How to Be a Positive Leader

IIITAP INTO THE GOOD

As a positive leader, possibilities abound for increasing individual and organizational capacities for excellence by tapping into the good. This section unpacks this aspirational goal by offering three distinctive approaches on what tapping into the good means. The first focuses on individual and organizational practices that promote virtuousness, namely, behaviors that represent the best of the human condition such as gratitude, compassion, honesty, and love. A second approach directs attention to how you and other leaders serve as role models, helping to create an ethical culture even when circumstances are working against you. The third approach encourages you and other positive leaders to articulate and to pursue a higher ...