How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1626560285 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jane E. Alessi Professor of Business Administration at the Ross School of Business, where she is codirector of the Center for Positive Organizations. and Valerie J. . Spreitzer is the Keith E. Dutton is the Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration and Psychology at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.Gretchen M
And they accomplish this without enormous expenditures or huge heroic gestures. Positive leaders are able to dramatically expand their people’s—and their own—capacity for excellence. They show that, like the butterfly in Brazil whose flapping wings create a typhoon in Texas, you can create profound positive change in your organization through simple actions and attitude shifts. . Here leading scholars—including Adam Grant, author of the bestselling Give and Take; positive organizational scholarship movement cofounders Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn; and thirteen more—describe how this is being done at companies such as Wells Fargo, Ford, Kelly Services, Burt’s Bees, Connecticut’s Griffin Hospital, the Michigan-based Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, and many others
Five Stars Amazon Customer Jane Dutton is amazing and this book is incredible!. The way the book is structured into different chapters by different eminent researchers on different themes makes it easy to pic Rosie I devoured this book as part of my preparation for giving a 2 day workshop on positive leadership to 30 senior managers and managing directors at a large organisation. It is a key reference, with both a broad and deep look at the latest scientific research on what works in positive leadership. It summarises the current state of research across the whole field of positive organisational sch. Christine N Vanek said Immediately useful and worthy of pondering. This book is significant for its elegant integration of actionable practices (tips on building high quality connections, expressing gratitude, connecting to meaningfulness of work) and way-of-being theories. It is something you can use to make your experience of work more positive today, but also, if you wish, a book that can fundamentally alter your ongoing experience of work or your orga
Dutton is the Robert L. . Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration and Psychology at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.Gretchen M. Spreitzer is the Keith E. Alessi Professor of Business Administration at the Ross School of Business, where she is codirector of the Center for Positive Organizations. and Valerie J. About the Author Jane E