How to Be a Positive Leader Small Actions, Big Impact

by Dutton, Jane E.; Spreitzer, Gretchen M.

• ISBN13: 9781626560284
• ISBN10: 1626560285
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-06-02
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

Positive leaders are able to dramatically expand their people’s—and their own—capacity for excellence. And they accomplish this without enormous expenditures or huge heroic gestures. 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. 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.

Author Biography

Jane 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. Spreitzer is the Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor of Business Administration at the Ross School of Business, where she is codirector of the Center for Positive Organizations.

Table of Contents

Foreword—Shawn Achor
Invitation—Jane Dutton and Gretchen Spreitzer

Part I. Foster Positive Relationships
Chapter 1: Build High Quality Relationships–Jane E. Dutton
Chapter 2: Outsource Inspiration–Adam M. Grant
Chapter 3: Negotiate Mindfully–Shirli Kopelman and Ramaswami Mahalingam

Part II. Unlock Resources from Within
Chapter 4: Enable Thriving at Work--Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Christine Porath
Chapter 5: Cultivate Positive Identities–Laura Morgan Roberts
Chapter 6: Engage in Job Crafting--Amy Wrzesniewski

Part III. Tap into the Good
Chapter 7: Activate Virtuousness–Kim Cameron
Chapter 8: Lead an Ethical Organization–David M. Mayer
Chapter 9: Imbue the Organization with Higher Purpose–Robert E. Quinn and Anjan V.Thakor

Part IV. Create Resourceful Change
Chapter 10: Cultivate Hope: Found, Not Lost--Oana Branzei
Chapter 11: Create Micro-Moves for Organizational Change--Karen Golden-Biddle
Chapter 12: Treat Employees as Resources not Resistors--Scott Sonenshein
Chapter 13: Create Opportunity from Crisis--Lynn Perry Wooten, Erika Hayes James
Epilogue and Looking Forward–Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Jane E. Dutton
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors