Practicing Positive Leadership

PREFACE

This book was motivated by feedback from a variety of colleagues and respected leaders who wanted to see more information on putting the strategies of positive leadership into practice. In an earlier book, Positive Leadership, I identified four key strategies that have been shown to produce extraordinarily positive performance in organizations. These strategies include the creation of a positive climate, positive relationships, positive communication, and positive meaning. Substantial empirical evidence from a wide variety of organizations confirms that these strategies are crucial for achieving what I call “positively deviant” levels of ...