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Positive Leadership: Using Positive Psychology for a Better Workplace Culture (Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership) - Hardcover

Drønnen, Merethe

 
9783031108150: Positive Leadership: Using Positive Psychology for a Better Workplace Culture (Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3031108159 ISBN 13: 9783031108150
Publisher: Springer, 2022

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Dr. Merethe Drønnen Ph.D is Associate Professor II in the School of Business and Economics at The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, 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.

From the Back Cover

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.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3031108159
ISBN 13 
9783031108150
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
137