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The Power of Positive Leadership
by Jon Gordon
The Power of Positive Leadership
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Chapter 1: From Negative to Positive
Chapter 2: Real Positive
Notes
Chapter 3: Positive Leaders Drive Positive Cultures
Your Most Important Job
Culture Beats Strategy
Know What You Stand For
More than Words
Positively Contagious
Create a Culture that People Feel
Invest in the Root if You Want the Fruit
You Must Keep Building Your Culture
Notes
Chapter 4: Positive Leaders Create and Share a Positive Vision
A North Star
A Telescope and Microscope
Dabo Swinney's Vision
Keep the Vision Alive
Make the Vision Come Alive
My Vision
Chapter 5: Positive Leaders Lead with Optimism, Positivity, and Belief
Believe It and You'll See It
If You Don't Have It, You Can't Share It
Feed the Positive Dog
Talk to Yourself
It's All How You See It
Tell Yourself a Positive Story
Challenge or Opportunity
Shark or Goldfish
Think Like a Rookie
Defeating Murphy
Inside Out
Distort Reality
Leadership Is a Transfer of Belief
Lead with Faith Instead of Fear
Be an Over-Believer
Don't Stop Believing
Your Leadership Journey
Note
Chapter 6: Positive Leaders Confront, Transform, and Remove Negativity
Your Positivity Must Be Greater than All the Negativity
No Energy Vampires Allowed
Why Wait?
The First Step Is to Transform
Start at the Culture Level
Remove the Negativity
Sooner or Later
Lead from Where You Are
Implement the No Complaining Rule
Michael Phelps's Positive Leadership
Don't Be Negative about Negativity
Chapter 7: Positive Leaders Create United and Connected Teams
Connection Is the Difference
Team Beats Talent When Talent Isn't a Team
Dabo Swinney's Safe Seat
Collaborate and Facilitate
Don't Let Your Reptile Eat Your Positive Dog
Note
Chapter 8: Positive Leaders Build Great Relationships and Teams
Love Does
Love Is the Greatest Leadership Principle on the Planet
Rules without Relationship Lead to Rebellion
Communication Builds Trust
Where There Is a Void in Communication, Negativity Fills It
Leading by Walking Around
Listening Is Communicating
Enhance Your Positive Communication
Be an Encourager
Believe in Others More than They Believe in Themselves
Help Your Team Become Unstoppable
Connect One on One
Be Committed
Serve to Be Great
Doing the Laundry
It's Not About You
Commit to Coach
Commitment Requires Sacrifice
When You Help Others Improve, You Improve
Elite of the Elite
Positive Leaders Care
Develop Your Caring Trademark
The Sandwich
Notes
Chapter 9: Positive Leaders Pursue Excellence
Humble and Hungry
There Is No Finish Line
Demanding without Being Demeaning
Love and Accountability
Love Tough
Craftsmen and Craftswomen
The One Percent Rule
Clarity and Action
Chapter 10: Positive Leaders Lead with Purpose
Find and Live Your Purpose
Share the Purpose
Inspire Others to Live Their Purpose
Purpose-Driven Goals
One Word
Life Word
Leave a Legacy
Give People Great Stories to Tell
Life and Death
Notes
Chapter 11: Positive Leaders Have Grit
Know What You Want
Know Your Why
Love It
Embrace Failure
Keep Doing Things the Right Way: Trust the Process
Ignore the Critics; Do the Work
Note
Chapter 12: Lead the Way Forward
Acknowledgments
Bring the Power of Positive Leadership to Your Organization
Power of Positive Leadership Resources
Other Books by Jon Gordon
End User License Agreement
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Title Page
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Chapter 1: From Negative to Positive
Chapter 2: Real Positive
Notes
Chapter 3: Positive Leaders Drive Positive Cultures
Your Most Important Job
Culture Beats Strategy
Know What You Stand For
More than Words
Positively Contagious
Create a Culture that People Feel
Invest in the Root if You Want the Fruit
You Must Keep Building Your Culture
Notes
Chapter 4: Positive Leaders Create and Share a Positive Vision
A North Star
A Telescope and Microscope
Dabo Swinney's Vision
Keep the Vision Alive
Make the Vision Come Alive
My Vision
Chapter 5: Positive Leaders Lead with Optimism, Positivity, and Belief
Believe It and You'll See It
If You Don't Have It, You Can't Share It
Feed the Positive Dog
Talk to Yourself
It's All How You See It
Tell Yourself a Positive Story
Challenge or Opportunity
Shark or Goldfish
Think Like a Rookie
Defeating Murphy
Inside Out
Distort Reality
Leadership Is a Transfer of Belief
Lead with Faith Instead of Fear
Be an Over-Believer
Don't Stop Believing
Your Leadership Journey
Note
Chapter 6: Positive Leaders Confront, Transform, and Remove Negativity
Your Positivity Must Be Greater than All the Negativity
No Energy Vampires Allowed
Why Wait?
The First Step Is to Transform
Start at the Culture Level
Remove the Negativity
Sooner or Later
Lead from Where You Are
Implement the No Complaining Rule
Michael Phelps's Positive Leadership
Don't Be Negative about Negativity
Chapter 7: Positive Leaders Create United and Connected Teams
Connection Is the Difference
Team Beats Talent When Talent Isn't a Team
Dabo Swinney's Safe Seat
Collaborate and Facilitate
Don't Let Your Reptile Eat Your Positive Dog
Note
Chapter 8: Positive Leaders Build Great Relationships and Teams
Love Does
Love Is the Greatest Leadership Principle on the Planet
Rules without Relationship Lead to Rebellion
Communication Builds Trust
Where There Is a Void in Communication, Negativity Fills It
Leading by Walking Around
Listening Is Communicating
Enhance Your Positive Communication
Be an Encourager
Believe in Others More than They Believe in Themselves
Help Your Team Become Unstoppable
Connect One on One
Be Committed
Serve to Be Great
Doing the Laundry
It's Not About You
Commit to Coach
Commitment Requires Sacrifice
When You Help Others Improve, You Improve
Elite of the Elite
Positive Leaders Care
Develop Your Caring Trademark
The Sandwich
Notes
Chapter 9: Positive Leaders Pursue Excellence
Humble and Hungry
There Is No Finish Line
Demanding without Being Demeaning
Love and Accountability
Love Tough
Craftsmen and Craftswomen
The One Percent Rule
Clarity and Action
Chapter 10: Positive Leaders Lead with Purpose
Find and Live Your Purpose
Share the Purpose
Inspire Others to Live Their Purpose
Purpose-Driven Goals
One Word
Life Word
Leave a Legacy
Give People Great Stories to Tell
Life and Death
Notes
Chapter 11: Positive Leaders Have Grit
Know What You Want
Know Your Why
Love It
Embrace Failure
Keep Doing Things the Right Way: Trust the Process
Ignore the Critics; Do the Work
Note
Chapter 12: Lead the Way Forward
Acknowledgments
Bring the Power of Positive Leadership to Your Organization
Power of Positive Leadership Resources
Other Books by Jon Gordon
End User License Agreement
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