The Positive Organization, Robert E. Quinn
The Positive Organization, Robert E. Quinn
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The Positive Organization
Breaking Free from Conventional Cultures, Constraints, and Beliefs

Author: Robert E. Quinn

Narrator: Wayne Shepherd

Unabridged: 3 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/24/2015


Synopsis

Beholden to accepted assumptions about people and organizations, too many enterprises waste human potential. Robert Quinn shows how to defy convention and create organizations where people feel fully engaged and continually rewarded, where both individually and collectively they flourish and exceed expectations.The problem is that leaders are following a negative and constraining “mental map” that insists organizations must be rigid, top-down hierarchies and that the people in them are driven mainly by self-interest and fear. But leaders can adopt a different mental map, one where organizations are networks of fluid, evolving relationships and where people are motivated by a desire to grow, learn, and serve a larger goal. Using dozens of memorable stories, Quinn describes specific actions leaders can take to facilitate the emergence of this organizational culture—helping people gain a sense of purpose, engage in authentic conversations, see new possibilities, and sacrifice for the common good. The book includes the Positive Organization Generator, a tool that provides 100 real-life practices from positive organizations and helps you reinvent them to fit your specific needs. With the POG you can identify and implement the practices that will have the greatest impact on your organization. At its heart, the book helps leaders to see new possibilities that lie within the acknowledged realities of organizational life. It provides five keys for learning to be "bilingual"--speaking the conventional language of business as well as the language of the positive organization.  When leaders can do this, they are able to make real and lasting change.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Love

I actually really liked this book, because it gives a lot of practical examples and tools. I'm definitely going to have to use some of these in my team.......more

Goodreads review by Zak

Clear discussions around the tensions between the collective conventional and positive mental maps within an organisation, and the negative characteristics that can result from giving a positive characteristic too much attention. Enjoyed the concept of becoming a bilingual leader and the chapter on......more

Goodreads review by Travis

I’ve listened to this book for the second time. I’m a follower of Bob Quinn and his guidance in the field of positive organizational leadership. This book has examples that show how easy it is to let the conventional mindset in orgs prevent positive culture change. The end of the book has examples o......more