Book Review - Positively Energizing Leadership: Virtuous Actions and Relationships That Create High Performance

About the Book

This practical guide, the first to show how leaders can achieve extraordinary results through the positive energy generated by virtuous interactions with employees, is written by one of the giants in the study of positive leadership.

This book reveals one of the most important but frequently ignored factors that lead to spectacular performance in organizations. Kim Cameron, a true pioneer in the study of positive leadership, offers validated scientific evidence that all individuals are inherently attracted to and flourish in the presence of positive energy, a principle known in biology as heliotropism. Further, he shows that the positive relational energy generated by leaders' virtuous behaviors—such as generosity, compassion, gratitude, trustworthiness, forgiveness, and kindness—is tightly linked to extraordinary organizational outcomes like greater innovation, higher profits, and increased engagement and retention.

Cameron has not written a feel-good tome about the power of positive thinking, “happiology,” or unbridled optimism. This research-based explanation shows how to achieve performance that exceeds expectations. He provides practical suggestions, assessments, and exercises showing how leaders can improve their own positive energy and increase positive relational energy in their organizations. Positively Energizing Leadership is a major contribution to the theory and practice of leadership.

My Take on the Book
I have always strived to be a source of positive energy in the workplaces I am in. I try to build people up, listen, and create high-performing teams for the future. Thus, in saying this, I am always looking for books that will help me to even perform at a higher level to be an even stronger leader. This book really helps you to see the importance of positivity. It reaffirmed the importance of having positive energy in the workplace and talks about the great benefits this energy can have to productivity as well as overall happiness.

The book uses great examples and really challenges you to take the ideas that he is presenting and putting them to work immediately. The examples that are in the book are ones that anyone can do without feeling embarrassed or feeling like you are making a fool of yourself. They made sense, and while I had tried some of the ideas before, others were new and ones that I tried myself and the results were very positive! 

The book is a very quick read, and you may even find you might want to read it again! 

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