CHAPTER7
Where Leaders Meet the World
All the successful leaders we have encountered have a positive and optimistic view of the world. They are not unrealistic, but they simply prefer to see the glass as half-full rather than half-empty.
Positivity is much in vogue thanks to the rise of positive psychology. Now, it is increasingly being applied to leadership. Among those who are in the vanguard of positive leadership is Lee Newman of Spain’s IE Business School. He suggests a new approach to leadership designed to achieve behavioral advantage—“an advantage achieved by building an organization of individuals and teams that think and perform better, at all levels.”
Sustainable competitive advantage in the conventional sense is no longer attainable, ...
Get Thinkers 50 Leadership: Organizational Success through Leadership now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
