Positively Energizing Leadership, Kim Cameron
Positively Energizing Leadership, Kim Cameron
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Positively Energizing Leadership
Virtuous Actions and Relationships That Create High Performance

Author: Kim Cameron

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 4 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 08/03/2021


Synopsis

This practical guide, the first to show how leaders can achieve extraordinary results through the positive energy generated by virtuous interactions with employees, is written by one of the giants in the study of positive leadership.

This book is about one of the most important factors that leads to spectacular performance in organizations. Kim Cameron, a true pioneer in the study of positive leadership, offers validated scientific evidence that all individuals are inherently attracted to and flourish in the presence of positive energy. Further, he shows that the positive relational energy generated by leaders' virtuous behaviors-for example, generosity, compassion, gratitude, trustworthiness, forgiveness, and kindness-is tightly linked to extraordinary organizational outcomes like greater innovation, higher profits, and increased engagement and retention.

Cameron has not written a feel-good tome about the power of positive thinking, "happiology," or unbridled optimism. This book is a research-based exploration of how to capitalize on an inherent tendency in all living systems. He provides practical suggestions and exercises for how leaders can assess the level of their positive energy and recommends specific practices that will increase positive relational energy. Positively Energizing Leadership is a major contribution to the theory and practice of leadership.

About Kim Cameron

Kim Cameron is
professor of management and organizations at Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School
of Business and a professor of higher education in the School of Education at
the University of Michigan. He is coauthor of several books, including Developing Management Skills and Positive Organizational Scholarship, and
is cofounder of the Ross School of Business Center for Positive Organizational
Scholarship, which the Harvard Business
Review recognized as one of the Breakthrough Ideas of 2004.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Russell on December 21, 2023

This isn't my sort of book at all, as I have all sorts of problems with "leadership" is a topic of analysis or as a teachable skill set in the first place. And even beyond those problems, there are genuine criticisms of the author's conclusions and framings--which, to his credit, he takes the time t......more

Goodreads review by Lee on August 03, 2021

This is a different type of business leadership book. Based in studies, it presents a positive energy leadership style. The book has many good ideas and positive practices. There only real issue I have is the insistence that people are all basically good and just need direction. There are examples o......more

Goodreads review by Synthia on March 06, 2023

Positively Energizing Leadership (2022) offers organization leaders and workers a practical guide to understanding and harnessing the power of positively energizing characteristics and interpersonal approaches. With empirical data and how-to advice, it aims to boost innovation, profits, and compassi......more

Goodreads review by Arun on April 25, 2024

I was expecting a lot from this book, however, it fluctuates on two extremes from being very, very generic and being extremely prescriptive The book details out Various aspects such as stories, examples, factual data and even scientific theory, But fails to capture your attention throughout the book......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on August 19, 2021

Virtuous behavior has its own reward. Virtuous behavior, pursued for its own benefit, also produces organizational changes in productivity and people's sense of belonging. Cameron backs up his argument with abundant data from research projects to support his thesis. If you espouse and practice servan......more