How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact
Small Actions, Big Impact
Published on 2. June 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-62656-028-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
356 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62656-028-4 (9781626560284)
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E-Book
06/2014
1st Edition
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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06/2014
1st Edition
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Persons
Edited by Jane E. Dutton and Gretchen M. Spreitzer
Content
Foreword—Shawn Achor
Invitation—Jane Dutton and Gretchen Spreitzer
Part I. Foster Positive Relationships
Chapter 1: Build High Quality Relationships–Jane E. Dutton
Chapter 2: Outsource Inspiration–Adam M. Grant
Chapter 3: Negotiate Mindfully–Shirli Kopelman and Ramaswami Mahalingam
Part II. Unlock Resources from Within
Chapter 4: Enable Thriving at Work--Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Christine Porath
Chapter 5: Cultivate Positive Identities–Laura Morgan Roberts
Chapter 6: Engage in Job Crafting--Amy Wrzesniewski
Part III. Tap into the Good
Chapter 7: Activate Virtuousness–Kim Cameron
Chapter 8: Lead an Ethical Organization–David M. Mayer
Chapter 9: Imbue the Organization with Higher Purpose–Robert E. Quinn and Anjan V.Thakor
Part IV. Create Resourceful Change
Chapter 10: Cultivate Hope: Found, Not Lost--Oana Branzei
Chapter 11: Create Micro-Moves for Organizational Change--Karen Golden-Biddle
Chapter 12: Treat Employees as Resources not Resistors--Scott Sonenshein
Chapter 13: Create Opportunity from Crisis--Lynn Perry Wooten, Erika Hayes James
Epilogue and Looking Forward–Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Jane E. Dutton
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors
Invitation—Jane Dutton and Gretchen Spreitzer
Part I. Foster Positive Relationships
Chapter 1: Build High Quality Relationships–Jane E. Dutton
Chapter 2: Outsource Inspiration–Adam M. Grant
Chapter 3: Negotiate Mindfully–Shirli Kopelman and Ramaswami Mahalingam
Part II. Unlock Resources from Within
Chapter 4: Enable Thriving at Work--Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Christine Porath
Chapter 5: Cultivate Positive Identities–Laura Morgan Roberts
Chapter 6: Engage in Job Crafting--Amy Wrzesniewski
Part III. Tap into the Good
Chapter 7: Activate Virtuousness–Kim Cameron
Chapter 8: Lead an Ethical Organization–David M. Mayer
Chapter 9: Imbue the Organization with Higher Purpose–Robert E. Quinn and Anjan V.Thakor
Part IV. Create Resourceful Change
Chapter 10: Cultivate Hope: Found, Not Lost--Oana Branzei
Chapter 11: Create Micro-Moves for Organizational Change--Karen Golden-Biddle
Chapter 12: Treat Employees as Resources not Resistors--Scott Sonenshein
Chapter 13: Create Opportunity from Crisis--Lynn Perry Wooten, Erika Hayes James
Epilogue and Looking Forward–Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Jane E. Dutton
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors