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Book Description

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. 

Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Invitation
  8. I Foster Positive Relationships
    1. 1 Build High-Quality Connections
    2. 2 Outsource Inspiration
    3. 3 Negotiate Mindfully
  9. II Unlock Resources From Within
    1. 4 Enable Thriving at Work
    2. 5 Cultivate Positive Identities
    3. 6 Engage in Job Crafting
  10. III Tap into The Good
    1. 7 Activate Virtuousness
    2. 8 Lead an Ethical Organization
    3. 9 Imbue the Organization with a Higher Purpose
  11. IV Create Resourceful Change
    1. 10 Cultivate Hope: Found, Not Lost
    2. 11 Create Micro- moves for Organizational Change
    3. 12 Treat Employees as Resources, Not Resisters
    4. 13 Create Opportunity from Crisis
    5. Epilogue and Looking Forward
  12. Notes
  13. Acknowledgments
  14. Index
  15. About the Authors