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The first edition introduced the newly emerging field called
Positive Organizational Scholarship. Rather than focusing on
organizational dysfunction, Positive Organizational Scholarship
looks at organizations that are functioning at an unusually high
level. Learning from such successful groups about what they did
right forms the backbone of the strategy, because strategies that
capitalize on the positive tend to produce life-giving, flourishing
outcomes in organizations. The four strategies discussed in the
first edition included the cultivation of positive climate,
positive relationships, positive communication, and positive
meaning. Each strategy is explained and illustrated. In this
revised edition, the author will add the following materials:
Chapter 1: Outlining three outcomes associated with positive
leadership and one more example. Chapter 2: Adding some empirical
findings linking attributes of climate with physiological benefits.
Chapter 3: A brief discussion of temporary encounters with positive
or negative outcomes. Chapter 4: Additional research on the results
of the positive-to-negative-communication-ratio. Chapter 5:
Elaboration on the issue of meaningfulness in work. Chapter 6: More
ideas for implementation
The recent emphasis on positive leadership has revolutionized
traditional approaches to leading and managing. Producing
extraordinarily high performance, generating positively deviant
results - results that are dramatically better than normal - and
creating remarkable vitality in the workplace are the most frequent
consequences of positive leadership. Empirical research by Kim
Cameron has confirmed these outcomes, but the lingering question is
"how?" What specifically can leaders do to practice positive
leadership? This book provides five proven practices - tools and
techniques - for practicing positive leadership. These tools and
techniques have been confirmed as highly successful in leading
individual employees and organizations to attain extraordinarily
high levels of flourishing and effectiveness. They build on and
supplement Kim Cameron's previous book, Positive Leadership, which
outlined the theory but, in the interest of brevity, omitted
details about implementation. Developmental exercises and action
activities associated with each positive practice are provided in
the book to help the practices become instantly implementable.
A new series of children's books called Seaper Powers has begun to
take over the world of imagination. Receiving 10 out of 10 stars,
this is a series not to be missed. These adventures are available
in eBook, Paperback, Audio CD and MP3: In Search of Bleu Jay's
Treasure; The Mystery of the Blue Pearls and now, the third: The
Rescue. Written in 1-2 page chapters, these stories are meant to be
shared with parents at bedtime. Kids can read the book on their
own, or read along with the audio version. In this new adventure,
Emma has to save Steve, the starfish, from a deadly disease. Along
the way, she finds herself in need of her own rescue.
Leadership should be about much more than hitting targets and
avoiding mistakes. Kim Cameron shows how to reach beyond ordinary
success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular
results, and what he calls ''positively deviant performance'' -
performance far above the norm. Positive leadership enables
thriving and flourishing rather than simply addressing obstacles
and impediments. It helps bring out the best in human nature.
Cameron is one of the founders of the new field of Positive
Organizational Scholarship, which studies unusually high -
performing organizations. In Positive Leadership he draws on
discoveries in this field and in the allied field of positive
psychology - which focuses on high - functioning individuals - as
well as positive organizational change methodologies. He identifies
four interrelated leadership strategies: Positive Climate:
fostering emotions such as optimism, compassion, and gratitude
Positive Relationships: building positive energy networks and
developing strength - based activities Positive Communications:
fostering best - self feedback and supportive communication
patterns Positive Meaning: helping people find profound purpose and
a sense of callingCameron cites the empirical research that these
strategies are rooted in and that supports their bottom - line
effectiveness, lays out a proven process for implementing them, and
includes a self - assessment instrument and a guide to assist
leaders in the implementation process. Positive Leadership is a
concise, thoroughly researched, and practical guide that any leader
can use to generate truly amazing results.
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