POSITIVE LEADERSHIP

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

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

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FRAMEWORKS

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 strategics, and positive practices that produce extraordinary performance:

 

ASSESSMENTS

  • PHASE 2: The Positive Practices Survey™ assesses the extent to which individuals are displaying positively energizing behaviors at work. This information can be used for developmental and coaching purposes as well as for self-improvement.

  • PHASE 2: The Positive Leadership Energy Assessment™ is a quick and simple way to evaluate positively energizing leaders in an organization (Owens et al., 2016). Employees rate their leader on five attributes using a 7-point Likert scale. Aggregating the responses of employees in a particular business unit or team provides a mean score. The instrument is very helpful when an organization needs a quick way to determine the extent to which employees are being positively energized by their leader.

  • PHASE 2: The most sophisticated method for identifying positive energizers in an organization is by creating a Positive Energy Network Map™ which not only visually shows the leaders and individuals who have the most energizing connections, but also produces data and information to inventory the relative amount of energizing that is occurring in the organization.

  • PHASE 4: A pulse survey is intended to monitor the overall energy levels of an organization over time. If energy scores are changing – either up or down – the pulse survey plot can help guide diagnoses regarding what is going well, what factors are affecting scores, and what impact this has on bottom-line results.

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 Leadership Energy Assessment™, The Positive Energy Network Map™, and The Positive Practices Survey™ 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 competencies.

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