Positive Leadership, 2nd Edition

Preface

Prescriptions for leading organizational success are plentiful. Scores of books are published each month containing advice from well-known executives, political candidates, consultants, and motivational speakers. This book is different. It explains strategies that can help leaders reach beyond ordinary success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular results, and positively deviant performance. It does so by relying on validated findings from empirical research. The book primarily targets leaders of organizations, but these organizations may include families, sports teams, spiritually based organizations, businesses, or community associations. Parents, teachers, and consultants will find this book equally relevant, as will ...