible manner Arranged with chapters focused on specific organizational challenges to allow readers to quickly find ideas relevant to their unique situation Features short contributions from experienced practitioners of positive psychology and Appreciative Inquiry, and includes case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA