Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDBeyond SuccessPositive Leadership shows how to reach beyond ordinary success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular results, and what Kim Cameron calls "positively deviant performance"-performance far above the norm. Citing a wide range of research in organizational behavior, medical science, and psychology as well as real-world examples, Cameron shows that to achieve exceptional success, leaders must emphasize strengths rather than simply focus on weaknesses; foster virtuous actions such as compassion, gratitude, and forgiveness; encourage contribution goals in addition to achievement goals; and enable meaningfulness in work. In this concise, inspiring, and practical guide, Cameron describes four positive leadership strategies, lays out a proven process for implementing them, and includes a self-assessment instrument. This second edition has been updated throughout with new research findings and new ideas for implementing positive leadership.Updated Edition- "Translates years of social science research into actionable guidelines for leaders who wish to make a positive difference in the world." -Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business SchoolPositive Leadership shows how to reach beyond ordinary success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular results, and what Kim Cameron calls "positively deviant performance"-performance far above the norm. Citing a wide range of research in organizational behavior, medical science, and psychology as well as real-world examples, Cameron shows that to achieve exceptional success, leaders must emphasize strengths rather than simply focus on weaknesses; foster virtuous actions such as compassion, gratitude, and forgiveness; encourage contribution goals in addition to achievement goals; and enable meaningfulness in work.In this concise, inspiring, and practical guide, Cameron describes four positive leadership strategies, lays out a proven process for implementing them, and includes a self-assessment instrument. This second edition has been updated throughout with new research findings and new ideas for implementing positive leadership.

“Praise for the First Edition "This accessible and uplifting book translates years of social science research into actionable guidelines for leaders who wish to make a positive difference in the world." -Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School "As innovation, knowledge work, and the stress of global competition become increasingly important features of exceptional organizations, the practice of positive leadership becomes especially relevant. This book is well-worth the quick read and can serve as a valued companion as you generate your own positively deviant performance." -Sam Farry, Graziadio Business Review, Pepperdine University "Positive Leadership brilliantly advances the argument for and validation of tangible strategies for creating extraordinary organizations. This work is comprehensive, well-documented, compelling, and insightful and represents a genuine contribution to the field." -Jim Loehr, EdD, CEO and Chairman, Human Performance Institute”

Praise for the First Edition

"This accessible and uplifting book translates years of social science research into actionable guidelines for leaders who wish to make a positive difference in the world."
--Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School

"As innovation, knowledge work, and the stress of global competition become increasingly important features of exceptional organizations, the practice of positive leadership becomes especially relevant. This book is well-worth the quick read and can serve as a valued companion as you generate your own positively deviant performance."
--Sam Farry, Graziadio Business Review, Pepperdine University

"Positive Leadership brilliantly advances the argument for and validation of tangible strategies for creating extraordinary organizations. This work is comprehensive, well-documented, compelling, and insightful and represents a genuine contribution to the field."
--Jim Loehr, EdD, CEO and Chairman, Human Performance Institute

Praise for the First Edition
"This accessible and uplifting book translates years of social science research into actionable guidelines for leaders who wish to make a positive difference in the world."
--Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School
"As innovation, knowledge work, and the stress of global competition become increasingly important features of exceptional organizations, the practice of positive leadership becomes especially relevant. This book is well-worth the quick read and can serve as a valued companion as you generate your own positively deviant performance."
--Sam Farry, Graziadio Business Review, Pepperdine University
"Positive Leadership brilliantly advances the argument for and validation of tangible strategies for creating extraordinary organizations. This work is comprehensive, well-documented, compelling, and insightful and represents a genuine contribution to the field."
--Jim Loehr, EdD, CEO and Chairman, Human Performance Institute

Praise for the First Edition

"This accessible and uplifting book translates years of social science research into actionable guidelines for leaders who wish to make a positive difference in the world."
--Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School

"As innovation, knowledge work, and the stress of global competition become increasingly important features of exceptional organizations, the practice of positive leadership becomes especially relevant. This book is well-worth the quick read and can serve as a valued companion as you generate your own positively deviant performance."
--Sam Farry, Graziadio Business Review, Pepperdine University

"Positive Leadership brilliantly advances the argument for and validation of tangible strategies for creating extraordinary organizations. This work is comprehensive, well-documented, compelling, and insightful and represents a genuine contribution to the field."
--Jim Loehr, EdD, CEO and Chairman, Human Performance Institute

Kim Cameron is William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan and cofounder of the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship. He is coauthor or co-editor of fourteen books, including Developing Management Skills, Positive Organizational Scholarship, and Making the Impossible Possible.

Leadership should be about much more than hitting targets andavoiding mistakes. Kim Cameron shows how to reach beyond ordinarysuccess to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacularresults, and what he calls "positively deviant performance" --performance far above the norm. Positive leadership enablesthriving and flourishing rather than simply addressing obstaclesand impediments. It helps bring out the best in human nature.Cameron is one of the founders of the new field of PositiveOrganizational Scholarship, which studies unusually high-performing organizations. In Positive Leadership he draws ondiscoveries in this field and in the allied field of positivepsychology -- which focuses on high-functioning individuals -- aswell as positive organizational change methodologies. Heidentifies four interrelated leadership strategies:- Positive Climate: fostering emotions such as optimism,compassion, and gratitude- Positive Relationships: building positive energy networks anddeveloping strength-based activities- Positive Communications: fostering best-self feedback andsupportive communication patterns- Positive Meaning: helping people find profound purpose and asense of callingCameron cites the empirical research that these strategies arerooted in and that supports their bottom-line effectiveness, laysout a proven process for implementing them, and includes a self-assessment instrument and a guide to assist leaders in theimplementation process. Positive Leadership is a concise,thoroughly researched, and practical guide that any leader canuse to generate truly amazing results.Draws on cutting-edge research -- not anecdotal personal stories-- to show how to achieve success that far exceeds expectationsUpdated throughout with new research findings and new ideas forimplementing positive leadership

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