POSITIVE LEADERSHIP

positive leadership

The #1 Research-Backed Leadership Model That Produces Extraordinary Outcomes

Positive Leadership is a component of a relatively new field in organizational behavior called Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS). POS is concerned primarily with the study of especially positive outcomes, processes, and attributes of organizations and their members. POS is distinguished from traditional organizational studies in that it seeks to understand what represents and approaches the best of the human condition (Cameron, Dutton, Quinn 2003).

Producing extraordinarily high performance, generating positively deviant results, and creating remarkable vitality in the workplace are the primary objectives of positive leadership.

POSITIVE LEADERSHIP RESULTS ACHIEVED

Extensive research confirms that leaders are vital in effecting the performance of organizations and their employees. In fact, between 20 and 70 percent of the variance in an organization’s performance is attributable to leadership behavior (Thomas, A. 1988, Cameron, K. S. 2012). No other factor – culture, strategy, processes, incentive systems – is as important (Thomas, A. 1988, Lieberson, S., & O’Connor , J. 1972). Positive Leadership has demonstrated empirically to have significant favorable impacts on organizations as well as individuals (Cameron, K. S. & Spreitzer, G. M. 2012):

ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT

Productivity

Profitability

Quality

Innovation

Customer loyalty

INDIVIDUAL IMPACT

Physiological health

Emotional well-being

Brain functioning

Interpersonal relationships

Learning

CAMERON INSTITUTE POSITIVE LEADERSHIP SYSTEM

Positive Leadership System

FRAMEWORKS

The 4 Positive Leadership Strategies

Careful examination and research have uncovered atypical leadership strategies that enable levels of performance that dramatically exceed expectations and reach extraordinary levels of excellence. Four of the most important ones are contained in this model.

PUBLICATIONS

Learn more about Positive Leadership, positive strategies, and positive practices that produce extraordinary performance:

Positive Leadership book
Practicing Positive Leadership book
Positively Energizing Leadership book

ASSESSMENTS

  • PHASE 2: The Positive Practices Assessment™ measures the extent to which positive practices characterize organizational climate. When organizations want to know whether they have a “positive culture,” this assessment provides a definitive diagnosis.

  • PHASE 2: The Positive Energy Network Map™ is creates an empirically-based, visual network map of the positive energy in the organization and the most positively energizing (and de-energizing) leaders. The map also match positive energizers with hierarchical levels, functions, and locations, and measures the total energy level and energy density.

  • PHASE 3: The Positive Leadership Assessment™ is the definitive instrument for measuring positive leadership for nearly two decades. The instrument is the most research-backed, empirically-based assessment of individual positive leadership practices in the world. It provides a positive leadership profile for each leader in your organization, their strengths, as well as the behaviors and positive practices that should be targeted for development.

WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP?

Scenario

Desired Result

You are seeking greater understanding of what Positive Leadership is, how it relates to your organization’s performance, and what you need to measure to better understand the current level of positive energy and positive leadership practices in your organization or lack thereof.

Next Step

Connect with Cameron Institute to schedule a training session on Positive Leadership, how it’s measured, and the framework of four strategies that can be immediately implemented to elevate the performance of your organization in extraordinary ways.

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Scenario

Desired Result

You have a level of expertise in Positive Leadership, have an advanced knowledge of Positive Leadership strategies and practices, and want to diagnose who the positive energizers are in your organization, map the network of positive energy in your organization, and assess the current level of positive leadership practices among your leadership.

Next Step

Engage with Cameron Institute to administer The Positive Practices Assessment™, The Positive Energy Network Map™, and The Positive Leadership Assessment™ to determine who the positive energizers are in your organization, map the positive relational energy, and assess your leadership in terms of their positive leadership behaviors and practices.

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