Positively Energizing Leadership

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POSITIVE ENERGY IN ORGANIZATIONS

This chapter helps elaborate the concept of positive relational energy and highlights the effects of positive relational energy in leaders. It shows how positively energizing leaders affect employees and the success of their organizations. It also discusses how we can identify positive energizers and what to look for if we want to hire them in our organizations.

POSITIVE ENERGY AND LEADERSHIP

A common way to identify leadership in organizations is by examining an organizational chart. Individuals occupying boxes near the top of the chart are likely to be designated as the leaders—they are held accountable for the organization’s performance, strategy, and fiscal health. Leadership is often equated with responsibility ...