Positive Leadership

Using Positive Psychology for a Better Workplace Culture

Merethe Drønnen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 122 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-10815-0 (ISBN)

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This book demonstrates how leaders can use research from positive psychology to increase work engagement and wellbeing, improve relationships, and increase performance and productivity in the workplace. Specifically, it teaches leaders how to use psychology to understand their own contributions to their leadership style as well as to understand how their employees are being motivated to increase their engagement and productivity. Suitable for leaders, human resource personnel, consultants and coaches, this book gives research-based theory and insight into how leaders' own attitudes, mind-sets and authenticity are influencing their employees level of performance, emotions and creativity. Readers learn how to motivate, bring meaning into the workplace, improve communication and relationships as well as how to use strength-based leadership. The book features examples from successful companies like Microsoft, Google and Disney and provides practical interventions and techniques in every chapter that can immediately be implemented into the workplace.

Dr. Merethe Dronnen Ph.D is Associate Professor II in the School of Business and Economics at The Arctic University of Norway in Tromso, Norway and Managing Director of Positive Change. She has worked for 20 years as a personnel manager, pedagogical-psychological advisor, consultant, team leader, and Associate Professor. She has been the keynote speaker at large international conferences in positive psychology and is a renowned speaker, and seminar leader within leadership, positive psychology, and motivation. Her work has appeared in the news media, radio interviews and in magazines.

introduction.- What is positive psychology, and why shall we use it in the workplace?.- Research results from the use of positive psychology in organizations.- The leader role.- Positive leadership.- Factors in the leader.- Factors in the leadership tasks.- Results in the employees.- The strength-based leader.- Organizational development with Appreciative Inquiry.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.09.2022
Reihe/Serie	Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership
Zusatzinfo	XV, 122 p. 15 illus., 14 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	377 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Humanistische Psychotherapien
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
Schlagworte	Human Resources • Leadership • leadership development • Management • Motivation • Organizational Development • Positive Leadership • positive psychology • work culture
ISBN-10	3-031-10815-9 / 3031108159
ISBN-13	978-3-031-10815-0 / 9783031108150
Zustand	Neuware