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This is a book about how to lead people and organizations in ways
that unlock their greatness. It offers a potent assembly of ideas
about how small actions leaders take can make a difference in
changing the trajectory of individuals and organizations, moving
them more rapidly and effectively toward being their best. The book
is built on a foundation of cutting-edge research and
transformational insights from the field of positive organizational
scholarship. How to Be a Positive Leader captures and clusters
these transformational insights into four leadership action domains
- tapping into the good, unlocking valuable resources, fostering
positive relationships, and facilitating generative change - that
encompass the full range of leadership abilities, from negotiating
to inspiring to leading the ethics charge. Above all, each domain
focuses on human relationships as the basis of any effective
leadership. Proof that positive models of leading are the most
productive means to lasting change, this book will give every
leader the courage to make a positive difference in the workday.
Provocative insights on leadership from a "who's who" of leadership
thought including: Tom Peters, Charles Handy, and Jim Kouzes
A stellar cast of the world's foremost leadership gurus comes
together in one place to offer their thoughts on leadership in the
new economy. Edited by renowned leadership expert Warren Bennis,
the book addresses issues that Bennis identifies as the ones that
"keep CEOs up at night," including why we tolerate bad leaders, why
leadership is everyone's business, and how ethics will play into
new leadership. With contributions from Charles Handy, Tom Peters,
Barry Posner, Jim Kouzes, and Warren Bennis--as well as from such
young entrepreneurs as Michael Klein and Tara Church--no other book
includes the caliber of authors and the range of thinking found in
"The Future of Leadership."
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.
A Stunning Achievement in Change ManagementIn October of 1997, the
nation's top business theorists and practitioners met at a
conference cosponsored by USC's Leadership Institute and the Center
for Effective Organizations. The group was challenged to present
their most advanced ideas regarding leadership and change
management. This guide is the stunning result of their collective
efforts. Charged with fascinating case studies, action strategies,
and unbeatable advice, The Leader's Change Handbook features fresh
works by Christopher Bartlett, Michael Beer, John Kotter, David
Nadler, Ron Heifetz, Susan Mohrman, Bob Quinn and other
distinguished contributors. What it offers is a uniquely coherent,
cutting-edge approach to leading today's organizations -- an
approach only this elite group, working together toward a common
vision, could offer.
Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) is an umbrella concept
used to emphasize what elevates and what is inspiring to
individuals and organizations by defining and improving on the
challenging, broken, and needlessly difficult. Just as positive
psychology explores optimal individual psychological states rather
than pathological ones, POS focuses attention on the generative
dynamics in organizations that lead to the development of human
strength, foster resiliency in employees, enable healing and
restoration, and cultivate extraordinary individual and
organizational performance. While POS does not ignore dysfunctional
or typical patterns of behavior, it is most interested in the
motivations and effects associated with remarkably positive
phenomena-how they are facilitated, why they work, how they can be
identified, and how organizations can capitalize on them. This
handbook is the first major resource for scholars and professionals
interested in learning about POS. Across 79 chapters, authors
comprehensively review basic principles, empirical evidence, and
ideas for future research relating to POS. They focus on using a
positive lens to address problems and challenges in organizational
life and they draw on POS to expand the domain of other disciplines
including ethics, economics, peace, spirituality, social movements,
and sustainability. This volume is an ideal resource for
organizational scholars, students, practitioners, human resource
managers, and professional associations, with coverage of the full
spectrum of organizational theories and outcomes that define,
explain, and predict the occurrence, causes, and consequences of
positivity.
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